According to Article 160 of the 2023 Housing Law, transactions on buying and selling housing must satisfy the following conditions:
(1) Have a Certificate as prescribed by law.
(2) Not in a case of dispute, complaint, or lawsuit regarding ownership rights according to the provisions of law on dispute resolution, complaints, and denunciations.
(3) Within the housing ownership period in case of limited-term housing ownership.
(4) Not subject to seizure to enforce a judgment or to enforce an administrative decision that has come into legal effect of a competent state agency or not subject to application of temporary emergency measures or preventive measures according to a decision of a Court or competent state agency.
(5) Not in cases where there has been a decision to reclaim land or a notice of clearance or demolition of housing by a competent authority.
(6) The conditions specified in points (2) and (3) do not apply to the purchase and hire-purchase of future housing.
Note: The following housing transactions do not require a Certificate of Ownership:
- Buying and selling future housing; selling housing in case of dissolution or bankruptcy.
- Organize donations to houses of gratitude, houses of love, and houses of great solidarity.
- Buying and selling available houses of investors in housing construction investment projects in the following cases: houses belonging to public property; social housing, housing for the people's armed forces, housing serving resettlement not belonging to public property.
- Inheritance of housing.
Documents proving housing conditions for participating in transactions specified in this clause shall comply with Government regulations.
