Concerns about project delays
Over the past time, the project "headquarters of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee (old), departments and auxiliary items" in Kon Tum ward, Quang Ngai province is at risk of degradation and damage...
Some bad actors take advantage of management loopholes to sneak into construction sites to steal construction materials and electrical equipment, causing insecurity and disorder.
The project was appraised by the Kon Tum Provincial Department of Construction (old) for construction drawing designs and estimates, with a total investment of 245 billion VND approved by competent authorities. As of the time before the merger of the province (July 1, 2025), the actual construction output reached about 215.048 billion VND, while the new contractor was accepted and paid by the investor for 129.335 billion VND.
A series of items have not been paid to contractors with an amount of over 100 billion VND such as: arising volume, underground sewer system, construction concrete, communication cables, fire prevention and fighting system, imported equipment...
Representatives of Chien Thang Joint Stock Company (the construction unit) said: "The approved capital allocation plan was not implemented on schedule. This has caused the project to be prolonged for many years without completion, causing great damage to the enterprise, including: loan interest costs, guarantee fees, rusty and degraded construction equipment, material costs, machinery rentals, and labor costs exceeding costs...".
The investor's delay and lack of capital to pay contractors have caused the project to be delayed, construction capacity to be affected, and bad debts to arise.
Project Management Board must restore the project to operation
In mid-July 2026, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Sam - Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee - inspected the site of projects invested by the Western Quang Ngai Investment Project Management Board, including the project of the old Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee headquarters (which has been converted to another function).
Provincial leaders assessed that the progress of many projects is very slow, the construction volume is low, and there is a risk of failure in 2026. If this situation continues, costs will arise and investment efficiency will be reduced.
The main subjective reason is that the management and administration capacity of the Project Board is still not proactive, slow to handle existing problems and has not promptly proposed solutions. The management of quality, volume and disbursement is not tight, lacking coordination," Vice Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Sam affirmed.
Regarding the Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee headquarters project (old), Mr. Sam requested that the construction site be put back into operation. The investment project board must clearly determine the volume, completion items, capital sources, acceptance conditions, payment...
To complete the project in 2026 and completely resolve existing problems, the enterprise proposed that the leaders of Quang Ngai province allocate capital to pay contractors for volumes already constructed before the province's merger.
Which includes volume arising outside the contract, outside the design, unpaid unfinished volume, volume arising due to function change and technical suspension...
At the same time, the Western Quang Ngai Investment Project Management Board must be responsible for proposing to allocate sufficient capital, complete the design approval and adjusted estimate according to function and technical stop. Only in this way can the construction site mobilize machinery and workers to work and rebuild.
