Vietnam: Competence in appraisal of the detailed design of an IT application project

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1. Competence in appraisal of the detailed design of an IT application project

According to the provisions in Clause 2, Article 22 of Decree 73/2019/ND-CP of Vietnam's Government (amended by Clause 17, Article 1 of Decree 82/2024/ND-CP), the competence in and procedures for appraisal of the detailed design of an IT application project that requires an economic-technical report are as follows:

- The appraisal council or body specializing in investment management shall appraise projects according to provisions of the Law on Public Investment 2019 of Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “units in charge of organizing appraisal”), submit the detailed design dossier to the competent units prescribed in Points a, b, c, d and dd Clause 2 Article 22 of Decree 73/2019/ND-CP (amended by Clause 17, Article 1 of Decree 82/2024/ND-CP) to obtain comments on such detailed design, and obtain comments from relevant bodies and units (if necessary);

- The Ministry of Information and Communications shall appraise detailed designs of group A projects, excluding projects for procurement of backup or substitute hardware devices of current technical infrastructure systems, or procurement of non-installed equipment and commercial software;

- Units specializing in information technology affiliated to provincial People's Committees shall appraise detailed designs of projects whose investment is decided by chairpersons of People’s Committees at all levels, excluding projects whose detailed designs are appraised by the Ministry of Information and Communications;

- Units specializing in information technology affiliated to investment decision makers shall appraise detailed designs of projects, excluding projects whose detailed designs are appraised by the Ministry of Information and Communications or within the appraisal competence prescribed in Point c Clause 2 Article 22 of Decree 73/2019/ND-CP (amended by Clause 17, Article 1 of Decree 82/2024/ND-CP);

- In case a unit that appraises a detailed design is also an investment project owner, such unit shall establish an appraisal council to appraise the detailed design or the investment decision maker shall assign another specialized unit to appraise the detailed design;

- The units that appraise detailed designs prescribed in Points b, c, d and dd Clause 2 Article 22 of Decree 73/2019/ND-CP (amended by Clause 17, Article 1 of Decree 82/2024/ND-CP) shall send the appraisal comments to the units in charge of organizing appraisal.

2. Regulations on main contents of an economic-technical report

Main contents of an economic-technical report are specified in Clause 1, Article 22 of Decree 73/2019/ND-CP (amended by Clause 17, Article 1 of Decree 82/2024/ND-CP), including:

- Evaluation of compliance with the Vietnam, ministerial or provincial E-Government Architecture;

- Analysis and selection of a technological, technical or equipment plan, including analysis and selection of the plan to ensure data connectivity and sharing with relevant infrastructure, software and database systems; IPv6 readiness requirements or system upgrading solutions to ensure IPv6 readiness if there is any content related to activities in the Internet environment; 

- Detailed design dossier and cost estimate according to Articles 27 and 28 of Decree 73/2019/ND-CP (amended by Clauses 19 and 20, Article 1 of Decree 82/2024/ND-CP);

- Other contents of an economic-technical report that are the same as those of a feasibility study report as prescribed in the Law on Public Investment 2019.

Vo Tan Dai

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