From July 20, public working offices left unused for more than one year will be recovered. Other state assets attached to land which are deserted or unused for more than 12 months as well as land use rights allocated by the State for building of state offices which are put into use at a snail’s pace must also be recovered under land, investment and construction laws. Equipment furnished to state offices and employees in excess of set norms and state assets which are improperly used, leased or used for banned business activities must also be returned by current users to the State.
Under Decree No. 52/2009/ND-CP of June 3, guiding a number of articles of the Law on Management and Use of State Assets, state agencies assigned to manage and use state assets are obliged to publicize the procurement, investment in building, management and use of state assets at their annual meetings or on their websites and other mass media.
State agencies currently managing and using state assets should inventory and make dossiers of these assets, clearly describing their formation and development, periodically report on asset declaration, use and management, and set up databases on state assets. These agencies may lease working offices and other equipment, machines and vehicles for their operation but are still obliged to maintain and repair these assets like those assigned by the State according to set econo-technical norms and their heads’ decisions.
Offices to be leased under contracts valued at over VND 100 million must be appraised by licensed organizations.
The new regulation supersedes Prime Minister Decision No. 202/2006/QD-TTg of August 31, 2006, on the Regulation on management of state assets in public non-business units.-