The truth about hanging banners at the highway project

- At the end of October 2025, a number of social networking sites posted articles with pictures of construction equipment for the Dong Dang (Lang Son) - Tra Linh (Cao Bang) expressway project hanging banners and slogans demanding the main contractor Construction Joint Stock Company 568 and the subcontractor Southeast Construction Joint Stock Company to pay the subcontractor Duc Manh Lang Son Construction Company Limited to pay the workers. To clarify the above information, reporters from Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television Station investigated.

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At the meeting with reporters, the leaders of 568 Construction Group Joint Stock Company (full name) and the subcontractor Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company both affirmed that they did not owe construction money to Duc Manh Lang Son Construction Company Limited (Duc Manh Company).

Mr. Tran Chung Tuan, Deputy General Director of 568 Construction Investment Group Joint Stock Company, emphasized: The company did not sign a contract with Duc Manh Company and only signed a contract with the subcontractor, Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company.

Mr. Ho Van Thuong, Deputy General Director of Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company, expressed: After the company signed a contract with 568 Construction Group Joint Stock Company, the unit signed a contract to hire workers, equipment and materials with Duc Manh Company to construct the roadbed and some underground construction items of the Dong Dang (Lang Son) - Tra Linh (Cao Bang) expressway project, section Km 73+600 to Km 75+800 from the second quarter of 2025.

However, when making the final payment for the completed works, Duc Manh Company did not agree with the payment according to the actual value but requested payment according to the initial provisional value, although this was clearly stated in the contract. Regarding the change in the contract value, the difference compared to the provisional price is a normal activity that the enterprise makes adjustments according to the unit price issued by the competent authority. This content was requested by Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company to Duc Manh Company to re-sign the contract appendix, but Duc Manh Company did not agree. Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company also requested Duc Manh Company to coordinate in checking and re-determining the value and volume of completed works as a basis for final payment, but Duc Manh Company did not cooperate. For the works that Duc Manh Company had completed, Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company made an advance payment and paid the full amount of 19.9 billion VND by transferring money to Duc Manh Company's account.

To clarify the above information, reporters from Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television Station contacted Mr. Nguyen Van Giap, Director of Duc Manh Company, many times, but Mr. Giap did not answer the phone. The reporters continued to talk with Mr. Nguyen Van Trien, Commander of Duc Manh Company, in charge of construction management at the project. Mr. Trien admitted: Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company had advanced the completed volume to Duc Manh Company in the amount of 19.5 billion VND...

According to information from Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company, Duc Manh Company also removed the banner before October 26, 2025; removed the article on October 29, 2025; coordinated with Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company to measure the actual volume at the site and compare debts from November 2, 2025.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Tuan, Deputy Director of Dong Dang - Tra Linh Expressway Joint Stock Company, said: Implementing the Prime Minister 's direction on creating favorable conditions for enterprises and cooperatives in the localities where the project passes through to participate in the project implementation, the investor always creates the best conditions for the units. However, through the incident between Duc Manh Company and Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company, the project enterprise has reviewed all participating units, all subcontractors and labor teams that do not meet the capacity requirements will be eliminated.

The incident that occurred between Dong Nam Bo Construction Joint Stock Company and Duc Manh Company is an unfortunate incident. This is also a lesson in project management when using human resources, equipment, vehicles, and machinery from localities where the project passes through, especially in signing contracts, checking capacity, etc. From there, it contributes to the project being implemented to meet the requirements of progress and quality according to the plan.

According to data provided by Dong Dang-Tra Linh Expressway Joint Stock Company, there are currently more than 3,500 employees working on the entire project, including about 1,100 employees and more than 200 machines managed by local businesses. This team of employees and equipment mainly participates in the construction and installation of simple items such as digging out excess soil, constructing drainage ditches, and opening service roads.

Source: https://baolangson.vn/su-that-viec-cang-bang-ron-tai-du-an-cao-toc-dong-dang-tra-linh-5063817.html