On July 22, at the Ho Chi Minh City office, Mr. Ho Minh Hoang, Chairman of the Board of Directors, chaired the mid-year review meeting and outlined the plan for the remaining six months of the year for the Board of Directors Office. The meeting was attended by Senior Advisor Tran Chung, Vice Chairmen, General Directors, and heads of relevant departments.
The overview of the meeting.
Strengthening Work Discipline and Cost Control
At the meeting, Mr. Pham Ngoc Quy, Chief of Office presented the Board of Directors Office’s performance report for the first half of the year. The report outlined achievements, shortcomings and proposed effective solutions. Vice Chairmen and the Executive Board contributed feedback and guidance to enhance the Office’s operational efficiency.
The Board of Directors Office’s organizational structure currently includes the Assistant, General Secretary, Internal Supervisor, and Communications Department. All of these are tasked with supporting the Chairman, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Board. In addition to their role in conveying, monitoring, implementing, and overseeing directives from the Board of Directors’ leadership, the Office also coordinates cross-departmental activities as assigned by leadership.
Mr. Ho Minh Hoang, Chairman of the Board of Directors, chaired the meeting.
Chairman Ho Minh Hoang commended the Office’s close oversight and management of operations but emphasized the need to clarify the roles, functions, and scopes of work among departments, particularly the assistant team.
As an advisory, coordinating, and supervisory body for the Board of Directors’ directives, the Board of Directors' Office, particularly the assistant team working directly with the Chairman. He stated that the Office must ensure proper task allocation to avoid overlap and resource waste.
He also instructed a review of the current organizational structure to establish clearer assignments of responsibilities and ensure each position performs to its full potential.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Giang, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors spoke at the meeting.
Another key focus raised by the Chairman was the control of personnel, workflow, and expenses. The Office is tasked with providing support and connections with projects, deploying “on-site” personnel when necessary, and working with the Board of Supervisors to eliminate unnecessary expenditures and prevent “creating redundant tasks” that inflate costs.
The Chairman also stressed the need to optimize costs in indirect departments and improve coordination and communication between the Office and Vice Chairmen. “Control is not limited to finance, it extends to work behavior, task turnaround time, and professional responsibility. We must self-assess and address situations where some staff are overloaded while others have vague duties or low performance, such inefficiencies must be dealt with decisively,” he stressed.
Proactively preparing resources for the operations phase
As multiple expressway projects nationwide are nearing completion and Phase 2 of the North–South expressway is underway, the demand for infrastructure operations and management will surge. This growing workload across regions requires a professional operations team, a well-structured organization, and a standardized management process.
DEOCA Group stayed ahead of the curve by identifying bidding for expressway operation contracts as a strategic goal for the coming period.
The Chairman tasked the Board of Directors Office, in coordination with the Board of Directors and Executive Board, to develop a comprehensive restructuring plan for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) sector across the three regions of Vietnam, with Da Nang as the central hub for training and resource coordination.
The plan must clearly assess current manpower, identify additional personnel needs, set training and certification requirements, and standardize all processes from maintenance and repairs to rest-stop management. It should also optimize the Group’s strengths to enhance competitiveness in bidding. Regional General Directors will work with the Board of Directors' Office to evaluate the current state and co-develop a detailed implementation plan.
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