How a FIDIC 1999 dispute board works with Decree 210/2026 and the 2025 Law on Construction, and how to draft and enforce it in a Vietnamese contract.
Acceptance and handover decide risk, delay damages, warranty and final payment. This guide aligns FIDIC 1999 certificates with Vietnamese acceptance rules under Decree 210/2026.
The FIDIC Engineer, the Silver Book Employer’s Representative and the Vietnamese supervision consultant are different roles. This guide explains their powers, limits and interaction.
A missed 28-day notice can extinguish a strong claim. This guide explains the FIDIC 1999 time bar, Vietnamese notice and limitation rules, and how to protect or resist a claim.
An extension of time does not automatically bring money. This guide explains how FIDIC 1999 and Vietnamese law treat prolongation costs, notices and the evidence needed to recover them.
The statutory warranty under Vietnamese law and the FIDIC Defects Notification Period overlap but differ in duration, cost allocation and security. This guide shows how to draft them to work together.
A performance bond only protects the Employer if its wording, issuer and expiry fit the contract. This guide covers Luật Xây dựng Art 83, Decree 210/2026 and FIDIC sub-clause 4.2 for Vietnamese projects.
Unamended FIDIC General Conditions collide with mandatory Vietnamese rules on currency, termination and disputes. This guide shows how to draft Particular Conditions that work under Luật Xây dựng 2025 and Decree 210/2026.
Choosing between the FIDIC 1999 Red, Yellow and Silver Books decides who bears design and ground risk on a Vietnamese project. This guide compares the forms and their fit with Vietnamese law.
How Vietnamese law and the FIDIC 1999 Silver Book allocate design, ground, change-in-law and delay risk in an EPC project, and what foreign contractors and lenders must check.
