Whether it is mandatory to publish in the bidding newspaper the results of investor selection, according to the provisions in Article 7 of the Bidding Law 2023 (Effective from January 1, 2024) as follows:

Information about bidding

1. Information on contractor selection includes:

a) Information about the project and contractor selection plan;

b) Notice inviting interest, notice inviting prequalification;

c) Notice inviting bids;

d) Short list;

d) Expression of interest documents, pre-qualification documents, bidding documents and amendments and clarifications (if any);

e) Results of bid opening for online bidding;

g) Contractor selection results;

h) Main information of the contract;

i) Information on handling violations of bidding law;

k) Information on the contractor's contract performance results;

l) Other relevant information.

2. Information on investor selection includes:

a) Information about business investment projects as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 47 of this Law;

b) Notice of invitation for interest, application for invitation of interest; The results invite attention;

c) Bidding notice, bidding documents and amendments and clarifications (if any);

d) Results of investor selection;

d) Main information of the contract;

e) Information on handling violations of bidding law;

g) Other relevant information.

3. The information specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article is posted on the National Bidding Network System, except for projects, business investment projects, and bidding packages that contain information on the list of government secrets. water.

According to the above regulations, the results of investor selection will be posted on the National Bidding Network System, except for projects, business investment projects, and bidding packages containing information on the list of state secrets.

Therefore, the results of investor selection are not required to be published in the bidding newspaper.