Consolidated Decree No. 06/2021/ND-CP: Quality Management, Construction Execution, and Maintenance of Building Works
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This is the consolidated text of Decree No. 06/2021/ND-CP dated January 26, 2021, on quality management, construction execution, and maintenance of building works, compiled by the Ministry of Construction together with three subsequent amending decrees: Decree 35/2023/ND-CP, Decree 175/2024/ND-CP, and Decree 14/2026/ND-CP (effective January 15, 2026, mainly cutting and simplifying administrative procedures). A consolidated document does not create new law; it merges all currently effective provisions into a single reference text. The decree defines construction-industry terms (technical instructions, as-built drawings, testing, monitoring, inspection, appraisal, maintenance, and more); classifies and grades construction works; sets out the responsibilities of investors, construction contractors, material suppliers, and consulting contractors for quality, schedule, volume, and labor-safety management during construction; provides separate rules for EPC general-contractor arrangements, turnkey contracts, and public-private partnership (PPP) projects; lays out a 12-step construction-management sequence (from site handover through final handover); and assigns inspection authority over project acceptance (nghiem thu) to provincial construction agencies and specialized ministries depending on project type. The 2026 update adds a principle giving electronic administrative-procedure results the same legal value as paper documents. This is a specialized construction-industry technical decree aimed mainly at project investors, construction contractors, supervision consultants, and real-estate/construction enterprises. Its content does not directly touch VAT, corporate income tax, e-invoicing, general labor law, or customs, so it falls outside RegHub's core scope (tax, accounting, invoicing, customs, labor, and investment/financial regulation for SME owners and accountants). Recommend flagging for editorial review rather than auto-publishing.
A consolidated text, not a new law
This content is the official consolidated version published by the Ministry of Construction in the Official Gazette (Issue 119, February 22, 2026) of Decree No. 06/2021/ND-CP dated January 26, 2021, detailing quality management, construction execution, and maintenance of building works. It merges the original decree with three subsequent amendments:
- Decree No. 35/2023/ND-CP (June 20, 2023)
- Decree No. 175/2024/ND-CP (December 30, 2024)
- Decree No. 14/2026/ND-CP (signed January 13, 2026, effective January 15, 2026) - cutting and simplifying administrative procedures under the Ministry of Construction's management scope
Because this is a consolidated document, it does not itself create new legal obligations; the provisions within it were already in force under their respective constituent decrees.
Chapter I - General provisions
Scope and applicability: applies to all domestic and foreign agencies, organizations, and individuals involved in quality management, construction execution, and maintenance of building works.
Definitions (Article 2) cover core terms: technical instructions, as-built drawings, completion records, specialized construction testing, structural monitoring, surveying, construction inspection (kiem dinh), construction appraisal (giam dinh), conformity/standard assessment, maintenance, maintenance procedures, design/actual service life, warranty, and safety responsibility during construction.
Classification and grading of works (Article 3): works are classified by structural type (buildings, bridges, roads, tunnels, ports, towers, silos, dikes, dams...) and by function (civil, industrial, technical infrastructure, transport, agriculture, national defense and security).
Testing, inspection, and appraisal (Articles 4-6): specify when comparative testing, quality inspection, and structural load-bearing tests are required; how inspection costs are allocated (the party found at fault bears the cost); and inspection authority resting with provincial People's Committees, the Ministry of National Defense/Public Security (for defense/security works), or the relevant specialized ministry when assigned by the Prime Minister.
Allocation of responsibility among parties (Article 7): clarifies duties of investors, construction contractors, material suppliers, and consulting contractors, with separate rules for joint-venture contracts, turnkey contracts, EPC general contracting (design-procurement-construction), and public-private partnership (PPP) projects, where the PPP project enterprise assumes the investor's role.
Construction quality awards (Article 8) and management of individual (private) housing construction (Article 9): set floor-area/story thresholds under which a household may self-design its home, and specify when a licensed design firm and a safety design review are mandatory.
Administrative-procedure principles (Article 9a, added by Decree 14/2026/ND-CP, effective January 15, 2026): electronic administrative-procedure results carry the same legal value as paper documents; information already held in national population or specialized databases replaces re-declaration.
Chapter II - Management of construction execution
Scope of construction management (Article 10): covers quality, schedule, volume, occupational safety/environment, and investment-cost management during construction.
12-step construction management sequence (Article 11): from site handover, material/equipment management, contractor's execution management, investor supervision, design-author supervision, testing/inspection, phase acceptance, completion acceptance, inspection by competent state authorities, compilation of completion records, through to project handover.
Management of materials, products, components, and equipment (Article 12): sets supplier and manufacturer responsibilities for providing quality certificates, certificates of origin, and conformity certification; the quality-management dossier that must be kept; and conditions for changing material type or origin.
Construction contractor responsibilities (Article 13): taking over and managing the site, establishing a construction-management system (site manager, technical staff), and submitting for investor approval the testing/inspection plan, construction methods, schedule, acceptance plan, and overall safety plan.
Inspection of project acceptance (content near the end of the excerpted text)
Authority to inspect project acceptance (nghiem thu) is allocated by project type and funding source: the specialized construction agency under the relevant sector ministry inspects works that ministry decided to invest in; the agency under the Ministry of Transport inspects aviation/rail/maritime works; the agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development inspects inter-provincial irrigation/dike works; the agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade inspects offshore energy works; and the agency under the Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee inspects public-investment works decided by the city chairperson. Inspection covers compliance with quality-management and construction-safety rules and the conditions for completion acceptance.
Scope note
The source text supplied for this processing run is excerpted up to the provisions on completion-acceptance inspection authority (around Article 24); later chapters, if any (e.g., incident handling, detailed maintenance rules, technical appendices), are not covered by the material provided for this run.