Joint-stock company B has 99.47% state capital, is the parent company of joint-stock company A (owns 51% of charter capital). Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong Lan asked, is company A a state-owned company?

Ms. Lan also wanted to know, in the case of selecting contractors to supply raw materials and fuel; materials, supplies, consulting services, non-advisory services to ensure the continuity of production, business and procurement activities in order to maintain regular operations of company A, does company A have to Is it applicable under the Law on Bidding?

The Ministry of Planning and Investment responded to this issue as follows:

The identification of state-owned enterprises shall comply with the provisions of the law on enterprises.

According to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 3 of the Bidding Law, in case of selecting a contractor to provide raw materials, fuel, materials, supplies, consulting services and non-consulting services to ensure the continuity of production, business and procurement activities in order to maintain regular operations of a state-owned enterprise, the enterprise must promulgate regulations on contractor selection for uniform application in the two enterprises on the basis of ensuring the following objectives: fair, transparent and economically efficient spending.