The FIDIC Contract training course on Conditions of contract for EPC/Turnkey Projects (Silver Book 2017) organized by the Vietnam Engineering Consultant Association took place on August 19 & 20, 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The content of the training course focused on highlighting the issues that need to be considered when applying the FIDIC contract template to be used in accordance with the current regulations of Vietnam. The training course not only focused on the general structure of the FIDIC contract templates, the principles of effective application, and the focus on the General Conditions of the Silver Book 2017, the DAAB mechanism, the guidelines of FIDIC when drafting Particular Conditions, applying BIM…but also mentioning the latest amendments and supplements of Vietnamese law on EPC and Turnkey contracts. In the course, a real-life example of a Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) decision in a project in the UK that led to a lawsuit and was ruled by the UK Court of Construction Technology helped learners have a better picture of FIDIC’s construction contract dispute settlement mechanism being applied in a number of current ODA projects.

During the course, the participants and lecturer (Ms Nguyen Thi Duyen , President of VECAS)  studied the FIDIC Guidance Memorandum of Understanding issued in April 2020 for users of FIDIC standard contract forms on considering and applying the terms of different FIDIC contract templates. when dealing with issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study answered many questions and current dilemmas when many contractors complained at some projects affected by the epidemic.

At the end of the course, the participants received a certificate of completion of the course in Vietnamese – English issued by the Vietnam Engineering Consultant Association.