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AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 02/2024/TT-BKHDT DATED MARCH 6, 2024 OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT ON TRAINING AND REFRESHER TRAINING IN BIDDING, EXAMINATION, ISSUANCE, AND REVOCATION OF BIDDING PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

Pursuant to the Law on Bidding No. 22/2023/QH15, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 57/2024/QH15, Law No. 90/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP dated August 04, 2025 elaborating certain Articles and measures for implementing the Law on Bidding on contractor selection;

Pursuant to Government’s Decree No. 115/2024/ND-CP dated September 16, 2024 elaborating some articles of and introducing measures for implementing the Law on Bidding regarding selection of investors executing investment projects involving land use, as amended and supplemented by Government’s Decree No. 225/2025/ND-CP dated August 15, 2025;

Pursuant to Government’s Decree No. 23/2024/ND-CP dated February 27, 2024 on elaboration of and measures for implementation of the Law on Bidding on selection of investors to implement projects subject to bidding organization in accordance with laws on specific sectors and fields, as amended and supplemented by Government’s Decree No. 115/2024/ND-CP dated September 16, 2024 and Government’s Decree No. 225/2025/ND-CP dated August 15, 2025;

Pursuant to Government’s Decree No. 243/2025/ND-CP dated September 11, 2025 elaborating the Law on Public - Private Partnership Investment;

Pursuant to Government’s Decree No. 29/2025/ND-CP dated February 24, 2025 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam (which is amended by Government’s Decree No. 166/2025/ND-CP dated June 30, 2025);

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The Minister of Finance promulgates a Circular on amendments to certain articles of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHDT dated March 6, 2024 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment on training and refresher training in bidding, examination, issuance, and revocation of bidding professional certificates (hereinafter referred to as “Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHDT").

Article 1. Amendments to certain Articles of the Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHDT

1. Clause 1, Article 3 is amended as follows:

“1. “bidding professional certificate” is a certificate issued in cases specified in Clause 2, Article 9 of this Circular. The certificate is made using form in Appendix 2 enclosed herewith.”

2. Article 7 is amended as follows:

a) Clause 1 is amended as follows:

1. Bidding professional certificates shall be issued to the following individuals:

a) Members of expert/appraisal teams for contractor selection stipulated in Article 19 of Bidding Law and Article 21 of Government’s Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP dated August 04, 2025 on elaboration of and measures for implementation of the bidding law regarding contractor selection;

b) Members of expert/appraisal teams for selection of investors to implement projects as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 1 of Decree No. 23/2024/ND-CP dated February 02, 2024 on elaboration of and measures for implementation of the Law on Bidding on selection of investors to implement projects subject to bidding organization in accordance with laws on specific sectors and fields, Clause 4 Article 1 of Decree No. 115/2024/ND-CP dated September 16, 2024 elaborating some articles of and introducing measures for implementing the Law on Bidding regarding selection of investors executing investment projects involving land use;

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b) Clause 2 is amended as follows:

“2. Bidding professional certificate issuance:

A person shall be issued with a bidding professional certificate if he/she meets the requirements as prescribed in point a of this Clause and falls under any of the cases as prescribed in points b, c, d, and dd as follows:

a) the holder has active legal capacity, has not faced any criminal prosecution, and does not in the certificate revocation period as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 10 of this Circular;

b) The holder has passed the bidding examination in accordance with this Circular

c) The certificate is re-issued if his/her unexpired certificate is misstated;

d) The certificate is renewed if the old certificate expires as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 8 of this Circular. The holder must apply for renewal of certificates on the System at least 15 days before the certificate's expiration date. After this deadline, he/she cannot apply for renewal of the certificate and have to retake the examination and apply for new certificate in accordance with Point a of this Clause if needed.

dd) The certificate is re-issued if his/her unexpired certificate is lost or damaged.”

3. Clause 1, Article 8 is amended as follows:

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4. Article 9 is amended as follows:

“Agencies that organize examination, issue, or revoke bidding professional certificates are public service providers having training and retraining functions under the management of ministries, equivalent agencies, or provincial People's Committees.”

5. Clauses 1 and 2, Article 10 are amended as follows:

“1. Members of expert teams or appraisal teams whose bidding professional certificates revoked due to violations specific in Article 16 of Bidding Law shall face the penalties as prescribed in Clause 9, Article 125 of Decree No. 24 /2024/ND-CP and have their information disclosed and on VNEPS and shared on the System.

2. The certificate status of the individual subject to certificate revocation in the database on the System is displayed as "certificate revoked".

6. Some points and clauses of Article 14 are amended as follows:

a) Point a Clause 1 is amended as follows:

“a) It is an agency specified in Article 9 of this Circular;”

b) Clause 2 is amended as follows:

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b) The list of agencies eligible to administer bidding examinations shall be automatically updated on the System after the grant of the account.”

c) Point b Clause 3 is amended as follows:

“b) The computer system must have a stable internet connection during the examination.”

7. Article 15 is amended as follows:

“1. The annual examination administration plan (including date and time slots) shall be opened on the System for the agencies eligible administer bidding examinations to select and organize exams according to their needs (including key information: exam period, exam time, exam location (province/city), maximum number of candidates at each exam location, exam fee, registration deadline, fee payment deadline).

2. The examination registration must be opened on the System at least 20 days before the examination date. In cases of separate examination for agencies and enterprises specified in point a clause 2 Article 17 of this Circular, the examination administering agency may adjust the start date for registration on the System, provided it is at least 10 days before the examination date.

8. Clauses 1, 2 and 3, Article 16 are amended as follows:

“1. The expected time to administer the examination and examination fee will be announced on the System at least 20 days before the expected examination date. For separate examination for agencies and enterprises specified in point a clause 2 Article 17 of this Circular, the expected time to administer the examination and examination fee will be announced on the System at least 10 days before the expected examination date.

2. At least 07 days before the examination date, the list of eligible candidates and the examination attendance notice are posted on the System, and the System also automatically sends emails announcing the examination attendance notice to the eligible candidates For separate examination for agencies and enterprises specified in point a clause 2 Article 17 of this Circular, at least 04 days before the examination date, the list of eligible candidates and the examination attendance notice are posted on the System, and the System also automatically sends emails announcing the examination attendance notice to the eligible candidates.

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9. Article 17 is amended as follows:

“1. For persons applying for examination to issue bidding professional certificates:

a) A person who wish to be granted a bidding professional certificate shall send their application on the System to the examination administering agency mentioned in the public list on the System as prescribed in Article 9 of this Circular;

b) A person shall be included in the list of eligible candidates if they have successfully applied for the examination and fully paid the examination fee as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 28 of this Circular;

c) Applications for examination and issuance of bidding professional certificates for the case specified in point b Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular and applications for issuance of bidding professional certificates specified in points c, d, and dd Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular shall be submitted on National Public Service Portal and digitized in the form of a webform on the System. Candidates shall bear the responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided on the webform. Candidates may modify and update information on the System before the deadline. After the registration deadline, the information shall be updated according to the Manual. If the information modified by the candidate fundamentally changes the initial registration information, the application is considered unsatisfactory and shall be rejected.

2. “1. For agencies/enterprises applying for examination to issue bidding professional certificates:

a) If ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, other central agencies, provincial People's Committees, state economic groups, state-owned corporations, and enterprises wish to organize centralized examination for civil servants, public employees, and employees with a minimum of 300 candidates per exam, a written request enclosed with a list shall be submitted to the examination administering agency listed on the System as prescribed in Article 9 of this Circular according to the Manual;

b) Applications for examination, issuance of bidding professional certificates of each candidate working at agencies and enterprises prescribed in point a Clause 2 of this Article shall comply with Clause 1 of this Article.”

10. Clause 1, Article 19 is amended as follows:

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11. Article 22 is amended as follows:

“1. Issuance of bidding processional certificates for cases specified in point b Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular:

Within 7 working days from the date of issuance of decision on recognition of examination results, the examination administering agency shall issue the decision on issuance of bidding processional certificates.

The examination administering agency shall publish the decision on issuance of bidding processional certificates on the System within 05 days from the issuance date.

The electronic certificate shall be sent to the personal account on the System within 15 working days from the date of issuance of the decision on issuance of bidding processional certificates.

2. Issuance of bidding processional certificates for cases specified in points c, d, and dd Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular:

The electronic certificate shall be sent to the personal account on the System within 07 working days from the date of issuance of the decision on issuance of bidding processional certificates.

12. Article 28 is amended as follows:

“1. The maximum fee for examination for cases specified in point b Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular is 800.000 VND/candidate/exam period.

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3. No fee shall be charged for reissuing a certificate if the issuing authority misstated the original bidding professional certificate In the case where an individual request to adjust information, he/she shall apply for re-issuance of bidding professional certificate in accordance with point c Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular.

4. The fees specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article do not include value-added tax (VAT) payable in accordance with the Law on Value-Added Tax and its guiding documents. In case it is necessary to adjust the fee amounts specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article to reflect the socio-economic conditions and practical requirements of examination administration, the Public Procurement Agency shall propose the Minister of Finance for consideration and decision.”

13. Clause 1, Article 32 is amended as follows:

 “1. Organize the development, management, operation, maintenance, upgrade of the System to ensure the stable operation of functions of the System as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Circular

Modify features, webforms on the System to ensure compliance with laws and plans of competent authorities on digital transformation and database connection; ensure state management of bidding and users. Information of organizations and individuals on declaration forms shall be verified by digital signatures or database interconnection or other appropriate methods.”

14. Article 34 is annulled.

15. The title and some clauses of Article 35 are amended as follows:

a) The title of Article 35 is amended as follows: “Article 35. Responsibilities of agencies that administer examinations issue or revoke bidding professional certificates”

a) Clauses 3a and 3b are added after the Clause 3 as follows:

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3b. Take full responsibility for examinations administration, issuance and revocation of bidding professional certificates.”

16. Some points and clauses of Article 37 are amended as follows:

a) Clause 1 is amended as follows:

“1. Bidding course certificates or bidding training certificates issued in accordance with the Bidding Law No. 61/2005/QH11 and the Bidding Law No. 43/2013/QH13 before January 1, 2024, shall be considered equivalent to bidding professional certificates prescribed in this Circular and shall remain valid until December 31, 2026. From January 1, 2027, individuals must take the examination to be granted a bidding professional certificate in accordance with this Circular.”

b) Clause 2 is amended as follows:

“2. Unexpired bidding practice certificates that have been granted or reissued in accordance with the Bidding Law No. 43/2013/QH13 shall be considered equivalent to bidding professional certificates prescribed in this Circular and shall remain valid for the period specified on the certificate, except as provided in Clause 3 of this Article. After the period specified on the certificate, individuals shall follow the renewal procedures specified in item c of Clause 2 of Article 7 and Clause 5 of Article 17 of this Circular to have their certificate renewed.

In the case where an unexpired bidding practice certificate is lost or damaged as prescribed in point dd Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular, the holder shall follow the procedures specified in point c Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular and submit an application to the Bidding Support Center for re-issuance.”

c) Clauses 5 is added after the Clause 4 as follows:

“5. For examination organized before November 15, 2025, the organization of examination and issuance of certificates shall comply with Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHDT dated March 6, 2024. After the expiration date specified on the certificate, the holder may apply for renewal of his/her certificate in accordance with point d Clause 2 Article 7 and point c Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular and submit it to the Bidding Support Center.”

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 a) The following phrases shall be replaced:

a.1) The phrase "cấp lần đầu, cấp lại, cấp gia hạn” (“initial issuance, re-issuance, renewal”) shall be replaced with the phrase “cấp” (“issuance”) in: Article 1; Clause 2, Article 3; Points b and d, Clause 3, Article 3; Point a, Clause 5, Article 3; Point b, Clause 3, Article 23;

a.2) The phrase “https://chungchidauthau.mpi.gov.vn” shall be replaced with the phrase “https://chungchidauthau.mof.gov.vn” in Clause 3 Article 3;

a.3) The phrase “lớn hơn” (“more than”) shall be replaced with the phrase “từ” (“from”) in point a Clause 3 Article 20;

a.4) The phrase “cấp chứng chỉ lần đầu, cấp lại chứng chỉ, cấp gia hạn chứng chỉ”(" initial issuance, re-issuance, renewal of certificates”) shall be replaced with the phrase “cấp chứng chỉ” (“issuance of certificates”) in Clause 2 Article 26.

a.5) The pharse “thủ tục cấp gia hạn” (“renewal procedures”) shall be replaced with the phrase “thủ tục cấp” (issuance procedures”) in Clause 3 Article 37;

a.6) The pharse “Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư” (“Ministry of Planning and Investment”) shall be replaced with the phrase “Bộ Tài chính” (“Ministry of Finance”) in: Clause 9, Article 3; Clause 1, Article 11; Clause 3, Article 32; Clause 2, Article 39;

a.7) The pharse “cấp gia hạn” “renewal” shall be replaced with the phrase “issuance” at (2) of Appendix 2;

a.8) The pharse “ngày ban hành quyết định” ("the date of decision issuance”) shall be replaced with the phrase “ngày quyết định bắt đầu có hiệu lực” (“the date on which the decision comes into force”); the pharse “cấp lần đầu, cấp gia hạn” (“initial issuance, renewal”) shall be replaced with the phrase “cấp” (“issuance”) in (3) of Appendix 2.

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b.1) The phrases “một hoặc nhiều” (“one or more”), “kiểm tra” (“check”) shall be removed from Clause 5 Article 3;

b.2) The phrase “một hoặc nhiều” (“one or more”) shall be removed from Clause 6 Article 3;

b.3) Point c Clause 3, the phrase “bảo mật thông tin” (“maintain confidentiality”) shall be removed from point a Clause 4 Article 11;

b.4) The phrase “lần đầu” (“initial”), “cấp lại, cấp gia hạn” (“reissuance, renewal”) shall be removed from Clause 1 Article 23;

b.5) Clause 1 and Clause 4 Article 31 shall be annulled;

b.6) The phrase “đối với” (“for”) shall be removed from the Certificate template in Appendix 2;

b.7) Forms No. 01, No. 03, No. 04, No. 05 and No. 06 of Appendix 3 shall be annulled.

b.8) Form No. 03 Appendix 3 shall be annulled.

Article 2. Implementation Clauses

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2. The provisions in Clause 1, Article 15 of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHDT (as amended and supplemented in Clause 7, Article 1 of this Circular) shall come into force from January 1, 2026.

3. The Director of the Public Procurement Agency, heads of units affiliated to the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies and organizations shall implement this Circular./.

PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Tran Quoc Phuong