Decree 349/2026/ND-CP amend Decrees detailing Law on Bidding contractor selection

DECREE

Amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees detailing a number of articles of, and providing measures for the implementation of, the Law on Bidding regarding selection of contractors

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government No. 63/2025/QH15, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 137/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of Local Government No. 72/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Bidding No. 22/2023/QH15, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 57/2024/QH15, Law No. 90/2025/QH15, Law No. 116/2025/QH15, Law No. 133/2025/QH15, and Law No. 142/2025/QH15;

At the proposal of the Minister of Finance;

The Government promulgates the Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees detailing a number of articles of, and providing measures for the implementation of, the Law on Bidding regarding selection of contractors.

Chapter I

AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 214/2025/ND-CP DATED AUGUST 4, 2025 DETAILING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF, AND PROVIDING MEASURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF, THE LAW ON BIDDING REGARDING SELECTION OF CONTRACTORS (AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 165/2026/ND-CP DATED MAY 15, 2026 AND THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 170/2026/ND-CP DATED MAY 15, 2026)

Article 1. To amend and supplement Point d Clause 2 Article 18

“d) At least 01 quotation for goods or services; the collection of more than 01 quotation is encouraged. The project owner shall post the request for quotations on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System, and interested entities shall submit quotations on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System within a minimum period of 03 working days from the date of posting the request for quotations. In case multiple quotations are collected, the average price of the quotations shall be used; when determining the average price, if a quotation or an item in a quotation has a price more than 30% higher or lower than the average price, the project owner shall exclude such quotation(s) to determine the average price.

For bidding packages to purchase medicines; chemicals, testing supplies, and medical equipment; spare parts, accessories, and replacement materials for medical equipment: based on professional requirements, the project owner shall decide on technical criteria and organize the collection of quotations. The project owner must publish the request for quotations on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System; it is encouraged to also publish it on the project owner’s e-portal or website, or on the e-portal of the Ministry of Health, or on the online public service portal on medical equipment management; interested entities shall submit quotations within a minimum period of 10 days from the date of posting the request for quotations on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System. In case two or more quotations are submitted, the project owner may select the highest quotation, provided that it is consistent with financial capacity and professional requirements.

The project owner shall collect quotations in an open and transparent manner. Entities providing quotations shall be responsible for providing pricing information of goods and services consistent with their supply capacity and must ensure that the provision of quotations does not violate the law on competition, dumping, or price gouging.

In case the project owner has fully complied with the regulations on organizing the collection of quotations and ensured publicity and transparency, the project owner shall not be held liable for violations by the entities providing quotations of the regulations on provision of quotations prescribed at this Point.”.

Article 2. To amend and supplement Clause 2 and add Clause 2a below Clause 2 Article 21

“2. For bidding packages under science, technology, and innovation projects as prescribed by the law on science, technology, and innovation; high-tech application projects as prescribed by the law on high technology; or new technology application projects as prescribed by the law on technology transfer; and bidding packages under procurement estimates without project formation, the project owner shall decide on the selection of members to participate in the expert group or appraisal group, ensuring their capacity to perform the assigned tasks, without being required to satisfy the conditions provided at Point a and Point d Clause 1 of this Article, except in cases where members of the expert group or appraisal group are individual consultants or individuals belonging to bidding consultancy organizations.

2a. In case it is necessary to seek opinions from or mobilize specialized experts who are not personnel of the project owner or the bidding consultancy unit, such experts are not required to possess professional certificates in bidding.”.

Article 3. To amend and supplement Clause 2 Article 35

“2. The project owner must update on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System the actual progress of contract performance upon completion of the milestones specified in the contract. During contract performance, the project owner shall update information on any changes or additions on the list, scope of work and percentage of use of subcontractors and special subcontractors (if any).”.

Article 4. To amend and supplement a number of points, clauses of Article 78

1. To amend and supplement Points a, b Clause 2 as follows:

“a) Bidding packages under procurement projects or estimates urgently required for immediate implementation to satisfy the directed progress requirements as stated in Resolutions, Conclusions and written directives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Politburo and the Secretariat; Resolutions of the National Assembly; Resolutions of the Government; Decisions, Directives and written notifications of Government leaders; Resolutions of the Central Military Commission, the Central Public Security Party Committee, the Standing Committees of the Party Committees of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and other central-level agencies, the Executive Committees of the Party Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, and provincial-level People's Councils;

b) Bidding packages under projects required for immediate implementation to ensure connectivity and synchronization among the works under projects, as stated in Resolutions, Conclusions and written directives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Politburo and the Secretariat; Resolutions of the National Assembly; Resolutions of the Government; Decisions, Directives and written notifications of Government leaders; Resolutions of the Central Military Commission, the Central Public Security Party Committee, the Standing Committees of the Party Committees of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and other central-level agencies, the Executive Committees of the Party Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, and provincial-level People's Councils to satisfy the requirements on management efficiency and synchronized and continuous operation of works;”.

2. To add Point e1 below Point e Clause 2 as follows:

“e1) Bidding packages for which a notice of invitation for bid, notice of invitation for expression of interest or notice of invitation for prequalification has been posted, but one of the following cases occurs: no contractor submits bid dossiers, dossiers of expression of interest or dossiers for participation in prequalification; all bid dossiers fail to satisfy the bidding dossiers; all bidders fail to satisfy the requirements for performance of the bidding package.”.

3. To amend and supplement Point g Clause 2 as follows:

“g) Other bidding packages under procurement estimates, public investment projects and other projects subject to application of contractor appointment to select a contractor to implement a bidding package that meets the schedule, quality, and effectiveness of the bidding package, project, or procurement estimates.”.

4. To amend and supplement Point d Clause 3 as follows:

“d) Bidding packages under projects, procurement tasks, and service leasing tasks for digital transformation to implement, build, develop, upgrade or expand: national databases; national shared digital platforms; platforms serving the governance and administration of the Government and the Prime Minister; information systems for processing administrative procedures; data integration and sharing platforms of ministries, agencies and localities; specialized databases of ministries, agencies and localities; intelligent monitoring and operation centers.”.

5. To amend and supplement Clause 4 as follows:

“4. Bidding packages under procurement estimates without project formation that have a price of up to VND 01 billion; consultancy service bidding packages under projects that have a price of up to VND 03 billion, or non-consultancy service, good procurement, construction and installation, and mixed bidding packages under projects that have a price of up to VND 05 billion.”.

6. To amend and supplement Point c Clause 5 as follows:

“c) Bidding packages for provision of consultancy services for, and implementation of, relocation of technical infrastructure facilities and social infrastructure system in accordance with the law on construction to serve the ground clearance and resettlement; bidding packages for provision of consultancy for, and implementation of, bomb, land mine and explosive sweeping to prepare construction grounds;”.

7. To amend and supplement Point e Clause 5 as follows:

“e) Bidding packages for planning and serving planning activities in accordance with the law;”.

8. To add Points i, k below Point h Clause 5 as follows:

“i) Bidding packages for procurement from liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy activities;

k) Goods purchased through transactions on commodity exchanges.”.

Article 5. To amend and supplement a number of clauses of Article 79

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1 as follows:

“1. Bidding packages falling in the cases specified at Point e1 Clause 2, and Points d, dd, e, g and h Clause 5, and Clause 6 Article 78 of this Decree, the contractor appointment according to normal procedures shall be applied.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 3 as follows:

“3. The process of contractor appointment according to normal procedures shall be conducted as follows:

a) Formulation, appraisal and approval of dossiers of requirements:

The dossiers of requirements shall be approved based on the reports for approval and reports on appraisal of dossiers of requirements (if any). The project owner is not required to appraise the dossiers of requirements; in case appraisal is required, it shall be conducted in accordance with Article 135 of this Decree.

Such a dossier of requirements shall contain the details: brief information on the project, estimate of procurement, or bidding package; instructions on preparation and submission of a dossier of proposals; criteria for evaluation of the capacity and experience of contractors (if any); criteria for technical evaluation; contractor appointment price; contract conditions. The specific degree of requirements for each criterion specified at this Point shall be determined based on requirements of each bidding package.

“Pass” and “fail” criteria shall be used for criteria for evaluation of the capacity and experience of contractors and for technical evaluation for bidding packages for construction and installation, goods procurement, provision of non-consultancy services and mixed bidding packages; scoring criteria shall be used for technical evaluation of consultancy bidding packages. A dossier of requirements may clearly state specific codes, symbols, trademarks and origins of goods, relevant technical and service requirements (if any).

b) Issuance, clarification and amendment of the dossiers of requirements:

Depending on the size and characteristics of the bidding package and preliminary information about the contractors capable of implementing the bidding package, the project owner shall identify one contractor expected to be invited to receive the dossier of requirements; and may not evaluate the capacity and experience of the contractor expected to be invited to receive the dossier of requirements when identifying such contractor.

A contractor may be expected to be appointed when meeting the requirements for eligibility as specified at Points a, b, c, d, e, g and i Clause 1 Article 5 of the Law on Bidding; or Points d and e Clause 1 and Points a and b Clause 2 Article 5 of the Law on Bidding, for a contractor being a business household. For bidding packages for goods procurement, contractors being individuals or groups of individuals offering their own innovative products for bidding shall be expected to be appointed to the bidding package and receive the dossiers of requirements if they meet the requirements for eligibility specified in Clause 3 Article 5 of the Law on Bidding. In case other relevant laws have provisions that contractors participating in bidding and performing contracts must be independent from other organizations and individuals, such provisions shall prevail.

Dossiers of requirements shall be distributed to the contractors expected to be appointed through the Vietnam National E-Procurement System. Clarification and amendment of the dossiers of requirements shall be conducted through the Vietnam National E-Procurement System before the bid closing time.

c) Submission and evaluation of dossiers of proposals and negotiation with the contractor:

The contractor shall prepare and submit the dossiers of proposals through the Vietnam National E-Procurement System in accordance with the requirements of the dossiers of requirements. The dossiers of proposals shall be opened after the bid closing time.

The dossiers of proposals shall be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria specified in the dossiers of requirements. During the evaluation process, the project owner shall invite the contractors to negotiate, clarify or modify and supplement their dossiers of proposals in order to prove their satisfaction of the requirements on capacity and experience, performance schedule, volume, quality, technical solutions and measures to execute the bidding package; and negotiate the price to ensure that the proposed bid-winning price is economical and economically efficient.

In case bidding packages for goods procurement or mixed EP, PC or EPC packages do not have sufficient data for price reference in accordance with Points a, c, dd, e and g Clause 2 Article 18 of this Decree, or where deemed necessary, the project owner shall request the contractor to provide explanation of the price structure of the goods as a basis for negotiating the bid-winning price.

A contractor shall be proposed for appointment when fully meeting the conditions:  having a valid dossier of proposals; having capacity and experience and technical proposals satisfying the dossier of requirements; and offering a proposed bid-winning price not exceeding the approved bidding package's price.

d) Appraisal, approval and disclosure of the contractor selection result:

The project owners are not required to appraise the contractor selection result; the appraisal (as required) shall comply with Clause 4 Article 136 of this Decree. The approval and disclosure of contractor selection results shall be carried out in accordance with Article 33 of this Decree. The dossiers of requirements, minutes of bid opening and evaluation report shall be disclosed on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System concurrently with the time when the project owner posts the contractor selection results.

dd) Finalization and conclusion of contracts and management of contract performance:

A contract concluded between relevant parties must conform to the decision on approval of the contractor appointment result, dossier of proposals, dossier of requirements, and other relevant documents. The finalization and conclusion of contracts and management of contract performance shall comply with Articles 34 and 35 of this Decree.

For bidding packages involving requirements for protection of state secrets as prescribed in Clause 6 of Article 78 of this Decree and bidding packages subject to application of international contractor appointment, the contents specified at Points a, b, c and d of this Clause shall be carried out directly between the project owner and the contractor and shall not be required to be carried out on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System.”.

Article 6. To amend and supplement a number of points, clauses of Article 80

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1 as follows:

“1. For a bidding package falling into the cases defined in Clause 1 Article 78 of this Decree, depending on the size and characteristics of the bidding package and preliminary information on the contractors, the project owner or the agency directly managing the bidding package shall identify and appoint a capable contractor to promptly execute the bidding package. Within 30 days from the date of commencement of performance of the bidding package, the parties shall complete the procedures for contractor appointment specified in Clause 3 of this Article. The draft contract is not required to be sent to the contractor through the Vietnam National E-Procurement System, and the implementation of contractor appointment is not required to meet the conditions specified at Clause 2 Article 79 of this Decree.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

“2. For bidding packages falling under the cases specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, e and g Clause 2, Clause 3, Clause 4, and Points a, b, c, i and k Clause 5 Article 78 of this Decree, the project owner shall apply the contractor appointment according to simplified procedures prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article. The implementation of contractor appointment shall satisfy all conditions specified in Clause 2 Article 79 of this Decree, except for bidding packages under special public investment projects specified at Point c Clause 2 Article 78 of this Decree.”.

3. To amend and supplement Points a, b Clause 3 as follows:

“a) Preparation and sending of the draft contract to the contractor:

The project owner shall, based on the approved objectives and scope of work, prepare and send a draft contract through the Vietnam National E-Procurement System to the contractor expected by the project owner to be capable of executing the bidding package. For bidding packages specified at Point e of Clause 2 of Article 78 of this Decree, the project owner shall send the draft contract through the Vietnam National E-Procurement System to the contractor that previously won the bid through open bidding or restricted bidding and previously signed a contract for performance of the bidding package. For bidding packages involving requirements for protection of state secrets as prescribed in Clause 6 of Article 78 of this Decree and bidding packages subject to application of international contractor appointment, the project owner shall send the draft contract directly to the contractor. The draft contract must contain the requirements on scope and description of tasks to be performed, time of performance, required task quality and corresponding value and other necessary details.

A contractor shall be proposed for contractor appointment when meeting the requirements for eligibility as specified at Points a, b, c, d, e, g and i Clause 1 Article 5 of the Law on Bidding; or Points d and e Clause 1 and Points a and b Clause 2 Article 5 of the Law on Bidding, for a contractor being a business household. For bidding packages for goods procurement, contractors being individuals or groups of individuals offering their own innovative products for bidding shall be proposed for contractor appointment when meeting the requirements for eligibility as specified in Clause 3 Article 5 of the Law on Bidding. In case other relevant laws have provisions that contractors participating in bidding and performing contracts must be independent from other organizations and individuals, such provisions shall prevail.

b) Finalization of the contract, approval and disclosure of contractor selection results:

Based on the draft contract, the project owner and contractor proposed for appointment shall finalize a contract as a basis for approval of the contractor selection result and conclude the contract. During contract finalization, the project owner and contractor shall negotiate on the price to ensure the proposed bid-winning price is cost-effective and economically efficient; for a bidding package for construction and installation subject to contractor appointment in accordance with Point e Clause 2 Article 78 of this Decree, the project owner and the contractor shall negotiate on the price, ensuring a saving of at least 5% of the bidding package price.

In case bidding packages for goods procurement or mixed EP, PC or EPC packages do not have sufficient data for price reference in accordance with Points a, c, dd, e and g Clause 2 Article 18 of this Decree, or where deemed necessary, the project owner shall request the contractor to provide explanation of the price structure of the goods as a basis for negotiating the bid-winning price.

The contractor selection results shall be disclosed in accordance with Clause 5 of Article 33 of this Decree.”.

4. To amend and supplement Clause 4 as follows:

“4. For bidding packages or procurements with a price not exceeding VND 100 million, heads of agencies or units in charge of the procurement shall decide on the procurement, ensuring economic efficiency and take responsibility for their decision, without having to meet the conditions specified at Clause 2 Article 79 of this Decree and to carry out the process specified in Clause 3 of this Article, but must comply with law regulations on invoices and documents or comply with the process of contractor appointment according to simplified procedures defined in Clause 3 of this Article.”.

5. To add Clause 6 below Clause 5 as follows:

“6. For a bidding package falling under the case of contractor appointment under the ordinary procedure and concurrently under the case of contractor appointment under the simplified procedures, the project owner may choose to apply the procedure prescribed in Clause 3 of Article 79 of this Decree or the procedure prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article.”.

Article 7. To annul, amend and supplement a number of points of Clause 4 Article 84

1. To annul Point b.

2. To amend and supplement Point c as follows:

“c) Selection of lawyers or law-practicing organizations for provision of legal services to protect lawful rights and interests of the State of Vietnam and state agencies at foreign investigation bodies applying trade remedies, or other measures affecting Vietnam's commercial interests abroad and at domestic, foreign or international jurisdictional bodies or dispute settlement bodies;”.

3. To amend and supplement Point d as follows:

“d) Bidding packages for procurement of airfares for domestic and international working delegations; procurement of airfares for international delegations entering Vietnam to attend international conferences and seminars funded by the Vietnamese side;”.

4. To amend and supplement Point n as follows:

“n) Bidding packages for provision of school meals, or bidding packages for procurement of food, foodstuffs, ingredients and input fuels serving the provision of school meals for semi-boarding and boarding students at public education institutions; bidding packages for provision of meals for athletes and coaches at sports training and coaching facilities or for provision of meals for domestic and international sports congresses held in Vietnam; bidding packages for purchase of food, foodstuffs, ingredients, or input fuels to provide meals for athletes and coaches at sports training and coaching facilities, or for drug addicts at drug rehabilitation facilities, or for temporarily detained persons at detention facilities, prisoners at prisons, inmates at compulsory education institutions, students at reformatories, or social protection beneficiaries receiving care and nurture at social protection establishments, or persons with meritorious services to the country receiving care and convalescent treatment at establishments providing care and convalescent treatment for persons with meritorious services to the country.

Bidding packages for procurement of input materials for production and processing to ensure clothing and personal belongings allowances for prisoners at prisons, inmates at compulsory education institutions, and students at reformatories;”.

5. To add Points t1, t2, t3 and t4 below Point t, and amend and supplement Point u as follows:

“t1) Bidding packages for the provision of postal services for service of foreign documents in accordance with the law on mutual legal assistance in civil matters;

t2) Bidding packages for the provision of goods, products and services under the Voucher mechanism or similar support instruments within programs, schemes or plans approved by competent authorities;

t3) Bidding packages for the provision of free health screenings and periodic health examination services for population;

t4) Recruitment, placement and management of Vietnamese workers working for foreign organizations and individuals in Vietnam; provision of foreign affairs housing and land services on a reciprocal basis and in the form of allocation for use of housing and land without payment; organization of international conferences and seminars; hiring of services serving foreign affairs activities and tasks involving special security and foreign affairs requirements;

u) Bidding packages under other procurement projects or estimates subject to one or several particular conditions regarding the process, procedures and criteria for contractor selection or conditions for contract conclusion and performance not falling into one of the cases specified at Points a, c, d, dd, e, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, t1, t2, t3 and t4 of this Clause.”.

Article 8. To annul, amend and supplement a number of clauses of Article 85

1. To amend and supplement the first paragraph of Clause 1 as follows:

“1. For bidding packages falling into the cases specified at Clauses 1, 2 and 3 and Points i, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t3, t4 and u Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree, the project owner shall comply with the following procedure:”.

2. To annul Clause 3.

3. To amend and supplement Clause 5 as follows:

“5. For the cases specified at Point d Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree:

a) For international business-trip delegations and the purchase of international air tickets for international delegations entering Vietnam to attend international conferences and seminars funded by the Vietnamese side, based on the approved business-trip plan and flight itinerary, the agencies or units assigned funding sources and tasked with procurement of air tickets shall seek at least 2 quotations from 2 different air ticket agents (or quotations from 1 air ticket agent representing at least 2 different airlines, including the national airline of Vietnam), for the same itinerary for consideration, comparison and selection of an air ticket supplier that meets the following requirements: having direct flight routes that are suitable with work schedules; and having the lowest total cost of airfare (inclusive of taxes and surcharges), travel expenses, and airport waiting charge. The heads of agencies or units assigned funding sources and tasked with procurement of air tickets shall enter into contracts with suppliers, ensuring thrift and efficiency, and take responsibility for their decisions. If it is necessary to change flight routes to meet work requirements, heads of agencies or units assigned funding sources shall decide on ticket purchase based on requests of the heads of the working delegations;

b) For domestic business-trip delegations and the purchase of domestic air tickets in Vietnam for international delegations entering Vietnam to attend international conferences and seminars funded by the Vietnamese side:

The heads of agencies or units assigned funding sources and tasked with procurement of air tickets shall enter into contracts with suppliers, ensuring thrift and efficiency, and take responsibility for their decision;

c) The purchase of air tickets in accordance with Points a and b of this Clause is not subject to the formulation, approval of contractor selection plans.”.

4. To amend and supplement the first paragraph of Clause 8 as follows:

“8. For bidding packages falling under the cases specified at Points g, h and t1 Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree, the project owner or the Asset Valuation Council (in case a body competent to conduct the proceedings allocates funding to the Asset Valuation Council) shall carry out the following procedure:”.

5. To add Clause 8a below Clause 8 as follows:

“8a. For bidding packages for procurement of international legal databases and settlement of international investment disputes falling under the case specified at Point m Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree, the heads of agencies or units in charge of the procurement shall decide on the procurement, ensuring thrift and efficiency, and take responsibility for their decision, without required formulation, approval of contractor selection plans or the bidding package estimate, or signing of contract with the provider, but ensuring that complete invoices and supporting documents are maintained in accordance with law.”.

6. To add Clause 10 below Clause 9 as follows:

“10. For the case specified at Point t2 Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree:

a) The supporting agency shall develop and publicly disclose the evaluation criteria, terms of reference, quality control mechanism and procedure for receipt of applications and assessment of the capacity of providers of goods, products and services; determine the list of providers of goods, products and services under the Voucher mechanism; only select providers of goods, products and services with good capacity and experience for inclusion in the list;

b) The supporting agency shall negotiate principle contracts for the provision of goods, products and services with providers of goods, products and services on the basis of the criteria, terms of reference and quality control mechanism specified at Point a of this Clause;

c) The supporting agency shall finalize and sign principle contracts with providers of goods, products and services.”.

Article 9. To amend and supplement a number of clauses of Article 98

1. To amend and supplement the first paragraph of Clause 1 as follows:

“1. The formulation, appraisal and approval of dossiers of invitation to prequalification, dossiers of invitation for expression of interest, or bidding dossiers, and the appraisal of prequalification results and contractor selection results shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 25, 26, 27, 33, 37, 38, 39, 46, 62, 63, 64, 72, 81 and 101 of this Decree.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

“2. The criteria for evaluation of dossiers for participation in prequalification, dossiers of expression of interest, or bid dossiers shall comply with Articles 25, 26, 37, 38, 62 and 63 of this Decree. The time for formulation of dossiers for participation in prequalification, dossiers of expression of interest, or bid dossiers shall comply with Articles 25, 28, 37, 40, 62, 65, 81 and 101 of this Decree. Dossiers for participation in prequalification, dossiers of expression of interest and bid dossiers shall be considered valid when contractors are not in a state of being suspended from participating in or terminating participation in the System. A bid dossier or any document submitted by a contractor to the project owner after the bid closing time to amend or supplement the submitted bid dossier shall be invalid and shall not be considered, except for documents clarifying the bid dossier at the request of the project owner.”.

Article 10. To amend and supplement a number of points, clauses of Article 106

1. To amend and supplement Point a, Clause 2 as follows:

“a) Goods and services in the list of strategic technologies of sectors and fields; key scientific research projects or tasks; important national projects, works and tasks; foundational industries, spearhead industries, energy infrastructure, digital infrastructure, green transportation, national defense, security, human resources training associated with technology transfer;”.

2. To add Point e below Point dd Clause 2 as follows:

“e) Goods, services and works ordered for implementation of economic development projects and tasks.”.

3. To amend and supplement Clause 3 as follows:

“3. The ordering organization specified in Clause 2 of Article 107 of this Decree shall decide on the goods and services to be ordered in accordance with Points a, b, c, d and e of Clause 2 of this Article.”.

Article 11. To amend and supplement Clause 6 and add Clause 7 below Clause 6 Article 109

“6. Publicization of information on the results of performance of the contract of placement of orders and information on the quality of used goods (except for information on the list of state secrets):

a) The ordering organization shall disclose information on the contract performance results on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System, including: the performance schedule; the quality of the goods or services; the violations of the contract of placement of orders and reasons for the violations; and other information (if necessary). The information may be uploaded during or after the contract performance period but no later than 30 days from the date of expiration of the performance period of the contract of placement of orders;

b) The ordering organization shall publicize information on the quality of goods used under the contract on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System in accordance with Clause 5 of Article 20 of this Decree. The publicization shall be after the contract performance period but no later than 30 days from the date of expiration of the performance period of the contract of placement of orders.

7. The placement of orders specified at Points a, b, c, d and e of Clause 2 Article 106 of this Decree is not subject to the formulation, approval of contractor selection plans.”.

Article 12. To amend and supplement Clause 2 Article 117

“2. Domestic costs are costs related to the performance of a bidding package arising within the territory of Vietnam and must be paid in Vietnamese dong. Overseas costs are costs related to the performance of a bidding package arising outside the territory of Vietnam and paid in a foreign currency or Vietnamese dong as prescribed in the contract.”.

Article 13. To amend and supplement a number of points, clauses of Article 131

1. To add Point k below Point i Clause 2 as follows:

“k) For important and key bidding packages falling under the cases specified at Points a, b and b1 Clause 3 of this Article, in addition to the contents specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, e, g, h and i of this Clause, the supervision contents shall include: progress and results of the application of contractor selection plans; evaluation of the results of the application of contractor selection, appointment plan in special cases and placement of orders.”.

2. To add Point b1 below Point b Clause 3 as follows:

“b1) Goods and services under projects for which placement of orders is applied;”.

3. To amend and supplement Point dd Clause 3 as follows:

“dd) Bidding packages not falling under the cases specified at Points a, b, b1, c and d of this Clause but for which the competent persons decide to carry out supervision (if necessary).”.

4. To amend and supplement Point c Clause 4 as follows:

“c) Report on supervision results: The agency or unit conducting the supervision shall report the supervision results to the competent person and publicize them on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System.  In case of detecting any acts or contents inconsistent with the bidding law or other relevant laws, the agency or unit carrying out the supervision must propose to the competent person the handling measures to ensure the schedule and effectiveness of the bidding package.”.

Article 14. To amend and supplement a number of points, clauses of Article 132

1. To amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

“2. Regular supervision agency of ministries, sectors and localities:

The unit assigned by a ministry, ministerial-level agency or other central-level agency to perform the function of advising on state management of bidding, or the Provincial-level Department of Finance (hereinafter referred to as the regular supervision agency), shall carry out the following activities:

a) Regularly supervise the bidding activities of project owners subject to the regulations specified in Article 2 of the Law on Bidding within the areas and fields under the management of the relevant ministry, sector or locality;

b) Supervise contractor selection activities in accordance with Point d Clause 7 Article 3 of the Law on Bidding of state-owned enterprises that do not use the state budget, public non-business units with self-financed current and investment expenditures, and public non-business units with self-financed current expenditures that do not use the state budget within the areas and fields under the management of the ministries, sectors, or localities.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 4 and Clause 5 as follows:

“4. Order and procedures for regular supervision of bidding activities in the case specified at Point a Clause 2 of this Article:

a) The regular supervision agency shall receive, monitor and consolidate information serving the supervision from the Vietnam National E-Procurement System, reports of project owners, petitions and feedback from organizations and individuals, and other lawful sources of information;

b) Based on the information specified at Point a of this Clause, the regular supervision agency shall notify the project owner of abnormal signs that may affect the competitiveness, fairness, transparency, efficiency or performance schedule of the bidding package or project;

c) In case signs of violations of the law on bidding are detected, the regular supervision agency shall request the project owner to review and handle them within its competence and report the implementation results within the prescribed time limit; and, if necessary, establish a supervision team to conduct case-specific supervision;

d) Based on the supervision results, in case any limitations or errors are identified, the regular supervision agency shall request the project owner to remedy and rectify them; in case any violation of the law on bidding is identified, it shall recommend or request the competent agency or person to take action against the violating organization or individual in accordance with law;

dd) The regular supervision agency shall disclose on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System information on the supervision results and the implementation of the supervision results, including: requirements for remedy and rectification; results of the project owner's implementation of the requirements for remedy and rectification; contents of recommendations or requests to the competent agency or person to take action against violating organizations or individuals; and other information as prescribed by law.

5. The order and procedures for regular supervision of bidding activities in the case specified at Point b Clause 2 of this Article are as follows:

a) On a quarterly basis, the units shall update information on contractor selection activities in accordance with Point d Clause 7 Article 3 of the Law on Bidding, using the form available on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System, and submit such information to the regular supervision agency;

b) The regular supervision agency shall receive the information specified at Point a of this Clause and any petitions or feedback submitted by organizations or individuals (if any) for consolidation and supervision, and shall make recommendations on necessary measures to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of bidding activities;

c) The regular supervision agency shall establish a supervision team to conduct supervision of contractor selection activities where there are signs that publicity, transparency or efficiency is not ensured.”.

Article 15. To amend and supplement a number of points, clauses of Article 138

1. To amend and supplement Point a Clause 1 as follows:

“a) A contractor, agency or organization shall submit a petition regarding the bidding dossiers to the project owner at least 03 working days before the bid closing time; a participating contractor shall submit a petition regarding other matters concerning the contractor selection process to the project owner before the contractor selection results are notified. The contents of the petition shall be publicized on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System. Information on the contractor, agency or organization submitting the petition and the time of submission of the petition shall be publicized by the Vietnam National E-Procurement System to the project owner. Within 07 working days from the date of receipt of the petition from the contractor, agency or organization, the project owner must issue a written response to the petition and send it to the contractor, agency or organization and post it on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System.

In case the contractor, agency or organization disagrees with the result of settlement of the petition, or past the time limit specified at this Point but the project owner has yet to issue a document on petition settlement, the contractor, agency or organization shall have the right to submit a petition to the competent person within 05 working days from the date of expiration of the time limit for settlement of the petition or the date of receipt of the project owner's written response to the petition. The competent person must issue a written response to the petition and send it to the contractor, agency or organization within 07 working days from the date of receipt of the petition from the contractor, agency or organization, and send it to the project owner for posting on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

“2. The settlement of petitions regarding contractor selection results shall be carried out according to one of the following two procedures:

a) The contractor shall submit a petition to the project owner within 10 days from the date on which the contractor selection results are posted on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System. The contents of the petition shall be publicized on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System. Information on the contractor submitting the petition and the time of submission of the petition shall be publicized by the Vietnam National E-Procurement System to the project owner. Within 07 working days from the date of receipt of the petition from the contractor, the project owner must issue a written response to the petition and send it to the contractor and post it on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System.

In case the contractor disagrees with the result of settlement of the petition, or past the time limit specified at this Point but the project owner has yet to issue a document on petition settlement the contractor shall have the right to submit a petition to the standing body within 05 working days from the date of expiration of the time limit for settlement of the petition or the date of receipt of the project owner's written response to the petition. The petition settlement council must issue a written response to the petition and send it to the contractor within 30 days from the date on which the petition settlement council is established. The standing body shall post the written response to the petition of the petition settlement council on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System within 02 working days from the date on which the written response to the petition is issued;

b) The contractor shall submit a petition to the standing body within 10 days from the date on which the contractor selection results are posted on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System. The petition settlement council must issue a written response to the petition and send it to the contractor within 30 days from the date on which the petition settlement council is established. The standing body shall post the written response to the petition of the petition settlement council on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System within 02 working days from the date on which the written response to the petition is issued.

In case the contractor submits a petition simultaneously to the standing body and the project owner, the petition settlement council shall be responsible for settling the petition.”.

3. To amend and supplement Clause 6 as follows:

“6. For the settlement of petitions by the competent person, the project owner shall be responsible for posting the written response to the petition on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System within 05 working days from the date of receipt of the written response to the petition from the competent person.”.

4. To add Clause 8 below Clause 7 as follows:

“8. For a petition involving multiple complex matters, the petition settlement council may decide to extend the time limit for settlement of the petition within 10 days from the date of expiration of the time limit for settlement of the petition prescribed at Points a and b Clause 2 of this Article.”.

Article 16. To amend and supplement a number of clauses of Article 140

1. To amend and supplement the first paragraph of Clause 4 as follows:

“4. In case no contractor participates in bidding at the bid closing time, the project owner may apply contractor appointment in accordance with Point e1 Clause 2 of Article 78 of this Decree or decide to take one of the following measures:”.

2. To amend and supplement Point b Clause 4 as follows:

“b) Extending the time of bid closing for at least 05 working days for bidding packages that are currently inviting expression of interest, inviting pre-qualification, bidding packages for construction and installation, mixed bidding packages with a price not exceeding VND 20 billion, bidding packages for procurement of goods, provision of non-consultancy services with a price not exceeding VND 10 billion, simple consultancy service bidding packages and urgent consultancy service bidding packages that need to be implemented immediately due to schedule requirements and are subject to domestic bidding; extending the bid closing time by at least 10 days for other bidding packages;”.

3. To amend and supplement Clause 25 as follows:

“25. If, during the contractor's performance of contracts for bidding packages, the contractor's personnel (signing a labor contract with the contractor at the time of committing the act of violation) are convicted by a court of committing an act of violation against regulations on bidding that leads to serious consequences according to criminal law in order for the contractor to win the bidding, the project owner must terminate the contract with such contractor and confiscate the value of the contract execution security; the contractor may be only paid for the performed and accepted work items under the contract. The contractor shall be considered to have failed to complete the contract and publicized on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System; the notice must clearly state the reasons for the contractor's breach of contract leading to the termination of the contract; for the uncompleted tasks, the project owner shall carry out the contractor appointment in accordance with Point dd Clause 20 of this Article or separate such work items into new bidding packages and organize the contractor selection in accordance with the law regulations.”.

4. To add Clauses 33a and 33b below Clause 33 as follows:

“33a. In case only one contractor participates in a bidding package and its bid dossier substantially satisfies the requirements of the bidding dossiers but fails to satisfy the technical requirements specified in the bidding dossiers for goods items that are ordinary, commonly used and readily available on the market, and the total value of such goods items in the package price accounts for no more than 1% of the package price, the project owner shall consider and decide to permit the contractor to supplement or replace such goods. The price of the supplemented or replaced goods shall not exceed the unit price of the goods offered.

33b. During the evaluation of bid dossiers and dossiers of proposals, in case the evaluation period is prolonged, resulting in the expiration of the validity of the contractor's bid dossiers or dossiers of proposals, the project owner shall have the right to request the contractor to reinstate the validity of the corresponding bid dossiers, dossiers of proposals and the bid security. In case the contractor does not agree to or refuses to reinstate the validity of the bid dossiers, dossiers of proposals and the bid security, the contractor's bid dossiers or dossiers of proposals shall not be further considered or evaluated and shall not be subject to penalties for violations in accordance with the law on bidding.”.

5. To amend and supplement Clause 34 as follows:

“34. In addition to the cases specified in Clauses 1 through 33b of this Article, when an eventuality arises, the project owner shall consider and decide to respond to such arising eventuality on the basis of ensuring competitiveness, fairness, transparency and economic efficiency and accountability.”.

Article 17. To amend and supplement Clause 2 Article 141

“2. Management of subcontractors:

a) Based on the size and characteristics of the bidding package, the project owner shall specify, in the bidding dossiers and dossiers of requirements, the maximum percentage of the bid price or contract price that may be allocated to subcontractors. The contractor may propose the subcontracted work portions, the value of the subcontracted work portions, and the names of subcontractors in the bid dossiers, dossiers of proposals; such proposal must ensure that the maximum value allocated to subcontractors specified in the bidding dossiers and dossiers of requirements is not exceeded. In case, at the time of bidding, the name of the subcontractor expected to perform the work has not yet been determined, the contractor may omit the name of the subcontractor but must clearly specify the subcontracted work portions and the value of the subcontracted work portions in the bid dossier or dossier of proposal. The work portions may consist of one or more work items or part of the quantity of a work item of the bidding package;

b) In case a special subcontractor is employed to perform important work of the bidding package as required by the bidding dossiers or dossiers of requirements, the capacity and experience of the special subcontractor shall be evaluated in accordance with the bidding dossiers or dossiers of requirements. When employing a special subcontractor, the contractor is not required to satisfy the requirements on capacity and experience for the work portion assigned to the special subcontractor;

c) During contract negotiation (if any) or contract finalization, the project owner and the contractor must agree on the percentage of employment of subcontractors. The contractor may propose changes to the name of the subcontractor and increases or reductions in the work portions and the value of the subcontracted work portions as proposed in the bid dossier or dossier of proposal, provided that the percentage of the maximum value allocated to subcontractors specified in the bidding dossiers or dossiers of requirements is not exceeded, as a basis for contract signing;

d) The contractor may enter into contracts with subcontractors included in the list of subcontractors stated in the bid dossier, dossier of proposal or contract, or with subcontractors approved by the project owner to perform the work expected to be subcontracted as stated in the bid dossier, dossier of proposal or contract. The use of subcontractors shall not change the obligations of the contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for the quantity, quality, schedule and other responsibilities for the work portion performed by the subcontractor;

dd) The replacement or addition of subcontractors (except special subcontractors), or changes to the work portion or value of the work portion performed by subcontractors as stated in the bid dossier or dossier of proposal, may only be made with the approval of the project owner and the supervision consultant and must ensure that the maximum value of work allocated to subcontractors stated in the contract is not exceeded; the project owner shall not evaluate the capacity and experience of subcontractors (except special subcontractors), and the contractor shall be responsible for selecting and using subcontractors with the capacity and experience satisfying the requirements on quantity, quality, schedule and other responsibilities on the work portion performed by the subcontractor. For a consortium of contractors, each consortium member may only use subcontractors up to the percentage allocated to subcontractors specified in the bidding dossiers or dossiers of requirements, calculated on the value of the work portion undertaken by such consortium member under the consortium agreement or signed contract;

e) The contractor shall be responsible for making full and timely payments to subcontractors in accordance with the agreement between the contractor and the subcontractors;

g) The contractor may not use or enter into a contract with another contractor to perform the work portion falling under its responsibility after deducting the maximum value of the work portion for subcontractors and the volume of work for special subcontractors as stated in the contract;

h) The contractor may enter into contracts with suppliers or individuals to purchase raw materials, fuels, materials, supplies, spare parts, machinery and equipment, or to hire construction equipment and personnel for the performance of the bidding package. In this case, such suppliers and individuals shall not be considered subcontractors, and such work portion and its value shall not be included in the value of work for which subcontractors are used and shall not be considered a violation of Point g of this Clause.”.

Article 18. To add Point dd below Point d Clause 1 Article 146 as follows:

“dd) Develop a database on prices in bidding.”.

Article 19. To replace and annul phrases

1. To replace the phrases in Clause 1 Article 85 as follows:

a) To replace the phrase “For the cases specified at Point n Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree, if public education institutions, drug rehabilitation facilities, or detention facilities in the armed forces are located in areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions in accordance with the law on investment, and in border or island areas” with the phrase “For the cases specified at Point n Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree, if public education institutions, drug rehabilitation facilities, or detention facilities in the armed forces, social protection establishments, and establishments providing care and convalescent treatment for persons with meritorious services to the country are located in areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions in accordance with the law on investment, and in border or island areas”.

b) To replace the phrase “For the cases specified at Point r Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree, the project owners shall finalize and enter into contracts with suppliers under Point d of this Clause without having to carry out the procedures specified at Points a, b, c, and dd of this Clause.” with the phrase “For the cases specified at Points r and t3 Clause 4 Article 84 of this Decree, the project owners shall finalize and enter into contracts with suppliers under Point d of this Clause without having to carry out the procedures specified at Points a, b, c, and dd of this Clause.”.

2. To annul the phrase “, government-attached agencies” at Point k Clause 4 Article 84; Clause 1 Article 89; Point a Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 122; Point a Clause 2 Article 128; Point a Clause 1 and Point c Clause 2 of Article 139; and Clause 4 Article 146.

Chapter II

AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 32/2019/ND-CP DATED APRIL 10, 2019 PRESCRIBING THE ASSIGNMENT OF TASKS, PLACEMENT OF ORDERS, OR BIDDING FOR PROVISION OF PUBLIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES COVERED BY STATE BUDGET FUNDS FOR REGULAR EXPENDITURES (WHICH HAD A NUMBER OF ARTICLES AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED UNDER DECREE NO. 111/2025/ND-CP DATED MAY 22, 2025 AND DECREE NO. 214/2025/ND-CP DATED AUGUST 4, 2025 OF THE GOVERNMENT)

Article 20. To amend and supplement a number of clauses of Article 13

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1 as follows:

“1. Revenue and expenditure estimates assigned by competent authorities. For estimates for placement of orders, the plan for placement of orders may be formulated on the basis of the estimates for placement of orders of the budget year and the expected estimates for placement of orders of subsequent budget years.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 3 as follows:

“3. Unit prices or prices of public non-business services funded with the state budget.”.

Article 21. To amend and supplement a number of Points and Clauses of Article 13a

1. To amend and supplement Point a Clause 1 as follows:

“a) Determination of unit prices or prices for placement of orders;”.

2. To amend and supplement Point c Clause 2 as follows:

“c) Determination of unit prices or prices for placement of orders;”.

Article 22. To amend and supplement Point d Clause 3 Article 14

“d) The unit prices or prices for placement of orders shall be issued by competent authorities on the basis of techno-economic norms and expense norms (if any), or other methods of setting prices in accordance with the law on prices and other relevant laws.

In case the head of an agency or unit determines an urgent task of placement of orders requiring immediate implementation, pending the issuance of the unit prices and prices for placement of orders by the competent authority, the agency or unit may sign a contract with a value not exceeding 90% of the order placement value calculated according to the price applied in the most recent year or 90% of the estimate assigned by a competent authority (applicable only to initial implementation).

After the competent authority issues the unit prices and prices for placement of orders, the agencies and units shall adjust the contract, conduct acceptance, liquidate the contract on placement of orders, and remit to the state budget the greater difference (if any) between the signed contract and the adjusted contract.”.

Article 23. To amend and supplement a number of clauses of Article 18

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1 as follows:

“1. Estimates assigned by competent authorities for placement of orders for production or provision of public-utility products and services. For estimates for placement of orders, the plan for placement of orders may be formulated on the basis of the estimates for placement of orders of the budget year and the expected estimates for placement of orders of subsequent budget years.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 3 as follows:

“3. Unit prices or prices for placement of orders; price subsidy levels. For charge-liable public-utility products and services, the charge rates shall be prescribed by the State.”.

Article 24. To amend and supplement Clause 3 Article 18a

“3. Determination of unit prices or prices for placement of orders.”.

Article 25. To amend and supplement Point c Clause 1 Article 19

“c) Prices, unit prices, or price subsidy levels. In which, the prices or unit prices for placement of orders shall be issued by competent authorities on the basis of techno-economic norms and expense norms (if any) or other methods of setting prices in accordance with the law on prices and other relevant laws.

In case the head of an agency or unit determines an urgent task of placement of orders requiring immediate implementation, pending the issuance of the unit prices and prices for placement of orders by the competent authority; the agency or unit may sign a contract with a value not exceeding 90% of the order placement value calculated according to the price applied in the most recent year or 90% of the estimate assigned by a competent authority (applicable only to initial implementation).

After the competent authority issues the unit prices and prices for placement of orders, the agencies and units shall adjust the contract, conduct acceptance, liquidate the contract on placement of orders, determine the price subsidy levels in accordance with regulations, and remit to the state budget the greater difference (if any) between the signed contract and the adjusted contract.”.

Article 26. To amend and supplement Point b Clause 2 Article 26

“b) Based on the techno-economic norms, and expense norms (if any) for sectors promulgated by ministries and central-level agencies for application in localities. In case, for any list of public products and services, the ministries or central-level agencies have not promulgated or do not promulgate techno-economic norms or expense norms (if any), or have promulgated such norms that are not suitable for the actual conditions in the locality, the provincial-level People's Committee shall promulgate such norms for public products and services under its management scope for implementation in conformity with the balancing capacity of the local budget.

Promulgate, amend and supplement criteria and quality standards for public products and services; mechanisms for supervision, evaluation and inspection of quality; and regulations on inspection and acceptance of public products and services under the management scope of the locality.”.

Chapter III

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 27. Transitional provisions

1. For Decree No. 32/2019/ND-CP:

a) For public products and services for which an order placement decision has been issued or an order placement contract has been signed before the effective date of this Decree, the provisions of Decree No. 32/2019/ND-CP (which has a number of articles amended and supplemented under Decree No. 111/2025/ND-CP and Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP) shall continue to apply until the payment and finalization of funds for the placement of orders of public products and services have been completed;

b) For the placement of orders of public products and services using state budget funds from recurrent expenditure sources for which the state budget estimate for 2026 has been assigned (including the previous year's estimate carried forward to 2026 and the estimate supplemented in 2026), but for which no decision on placement of orders has been issued and no contract on placement of orders has been signed, the agency placing orders may decide whether to continue applying the Decree No. 32/2019/ND-CP (which has a number of articles amended and supplemented under Decree No. 111/2025/ND-CP and Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP) or this Decree;

c) For techno-economic norms, expense norms for public products and services using state budget funds; criteria and standards on quality for public products and services; mechanisms for supervision, evaluation and inspection of quality; and regulations on inspection and acceptance of public products and services promulgated by competent authorities before the effective date of this Decree, the existing regulations shall continue to apply.

2. For Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP:

a) For bidding packages for which dossiers of invitation for expression of interest, dossiers of invitation to prequalification, bidding dossiers or dossiers of requirements have been issued, or for which a draft contract has been sent in the case of bidding packages applying the contractor appointment according to simplified procedures, before the effective date of this Decree, the organization of shortlisting, contractor selection, contract signing, contract performance management and settlement of petitions shall continue to be carried out in accordance with the Law on Bidding No. 22/2023/QH15 (which has a number of articles amended and supplemented under Law No. 57/2024/QH15 and Law No. 90/2025/QH15), Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP (as amended and supplemented by the Government's Decree No. 165/2026/ND-CP dated May 15, 2026 and Decree No. 170/2026/ND-CP dated May 15, 2026), and documents providing detailed regulations and guiding its implementation, and the provisions of Article 16 of this Decree shall apply;

b) For bidding packages for which the contractor selection plan has been approved but, by the effective date of this Decree, dossiers of invitation for expression of interest, dossiers of invitation to prequalification, bidding dossiers or dossiers of requirements, or a draft contract in the case of packages applying the contractor appointment according to simplified procedures, have not yet been issued or sent, and which contain contents inconsistent with this Decree, the project owner may adjust the approved contractor selection plan for implementation in accordance with this Decree;

c) For bidding packages for the purchase of domestically manufactured vaccines specified at Point b Clause 4 Article 84 of Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP (as amended and supplemented by the Government's Decree No. 165/2026/ND-CP dated May 15, 2026 and Decree No. 170/2026/ND-CP dated May 15, 2026), where the project owner has entered into a contract with a domestic vaccine manufacturer in accordance with Clause 3 Article 85 of Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP (as amended and supplemented by the Government's Decree No. 165/2026/ND-CP dated May 15, 2026 and Decree No. 170/2026/ND-CP dated May 15, 2026) before the effective date of this Decree, the project owner and the domestic vaccine manufacturer may adjust the signed contract and carry out payment and pricing in accordance with the mechanism prescribed in Article 22 of this Decree.

Article 28. Implementation provisions

1. This Decree shall take effect from the date of its signing.

2. To annul Clause 2 Article 3 of the Government's Decree No. 111/2025/ND-CP dated May 22, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 60/2021/ND-CP dated June 21, 2021 providing the financial autonomy mechanism applicable to public non-business units.