Vietnam: 02 criteria for supervision of quality-based road infrastructure asset maintenance and commissioning of results thereof

According to Article 3 of Circular No. 48/2019/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, criteria for supervision of quality-based road infrastructure asset maintenance and commissioning of results thereof include:

1. Technical quality requirements for quality-based road infrastructure asset maintenance, which are provided for in Appendix I enclosed with this Circular.

2. Regulations on supervision and commissioning of quality-based road infrastructure asset maintenance, and methods for assessment and deduction of funding thereof, which are provided for in Appendix II enclosed with this Circular.

It should be noted that for road infrastructure assets under public-private partnerships, authorities with competence in signing project contracts may decide implementation of the regulations in this Circular in the investor selection documents or draft project contracts. For concluded project contracts, the parties may negotiate on adding the regulations in this Circular to these contracts or the investors may implement these regulations in management and maintenance of road infrastructure.

For road infrastructure asset maintenance whose contractor has been selected or whose contract has been concluded prior to the effective date of this Circular (i.e. February 15, 2020), the contracting parties may negotiate to amend the concluded contract as suitable to the regulations in this Circular.

View full text at Circular No. 48/2019/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from February 15, 2020.

Thu Ba

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