The Government issued Decree No. 217/2026/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Construction Law on construction activity management; in which, clearly stipulating conditions for issuing construction permits.
The Decree stipulates that the People's Committees of communes issue construction permits for grade III, grade IV works, and individual houses of households and individuals in their managed areas (except for works specified in industrial parks, export processing zones, high-tech zones, and economic zones).
The Management Board of industrial parks, export processing zones, high-tech zones, and economic zones issues construction permits for projects invested in construction in industrial parks, export processing zones, high-tech zones, and economic zones within the assigned management scope.
The Department of Construction issues construction permits for projects in the province that are not subject to the above regulations.
The Decree also guides the determination of the authority to issue construction permits in some of the following cases:
- The competent authority issuing the construction permit is the competent authority to adjust, extend, reissue, revoke and cancel the construction permit issued by itself;
- In case the competent authority issuing the construction permit does not revoke the construction permit issued in violation of regulations, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directly decides to revoke the construction permit;
- For projects with many works with different types and levels of works, the authority to issue construction permits is determined according to the works with the highest level of the project;
- When adjusting the construction design or repairing or renovating works that change the grade of the work, the authority to issue a construction permit is determined according to the grade of the work after the design adjustment or the works being repaired or renovated;
- For works invested in construction attached to works and other parts of works, the authority to issue construction permits is determined according to the level of the works requesting construction permits.
