The 6th Congress of the Vietnam Engineering Consultant Association was solemnly held on the morning of October 16, 2020 at the National Convention Center, Hanoi with the participation of nearly 150 official delegates. Member of Executive Committee of term V and leaders of member units of the Association, representing institutionnal members across the country

The congress was honored to welcome Vice Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van to attend and speak at the Congress. Attending were representatives of leaders from the Ministry of Construction: Mr. Dam Duc Bien, Director of Department of Construction Economics; Mr. Pham Khanh Toan, Director of International Cooperation Department; Ms. Tran Thu Hang, Director of Department of Planning Architectural ; Deputy Director of Planning and Architectural Department-Mr. Ho Chi Quang; Deputy Director of construction activity Management Department Mr. Bui Van Duong and Mr. Nguyen Nhu Huy; Deputy Director of Department of State Agency for Construction Quality Inspection – Mr. Phan Duy Thuong; Representative of Construction Newspaper …

Attending the meeting were representatives of Department of Bidding Management, Ministry of Planning and Investment – Mr. Nguyen Dang Truong, Director; representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs; partners of the Association.

On the side of the professional associations, the congress welcomed Mr. Nguyen Quan, former Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, President of Vietnam Automation Association; Mr. Tran Ngoc Hung, President of Vietnam Construction Association; Mr. Tong Van Nga, President of Vietnam Association of Building Materials; Mr. Tran Ngoc Chinh, President of Vietnam Association for Urban Planning and Development; Mr. Nguyen Tan Van, President of Vietnam Association of Architects, term IX; Mr Tran Hong Mai, Chairman of Vietnam Association of Construction Economics; Leaders of Vietnam Real Estate Association, Vietnam Association of Architects, Vietnam Association for Construction Structure …

Summary report on activities of term V (2015 – 2020) and operational directions for term VI (2020 – 2025) were discussed and highly agreed by the delegates. During the term, the Association has effectively implemented the contents according to the Resolution of the Congress term V: Consolidating, improving the quality of operation and effectively implementing the 5 Programs: Membership development; professional training and fostering, participating in building legal policies, deploying consideration and issuance of construction contract practice certificates, international cooperation. The success of the term is firstly with the effective operation of the Executive Board, the Standing Committee, President and Vices president of the Association, the enthusiastic support of the member units, with the coordinated attention of the State management agencies such as Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Home Affairs …

96 Members of the Executive Board and 03 members of the Inspection Committee of term VI were elected by 100% of the delegates’ confidence. The first meeting of the Executive Committee and the Inspection Committee opened 33 members of the Standing Committee, the President and 12 Vice Presidents of the Association, and the Head of Inspection Committee for the VI term; in which, Ms. Nguyen Thi Duyen continues to be the Chairman of the Association, Mr. Hoang Ung Huyen continues to be the General Secretary and Mr. Bui Duy Nghia continues to hold the position of Head of the Inspection Committee of the Association for the period 2020 – 2025.

Speaking at the congress, Vice Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van congratulated the congress’s success, Vietnam Association of Construction Consultants over 25 years of development, as a social – professional organization already important contributions to the overall success of the construction industry in the application of scientific and technical advance, in building material foundations and technical infrastructure of the country.

In the face of many difficulties and shortcomings in terms of policy mechanisms and resources, the construction consultant team of the Vietnam Engineering Consultant Association has made constant efforts, always at the forefront in applying new technology advance, to promote socio-economic development and contribute to improving the quality of life.

The Association has responsibly and effectively performed the role of a socio-professional organization in giving conmments and constructive ideas ideas to build mechanisms and policies on construction; actively participated in Advisory Council for assessment and acceptance of the tasks of science and technology at ministerial level; seriously implement the science and technology tasks ordered by the Ministry of Construction and have many outstanding activities such as translation and publishing organization of the Vietnamese – English bilingual FIDIC contract to facilitate application in Vietnam, organizing The quality FIDIC contract training course has well supported domestic relevant, organizations and individuals to learn and improve their knowledge for effective application in appropriate projects. The Vietnam Association of Construction Consultants is also the first socio-professional organization recognized by the Ministry of Construction as eligible for review, exam and grant of construction practice certificates of class II and III for individuals under the Construction Law. . This is a service activity assigned by the State, effectively implemented by the Association, supporting to reduce the load for state management agencies and well implementing the socialization policy of the Goverment.

Deputy Minister emphasized that in the next term, the Association should focus on continuing to promote more policy review activities, strengthening coordination with state management agencies to develop relevant legal mechanisms and policies. related to the state management activities on consulting, construction activities, planning, architecture … To further step up the training and fostering of professional skills; Membership development; continue to coordinate with relevant state management agencies to protect the legitimate rights and interests of members in the course of professional activities; further improve the quality of examination and grant of construction practice certificates to ensure regulations and strengthen organization of examinations in other regions across the country.

On behalf of the leaders of the Ministry of Construction, the Vice Minister awarded the Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Construction to the Association.

In the solemn atmosphere of the Congress, the President of VECAS and the Award Council awarded Certificates of Merit and logos to the member organization whose works won the construction design quality award “VECAS AWARD 2020”

On behalf of the leaders of the Ministry of Construction, the Vice Minister awarded the Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Construction to the Association.

Violinist Anh Tu performed welcome the Congress