Who Has the Authority to Decide on the Purchase of Agency Assets of the Communist Party?

The procurement of assets at the Communist Party's agencies is conducted either through centralized procurement or decentralized procurement, and the authority to decide on asset procurement is stipulated in Decree 165/2017/ND-CP as follows:

- The Chief of Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party decides or delegates the authority to decide on the procurement of assets from the state budget allocated to serve activities at the Party's central agencies;- The competent authority according to the regulations on the management and use of the central Party reserve fund decides or delegates the authority to decide on the procurement of assets from the central Party reserve fund to serve activities at the Party's central agencies;- The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee decides or delegates the authority to decide on the procurement of assets from the state budget allocated and the Party reserve fund to serve activities at the Party agency, which is a subordinate budget unit under the Office of the Provincial Party Committee;- The Standing Committee of the District Party Committee decides on the procurement of assets from the Party reserve fund for the activities of the Party agency, which is a budget unit under the district-level state budget;- Implementation follows the delegation of the Provincial People's Council regarding the procurement of assets from the state budget serving the activities of the Office of the District Party Committee, which is a budget unit under the district-level state budget.

The central agencies of the Communist Party will follow the centralized procurement list issued by the Chief of Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party; the local agencies of the Communist Party will follow the centralized procurement list issued by the Provincial People's Committee in the case of procuring assets from the state budget.

Decree 165/2017/ND-CP is effective from January 01, 2018.

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