REVISITING THE CRITICAL FACTORS CAUSING FAILURE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN

The Vietnam construction industry has considerably developed since 1986 as a result of “Doi Moi ” or all-round renovation process, stepping in the general development trend and the process of gradual globalization and regionalization. However, despite the pace of economic reforms, obstacles and risks have continued to plague the construction industry. This paper attempts to elicit the perceptions of construction professionals by revisiting some of these critical factors causing the failure of construction projects in Vietnam. A triangulated data collection approach involving 10 interviews and 45 questionnaires was administered to construction stakeholders to elicit their perceptions on the 20 factors causing the failure of the construction projects. The quantitative response data was subjected to descriptive statistics such as frequency analysis whereas, content analysis was used for the qualitative (interviews data). The results revealed that the ten most critical factors causing the failure of construction project were as follows: (1) “disregard of the significance of project planning process and project planning”, (2) “lack of experience in executing complicated project”, (3) “poor design capacity and frequent design changes”, (4