The government allows people to register for construction instead of granting construction permits as before.
The above proposal was highly supported by the people.
On May 29, 2025, the Prime Minister issued Official Dispatch No. 78/CD-TTg on focusing on cutting and simplifying administrative procedures in the construction sector.
The Prime Minister requested the Minister of Construction to focus on: Urgently reviewing, cutting and simplifying 361 administrative procedures related to production and business activities, 447 business conditions under the management of the Ministry of Construction.
The regulation that is in line with the people's wishes and practical for social life is to reduce the procedures for granting construction permits for works in construction investment projects with detailed planning at a scale of 1/500 or works in areas with approved urban design.
Up to now, construction management has been tightly regulated, people have spent a lot of time on procedures and unknown costs when building houses.
The cause of the officials and civil servants' changes and damages is also due to the right to issue construction permits. There have been many cases of officials receiving bribes for illegal construction.
Abolishing construction permits is to eliminate negative aspects, people are free to build houses in accordance with regulations, the state still has a firm grasp of management.
People only need to register for construction, the government will monitor and handle violations. To let violations exist, it is necessary to prove that local management officials do not fulfill their responsibilities, not to mention being able to receive bribes.
The impartiality of handling from officials to people if violations occur is the foundation for ensuring construction order, not a complicated licensing procedure.
Another proposal of the Institute of Natural Resources and Environment Economics is to consider adjusting the height of construction works to at least one floor for works with an actual width of more than 5.5m and a minimum length of 12m. This is something that needs to be considered and implemented as soon as possible.
Increasing the height of the project appropriately will exploit space for housing, increasing the land use rate. In the context of "rowland", Ho Chi Minh City and other major cities need to calculate the most effective use of space.
Not only Ho Chi Minh City, but localities across the country have immediately abandoned the issuance of construction permits according to the direction in Official Dispatch 78 of the Prime Minister.
