Effective management of information technology application investment projects for public investment

Information technology application investment projects using state budget capital for public investment are implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Investment.

The Draft Decree clearly states regulations on management of information technology application investment projects using state budget capital for public investment:

Information technology application investment project management

According to the draft, information technology application investment projects using state budget capital for public investment shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Investment and the provisions of this Decree. Specifically:

a- Establish, appraise, decide, adjust, and suspend investment policies in accordance with the provisions of Section 1, Chapter II of the Law on Public Investment and its amendments, supplements, and detailed regulations; prepare a preliminary total project investment or estimate a total project investment in accordance with the provisions of this Decree.

b- The authority to decide on project investment, the basis for project preparation, appraisal, and decision on project investment, the order of preparation, appraisal, and decision on project investment shall comply with the provisions of Articles 38, 39, and 43 of the Law on Public Investment and its amendments, supplements, and detailed regulations.

c- The order of preparation, appraisal and approval of project preparation costs and estimates of investment preparation tasks shall comply with the provisions of Article 44 of the Law on Public Investment and its amendments, supplements and detailed regulations.

d- The order and procedures for deciding on investment in urgent information technology application investment projects shall comply with the provisions of Article 45 of the Law on Public Investment and its amendments, supplements and detailed regulations; cost management and quality management of urgent information technology application investment projects shall comply with the provisions of this Decree;

d- The order and procedures for deciding on investment in special information technology application investment projects shall comply with the provisions of Clause 21, Article 7 of Law No. 90/2025/QH15; cost management and quality management of special information technology application investment projects shall comply with the provisions of this Decree.

e- Project adjustment shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 46 of the Law on Public Investment and its amendments, supplements and detailed regulations.

g- Project design, project feasibility study report content, project decision documents, project appraisal content and time, cost management, quality management and project implementation management organization shall comply with the provisions of this Decree.

For information technology application investment projects with investment items in telecommunications works, construction works and other fields, cost management and quality management of those investment items shall comply with the provisions of law on telecommunications works, construction works and related fields.

For projects in other fields with information technology application items, cost management and quality management of that information technology application item shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of this Decree.

In case a project consists of many component projects or sub-projects, in which each component project or sub-project can be independently operated, exploited or implemented according to the investment phases stated in the investment policy, each component project or sub-project shall be implemented right from the investment preparation stage (except for the steps of establishing, appraising and deciding on the investment policy) as an independent information technology application investment project.

The order and procedures for project preparation, appraisal and approval of a component project or sub-project shall be carried out according to the order and procedures of that group's project.

The allocation of capital for project implementation complies with the provisions of the Law on Public Investment. The selection of contractors, negotiations and signing of contracts are carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Bidding.

Project management forms

The draft regulation stipulates that the competent authority deciding on investment shall decide to choose one of the following forms of project management: Directly manage the project when the investor has sufficient conditions and capacity; hire a project management consulting organization.

The investor establishes a Project Management Board in case of direct project management to help the investor take the lead in project management.

For projects with a total investment of VND 20 billion or less, the investor may not establish a Project Management Board but use its own specialized apparatus to manage and operate the project or hire people with expertise and experience to support project management.

For urgent information technology application investment projects and special information technology application investment projects:

The authority competent to decide on project investment decides on the organization of project management; organizes the supervision of implementation and acceptance of completed projects in accordance with the provisions of the law on public investment and other relevant laws.

The authority with authority to decide on project investment may authorize the investor to decide and be responsible for organizing and managing the project implementation from the project preparation stage to the completion stage of putting the project into operation and use, and be responsible for that authorization.

Source: https://baolangson.vn/quan-ly-hieu-qua-du-an-dau-tu-ung-dung-cong-nghe-thong-tin-chi-cho-dau-tu-cong-5053935.html