Circular No. 24/2025/TT-BQP amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular No. 174/2021/TT-BQP dated December 27, 2021, issued by the Minister of National Defense, detailing and guiding the implementation of certain contents in Decree No. 06/2021/NĐ-CP dated January 26, 2021, of the Government on quality management, construction, and maintenance of construction projects within the Ministry of National Defense.

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Law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones

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Pursuant toNovember 24, 2023;June 18, 2014; Pursuant to Decree No. 01/2022/NĐ-CP dated November 30, 2022 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of National Defense; Decree No. 03/2025/NĐ-CP dated February 28, 2025 of the Government amending and supplementing certain articles of Decree No. 01/2022/NĐ-CP dated November 30, 2022 of the Government; Construction Law June 17, 2020;

Pursuant toPursuant to Decree No. 06/2021/NĐ-CP dated January 26, 2021 of the Government detailing certain contents regarding the management of quality, construction, and maintenance of construction projects; Decree No. June 20, 2023 of the Government amending and supplementing certain articles of decrees under the domain of state administration of the Ministry of Construction; Decree No. 

December 30, 2024 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for implementation;

The Minister of National Defense issues this Circular amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular No. 35/2023/NĐ-CPDecember 27, 2021 of the Minister of National Defense detailing and guiding the implementation of certain contents in Decree No. 06/2021/NĐ-CP dated January 26, 2021 of the Government on the management of quality, construction, and maintenance of construction projects within the Ministry of National Defense.175/2024/NĐ-CPArticle 1. Amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular No. 174/2021/TT-BQP dated December 27, 2021 of the Minister of National Defense detailing and guiding the implementation of certain contents in Decree No. 06/2021/NĐ-CP dated January 26, 2021 of the Government on the management of quality, construction, and maintenance of construction projects within the Ministry of National DefenseNovember 24, 2023;concerning construction activity management;

In accordance with the proposal of the Director of the General Logistics Department - Technical Service;

1. This Circular details and guides the implementation of certain contents in Decree No. 06/2021/NĐ-CP dated January 26, 2021 of the Government detailing certain contents regarding the management of quality, construction, and maintenance of construction projects of investment construction projects serving national defense decided to invest or authorized to decide to invest by the Minister of National Defense; decided to invest by the head of a defense enterprise.174/2021/TT-BQP 2. The management of quality, construction, and maintenance of Class A national defense works as prescribed in this Circular shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Regulation of Combat Works".

2. Amend Article 2 as follows:

1. Amend Article 1 as follows:

"Article 1. Scope of Regulation

"Article 2. Scope of Application

This Circular applies to agencies, units, organizations, and individuals related to the management of quality, construction, and maintenance of construction projects of investment construction projects serving national defense decided to invest or authorized to decide to invest by the Minister of National Defense; decided to invest by the head of a defense enterprise".

3. Add

Article 2a after Article 2 as follows:

"Article 2a. Explanation of Terms

1. The Ministry of National Defense Construction Specialized Agency is the Barracks Department/General Logistics - Technical Department;2. The Construction Specialized Agency of subordinate agencies and units of the Ministry of National Defense, defense enterprises is the Logistics - Technical Department (Logistics Department) or the agency entrusted with construction management (hereinafter referred to collectively as the Construction Specialized Agency of the agency or unit);

3. Defense enterprise is a state-owned enterprise directly serving national defense or combining economy with national defense in accordance with Clause 5 Article 217 of the Enterprise Law No. 59/2020/QH14 and meeting the conditions stipulated in Articles 3 and 4 of Decree No. 16/2023/NĐ-CP dated April 25, 2023 of the Government on the organization and operation of enterprises directly serving national defense and security and enterprises combining economy with national defense and security; amending the provision at point g Clause 1 Article 23 of Decree No. 47/2021/NĐ-CP dated April 1, 2021 of the Government detailing certain provisions of the Enterprise Law.".

In this Circular, the following terms are understood as follows:
4. Add Article 3a after Article 3 as follows:

"Article 3a. Classification, Grading, and Grouping of Works

1. Classification of National Defense Works

National defense works are structures in the form of buildings or other structural forms (which may be independent works or a combination of works) serving national defense purposes, including:

a) Class A national defense works are those serving combat defense missions to protect the country, as stipulated in point a Clause 2 Article 5 of the Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones No. 25/2023/QH15;
b) Class B national defense works are those serving training and exercise missions of military forces and self-defense militia, as stipulated in point a Clause 3 Article 5 of the Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones;

c) Class C national defense works are those serving storage, repair, destruction of weapons, ammunition, equipment, research, testing, production of defense products, as stipulated in point a Clause 4 Article 5 of the Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones;

d) Class D national defense works are those serving daily living, studying, working of the military and other tasks not including those specified in points a, b, and c of this clause, as stipulated in point a Clause 5 Article 5 of the Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones.

2. Grading and grouping of national defense works used in the management of investment construction activities within the Ministry of National Defense are as follows:

a) Groups of national defense works are implemented according to Article 6 of the Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones; regulations of the Government on grouping national defense works;

b) Grades of Class C and Class D works are determined according to the guidance in Circular No. 06/2021/TT-BXD dated June 30, 2021 of the Minister of Construction on grading construction works and guiding their application in investment construction management; Appendix II of Circular No. 174/2021/TT-BQP.".

5. Amend Clause 5 of Article 9 as follows:

a) Groups of defense works implemented in accordance with Article 6 of the Law on Management and Protection of Defense Works and Military Areas; regulations of the Government on categorizing defense works;

b) The level of construction projects C and D is determined in accordance with Circular No. 06/2021/TT-BXD dated June 30, 2021, issued by the Minister of Construction, stipulating the classification of construction projects and guiding its application in investment and construction management; Appendix II of Circular No. 174/2021/TT-BQP."

5. Amend Clause 5 of Article 9 as follows:

"5. The project items, construction works completed may only be put into use and finalised in the construction contract settlement after receiving the approval document for the acceptance results."

6. Supplement Clause 1a and Clause 1b following Clause 1 of Article 10 as follows:

"1a. Inspection of acceptance work during construction

a) The Ministry of National Defence's construction specialisation agency shall inspect Class B, Class C, and Class D projects decided to be invested in by the Minister of National Defence; Class B Group 1 projects decided to be invested in by the Chief of General Staff; Class C and Class D Level II and above projects decided to be invested in by the head of defence enterprises;

b) The construction specialisation agency of the agencies and units shall inspect construction works within their management scope, including those specified in point a of this clause."

1b. Inspection of completion acceptance work

a) The investor agency or unit shall establish an independent department separate from the project management board (project management department) to inspect and serve as the basis for issuing the approval document for the completion acceptance results of the construction work. In necessary cases, they shall request the construction specialisation agency to conduct inspections; the investor may only request one construction specialisation agency to inspect projects;

b) The construction specialisation agency of the agencies and units shall participate in inspecting construction works of projects serving national defence decided to be invested in by localities."

7. Amend point a of Clause 2 of Article 21 as follows:

"a) The heads of agencies and units under the Ministry of National Defence, the heads of defence enterprises, and the heads of construction specialisation agencies at the appropriate level shall determine violations and notify them in writing to the investors and related parties;"

8. Amend point a of Clause 2 of Article 22 as follows:

"a) Advise the Minister of National Defence on guiding, inspecting, and managing state administration over matters within the scope regulated by this Circular."Article 2. Repeal certain contents and replace some annexes and forms issued together with Circular No. 174/2021/TT-BQP

1. Repeal Article 4, Article 6, Article 7, and Clause 1 of Article 10.

2. Repeal and replace annexes and forms.

a) Replace Form No. 02, 05, 06 of Annex III with Form No. 02, 05, 06 attached to this Circular.

b) Repeal Annex I and Form No. 04 of Annex III.

1. The type, level, and group of construction works are determined according to the provisions of the law at the time of deciding to invest in the project.

Article 3. Transitional Provisions

2. Construction works commenced before the effective date of this Circular, which fall within the scope of inspection of acceptance work as stipulated in Circular No. 174/2021/TT-BQP and have not been inspected by the construction specialisation agency upon completion of construction, shall be subject to inspection according to the provisions of this Circular; if the construction work has already been inspected by the construction specialisation agency upon completion of construction, then that agency shall continue to implement it.

1. This Circular takes effect from June 20, 2025.

Article 4. Effective date

2. In case the referenced documents in this Circular are amended, supplemented, or replaced, they shall be implemented according to the amended, supplemented, or replaced documents.

The Director of the General Logistics Department - Technical Service, the heads of relevant agencies and units are responsible for implementing this Circular./.

State-owned enterprises that have been assigned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to conduct offshore wind power project surveys before the effective date of this Circular shall continue to implement according to the assigned documents; any new matters arising after the effective date of this Circular shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of this Circular.

The Director of the General Logistics Department - Technical Service, heads of relevant agencies and units shall be responsible for implementing this Circular./.