Ho Chi Minh City merges a series of units, forming 2 super project management boards

Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just issued a decision to establish two large-scale project management boards, including the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board (Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Management Board) and the Ho Chi Minh City Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board.

According to the decision, the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Management Board was established on the basis of merging many existing traffic project management units, including: Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board; Ba Ria - Vung Tau Provincial Specialized Traffic and Civil Project Management Board; Binh Duong Provincial Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board.

At the same time, the Traffic Works Management and Repair Department of Binh Duong province (under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction) was also merged into a new department.

Along with that, the Ho Chi Minh City Transport Board takes over the function of managing regional transport projects from the Regional Transport Project Management Board and the specialized agricultural sector of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. Functions related to the civil sector are transferred to the Ho Chi Minh City Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board.

The Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Board plays the role of investor of urban traffic construction projects; projects using budget capital, state capital outside the budget and other projects as assigned by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

This unit also performs project management, project management consulting, construction supervision; and can participate in investing in projects in the form of socialization, public-private partnership (PPP) when conditions are met.

In parallel, the Ho Chi Minh City Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board was also established on the basis of merging the Ho Chi Minh City Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board with the Binh Duong Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board.

This Board also receives functions related to the civil and industrial fields from the Specialized Project Management Board for Transport and Civil Engineering of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.

Regarding functions, the Ho Chi Minh City Civil and Industrial Construction Investment Project Management Board performs the role of investor of civil and industrial projects when assigned; receives, manages and uses investment capital; organizes the handover of works after completion; participates in project management consulting; manages projects in the form of PPP, projects using state capital outside public investment and other legal capital sources; performs construction supervision and other tasks as assigned by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

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