Due to improper acceptance and payment and incorrect calculations, 5 contractors constructing the Aquaculture Infrastructure Project in Tra Vinh province were required to recover and deduct more than 4.2 billion VND.
The Ba Dong - Con Tau route (Truong Long Hoa commune) belongs to a project constructed by Dai Dong Hai Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company, the road surface has been concreted to 71.8% - Photo: TRA VINH NEWSPAPER published in November 2024
The Inspectorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) has just issued Conclusion No. 66-2025 on the inspection of investment management in the construction of the Aquaculture Infrastructure Project for Dan Thanh and Truong Long Hoa communes, Duyen Hai town, Tra Vinh province (referred to as the project).
The investor did not detect the contractor's shortcomings and deficiencies.
According to the conclusion, the project was approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2022 with a total investment of 230 billion VND.
The project investor is the Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Agricultural and Rural Development Works of Tra Vinh province (hereinafter referred to as the investor).
The project includes construction of transport infrastructure, water supply and drainage systems, electrical systems and transformer stations.
The project aims to contribute to attracting people and businesses to invest in aquaculture development and improve the lives of people in the project area.
By early September 2024, the project had disbursed more than 138 billion VND.
Through inspection of the implementation of project construction contracts, the inspection agency pointed out shortcomings and defects.
Notably, for package No. 17 (construction of works and procurement and installation of equipment), the investor and the consortium of Huy Hoang Construction One Member Co., Ltd., Hiep Thanh Co., Ltd., Dai Dong Hai Construction Investment Joint Stock Company and Lu Gia Electrical Mechanical Joint Stock Company accepted the overpayment with an amount of more than 735 million VND.
For the unimplemented contract volume, the investor and the consortium of these companies must deduct the contract amount of VND 3,473 billion due to not carefully reviewing the volume and unit price.
On-site inspection of package No. 17, the inspection agency determined that some sections of the embankment slope were not at the correct design slope, the embankment was loose, uneven, and eroded due to rain; some concrete pavement slabs had cracked surfaces; expansion joints were not constructed according to design; some local embankment reinforcement locations had cajuput and eucalyptus piles leaning and falling outside the roadbed; some locations of the bridge abutment cone under construction had not been compacted according to technical requirements; some electric poles had eroded foundations and tilted columns.
For package 09 (consulting on survey, marking of land clearance, designing construction drawings and construction cost estimates) implemented by the joint venture of Nam Quoc Consulting and Investment Joint Stock Company and Phuong Bac Construction Investment Consulting Company Limited, the payment of 2% VAT was also accepted with a total amount of more than 81 million VND.
For package No. 18 (construction supervision), the investor did not detect any shortcomings or deficiencies of the contractor in construction and equipment procurement and installation (package No. 17).
"The responsibility for the above-mentioned shortcomings and defects belongs to the design and appraisal consultants, construction contractors, supervision consultants and investors," the inspection conclusion stated.
5 contractors had their work revoked and money deducted due to incorrect acceptance, payment and calculation.
To overcome the shortcomings, deficiencies and defects discovered through the inspection of the project's investment and construction management, the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recommends that the Minister and Chairman of the People's Committee of Tra Vinh province direct the investor to organize a review and seriously rectify and draw lessons from the collectives and individuals under its management authority related to the shortcomings, deficiencies and defects.
The investor urged and recovered more than 816 million VND due to improper acceptance and payment to contractors. At the same time, the contract amount was reduced by more than 3.473 billion VND due to incorrect calculation.
Of which, Huy Hoang Construction LLC recovered nearly 255 million VND and deducted more than 2.4 billion VND; Hiep Thanh LLC recovered more than 245 million VND and deducted more than 669 million VND; Dai Dong Hai Construction Investment JSC recovered more than 234 million VND and deducted more than 364 million VND; Nam Quoc Consulting and Investment JSC and Phuong Bac Construction Investment Consulting LLC recovered a total of more than 81 million VND.
At the same time, direct the design consultant to take measures to fix the culverts that obstruct the flow and watercraft traffic and direct the contractor of package 17 to fix and repair the existing problems discovered through field inspection.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/5-nha-thau-du-an-ha-tang-nuoi-thuy-san-o-tra-vinh-bi-thu-hoi-giam-tru-hon-4-2-ti-dong-20250302130725338.htm
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