Construction permit means a legal document granted by a competent state agency to a project owner for construction, repair, renovation or relocation of a work.
Competence to grant, adjust, extend, re-grant and withdraw construction permits
- The Ministry of Construction shall grant construction permits for works of special grade.
- Provincial-level People’s Committees grant construction permits for construction works of grades I and II; religious works; historical and cultural relic works, monuments and murals which have been ranked; works in main street lines and thoroughfares in urban centers; and works of foreign-invested projects. Provincial-level People’s Committees may decentralize powers to provincial-level Construction Departments, and management boards of economic zones, industrial parks, export processing zones and hi-tech parks to grant construction permits under the scope of management and functions of these agencies.
- District-level People’s Committees shall grant construction permits for works and separate houses in urban centers, centers of commune clusters and in conservation zones and historical and cultural relic areas in the territories under their management, except construction works under competence of The Ministry of Construction or Provincial-level People’s Committees.
- Agencies competent to grant construction permits are competent to adjust, extend, re-grant and withdraw construction permits they have granted.
- In case an agency competent to grant construction permits fails to withdraw a construction permit it has granted ultra vires, the provincial-level People’s Committee shall directly issue a decision to withdraw such construction permit.
Dossier of application for a construction permit for a project
- An application for a construction permit;
- A copy of one of the papers proving land use rights as prescribed by the land law;
- A copy of the project approval or investment decision;
- Declarations on the capabilities and experiences of designing organizations or individuals in charge of construction designing, enclosed with copies of practice certificates of design managers.
- Design drawings of each work that requires a construction permit, written design appraisals issued by the specialized construction agency, for works requiring appraisal.