THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom Happiness
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No. 01/2004/TT-BKH
Hanoi, February 2, 2004
 CIRCULAR
66/2003/ND-CP OF JUNE 12, 2003 ON AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE BIDDING REGULATION
Pursuant to Article 4 of the Governments Decree No. 66/2003/ND-CP of June 12, 2003 (hereinafter called Decree 66/CP for short) on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Bidding Regulation promulgated together with the Governments Decree No. 88/1999/ND-CP of September 1, 1999 and Decree No. 14/2000/ND-CP of May 5, 2000 (hereinafter called Decree 88/CP and Decree 14/CP for short), and on the basis of the Prime Ministers opinions guiding the implementation of Decree 66/CP (in Document No. 1336/CP-CN of October 2, 2003), the Ministry of Planning and Investment hereby guides the implementation of a number of contents of Decree 66/CP as follows:
Part 1
LEGAL CAPACITY OF CONTRACTORS, FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF CONTRACTORS
(Prescribed at Point 10, Clause 2, Article 1 of Decree 66/CP)
I. CIVIL LEGAL CAPACITY AND CIVIL ACT CAPACITY OF CONTRACTORS
The civil legal capacity and civil act capacity of domestic contractors shall be determined under the provisions of the Civil Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam while the civil legal capacity and civil act capacity of foreign contractors shall be determined according to the laws of the countries of their nationalities. Specifically, the following conditions must be met:
1. For contractors being domestic organizations
2. For contractors being foreign organizations
Having lawful operation registration papers, granted by competent bodies of the countries of the contractors nationalities.