Ho Chi Minh City Planning Exhibition Center must be repaired, estimated to need 76.9 billion VND

A bid package was added to assess the current status for repairs and estimate the arising costs at the Ho Chi Minh City Planning Exhibition Center project, with an estimated arising value of VND 76.9 billion.

After 10 years of construction, the Ho Chi Minh City Planning Exhibition Center project is gradually taking shape - Photo: CHAU TUAN

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has agreed to add a bidding package to survey, evaluate the current status and prepare additional estimates for the Ho Chi Minh City Planning Exhibition Center project.

This bid package is worth 491 million VND, paid from the city budget, the form of contractor selection is shortened bidding.

This bid package comes from the proposal of the project investor, the Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Civil and Industrial Works.

The reason given by the investor is that the project has been suspended for a long time (from 2018 to present). Currently, the unfinished construction packages have a phenomenon of some work items and damaged equipment, which need to be inspected, evaluated, repaired or replaced to ensure quality.

Previously, the investor also reported additional costs in 16 bid packages, with a total additional value of about 76.9 billion VND.

As the unit participating in the appraisal of the above proposal, the Department of Construction of Ho Chi Minh City believes that repairing and replacing (if any) the items that have been degraded or damaged due to the suspension of construction from 2018 to present to ensure quality, as a basis for contractors to continue to carry out the remaining work and complete the project is necessary.

However, the additional costs determined by the investor based on the proposed value of the contractors, about 76.9 billion VND (the additional value does not exceed the total approved project investment), are not yet considered.

"Determining the value of repairs and replacements for items that have been degraded or damaged due to the suspension of construction requires an independent consulting unit to conduct a survey, assessment and make a detailed estimate," the Department of Construction proposed.

Regarding the proposal for a consulting package to survey, assess the current situation and prepare an estimate of the arising costs, the Department of Finance assessed that this package does not increase the total investment of the project and the addition is in accordance with regulations.

The Ho Chi Minh City Planning Exhibition Center project has been implemented with a total value of 756 billion/836 billion VND.

In May 2014, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee approved the project on a prime land plot in Thu Thiem, with a total investment of more than VND 836 billion, with the City Planning Exhibition Center Construction Project Management Board as the investor.

The project started in 2015, including 49 packages, without a general contractor. Many packages were implemented in the form of a lump sum contract. After that, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee approved project adjustments for the project in 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023.

By 2018, the project had completed the rough construction and started the finishing and equipment installation phase. However, from around June 2018, the project had to temporarily stop construction due to problems in the XL6 package (production and installation of external cladding items such as glass walls, facades, ceilings and metal decorative panels).

The reason is that the contractor did not perform the signed contract, causing all other bid packages to be stopped due to lack of construction site.

In March 2024, the project was transferred to the new investor, the Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Civil and Industrial Works, to restart the project. The investor terminated the XL6 package and replaced it with a new contractor.

In the submission dated May 19, 2025, the investor determined that the total value of the work performed at the project to date is worth more than 756 billion VND.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/trung-tam-trien-lam-quy-hoach-tp-hcm-phai-sua-chua-du-kien-can-76-9-ti-dong-20250725165158406.htm