Time: 2021

By: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam

The handbook "Understanding the Vietnam’s public procurement market through the lens of CPTPP" is built on the basis of studying the current situation of bidding in Vietnam, Vietnam's commitments in the CPTPP Agreement, as well as consulting expertise of the Department of Public Procurement, The Ministry of Planning and Investment, in order to provide the necessary basic information for domestic and foreign contractors who want to learn about opportunities to participate in bidding for bidding packages within the scope of the CPTPP Agreement.

The content of the Handbook is geared towards practical information such as: Summary on the main contents of the Government Procurement commitment in CPTPP; Methods of searching for procurement information in the field of public procurement in Vietnam; Principles of determining bidding packages within the scope of the CPTPP Agreement; How to participate in bidding in Vietnam and some other things to note.

The Handbook (in Vietnamese) is attached below:

• Understanding the Vietnam’s public procurement market through the lens of CPTPP

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