THE MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 02/2006/TT-BXD
Hanoi, May 17, 2006
 
CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE ARCHIVE OF DESIGN DOSSIERS AND COMPLETION DRAWINGS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS
Pursuant to Construction Law No. 16/2003/QH11 of November 26, 2003;
Pursuant to Ordinance No. 34/2001/PL-UBTVQH10 on National Archives of April 4, 2001;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 36/2003/ND-CP of April 4, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Construction Ministry;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 16/2005/ND-CP of February 7, 2005, on management of investment projects on construction of works;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 209/2004/ND-CP of December 16, 2004, on management of quality of construction works;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 111/2004/ND-CP of April 8, 2004, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Ordinance on National Archives.
The Construction Ministry hereby guides the archive of design dossiers and completion drawings of construction works as follows:
 
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Purposes of the archive of design dossiers and completion drawings of construction works:
Design dossiers and completion drawings of construction works shall be archived in service of management work; research work; maintenance of work; inspection and assessment of works upon the occurrence of technical problems therein or upon request; and settlement of disputes related to such works.
2. Scope of regulation and subjects of application:
This Circular provides the archive of design dossiers and completion drawings of newly constructed, renovated, repaired or upgraded works, irrespective of their investment capital sources and ownership forms.
Investors, owners or operation managers of construction works, design contractors, construction contractors, state management agencies in charge of construction, and state archives agencies shall archive design dossiers and completion drawings of construction works according to the provisions of this Circular.
3. Archival duration:
- For investors, owners or operation managers of construction works, state management agencies in charge of construction, and state archives agencies, design dossiers and completion drawings of construction works shall be archived throughout the life of such works.
Particularly, completion drawings of the following construction works shall be kept in the national archives for an infinite duration: Works of historical, political, economic, cultural, scientific and technical, defense or security importance which have been invested under the Prime Minister's decisions; grade-I or special-grade works subject to contest of architectural designs; classified works with special cultural values.
- For design contractors and construction contractors, the duration of archiving design dossiers and completion drawings shall be 10 years after the expiration of the warranty duration.
4. In case of change of investors, owners or operation managers of construction works, design dossiers and completion drawings of construction works shall be handed over to their lawful successors for archive.
5. The handover, preservation, use, restoration or destruction of archived design dossiers and completion drawings of construction works shall comply with the provisions of law on archives,
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