Accordingly, for apartment buildings with mixed-use purposes, the City assigned the Department of Construction to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Justice to fully review the provisions of the current Law along with requirements on fire prevention and fighting, business registration, legal conditions, individuals... to issue instructions on necessary and sufficient conditions to allow the use of apartments as tourist accommodation.
At the same time, the Department of Construction coordinates with the City Police and People's Committees of wards and communes to review and announce a list of apartments that meet the criteria for short-term accommodation rental.
For apartments without mixed functions, the City assigned the Department of Construction to coordinate with the Department of Tourism to study and propose a project to exploit apartments for economic and tourism purposes, while ensuring security and safety for residents, to be completed before September 15.
Previously, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction had proposed that the City People's Committee allow a pilot model of short-term apartment rental. According to the proposal, the pilot program will be applied to apartments in apartment buildings with guaranteed technical systems such as electricity, water, elevators, fire prevention and fighting and waste treatment, built in accordance with the design documents approved by competent authorities. The implementation period of this pilot program is within 12 months from September 1, 2025.
To participate in the pilot, household owners must meet a number of conditions. First, the rental must be approved by the Apartment Conference and approved the content of appropriate adjustment of management and operation fees. The apartment owner needs to register the purpose of use with the local government, management board and building operator.
In addition, the landlord is obliged to declare the tenant's accommodation information, ensuring compliance with regulations on tourism, residence, tax, fire prevention and fighting and insurance. Rental activities must also ensure safety, security, order, environmental sanitation and not affect the rights of other residents. In case the apartment owner violates the above regulations, he will be subject to administrative handling, if he repeats the offense many times, the pilot may be temporarily suspended.
Regarding long-term solutions, after the end of the pilot phase, Ho Chi Minh City will organize an assessment of the effectiveness and impact of the model, as a basis for recommending central ministries and branches to adjust and supplement regulations in the Housing Law, Tourism Law and related documents.
Previously, Ho Chi Minh City issued Decision 26/2025/QD-UBND on management and use of apartment buildings, which stipulated that apartments can only be used for the right purpose of living, not rented by hour or by day. However, this regulation has met with reactions from parties providing short-term accommodation services as well as receiving comments from many experts and business associations.
Many experts have proposed that instead of banning, the city should study regulations to manage and pilot this business model to increase budget revenue, develop tourism and harmonize benefits for apartment owners.
