On August 27, the Ministry of Justice publicly released the appraisal dossier of the draft Construction Law (amended) drafted by the Ministry of Construction. Accordingly, many cases do not require a construction permit.
Article 43 of the draft Law on Construction amends general regulations on granting construction permits as follows:
1. Construction permits include the following types:
a) New construction permit;
b) License for repair, renovation, and relocation of works;
c) Limited construction permit.
2.Before starting construction, the investor must have a construction permit, except in the following cases: a) State secret works; emergency construction works; works under special public investment projects; works under investment projects under special investment procedures; temporary construction works as prescribed in this Law;
b) Construction works located in two or more provincial administrative units, construction works along non-urban routes in accordance with the planning according to the law on urban and rural planning or planning with specialized technical nature approved by competent state agencies;
c) Sea works under offshore construction investment projects that have been assigned by competent authorities to operate the sea area; airports, works at airports, works to ensure flight operations outside airports;
d) Advertising works not subject to construction permits according to the provisions of the law on advertising; passive telecommunications technical infrastructure works according to the provisions of the Telecommunications Law;
d) Construction works under construction investment projects have been appraised by a specialized construction agency for the Construction Feasibility Study Report or construction design appraisal in the Construction Investment Feasibility Study Report of the project according to the provisions of this Law and approved by the investment decision-making person in accordance with regulations;
e) Individual housing projects under housing construction investment projects, urban and rural construction investment projects with detailed urban and rural planning or urban design or architectural management regulations approved and accepted by competent state agencies;
g) Grade IV construction works, individual houses with a scale of less than 07 floors are invested in construction in rural areas, mountainous areas, and islands;
3. The investor of the construction works specified in Clauses 2 of this Article (except for Point g, Clause 2 of this Article) is responsible for sending a notice of the time of construction with the documents as prescribed to the competent state management agency for construction in the locality for management.
