Keyword: "public procurement"

Treasury Secretary-General of the Malaysian Ministry of Finance Johan Mahmood Merican said the ministry has identified numerous irregularities in the government's public procurement bidding process, including tender specifications being tailored to favour certain suppliers.

The 2019 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) reflects enterprises’ optimism about improvements of Vietnam’s business environment with unofficial costs reduced in multiple areas and increased satisfaction, according to Director of the PCI Programme Dau Anh Tuan.

Experts have discussed promoting legal timber products in public procurement in Vietnam at a conference in Hanoi on June 19.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) have decided to use the Vietnam National E-Procurement System (VNEPS) to conduct online bidding for construction and goods supply contracts for their projects.

Green public procurement will bring many benefits to not only buyers and sellers but also the environment and the whole economy and society, said Deputy Director General of the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) Hoang Van Thuc said.

Government procurement commitments in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement were under the spotlight at a conference held by the Public Procurement Agency.

The European Union and the Philippines agreed to start negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) on December 22.