What are regulations on the classification of apartment buildings in Vietnam?

What are regulations on the classification of apartment buildings in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

The classification of apartment buildings is specified in Article 6 of Circular 31/2016/TT-BXD on classifying apartment buildings and recognizing classes thereof issued by the Minister of Construction. To be specific:

Apartment buildings are put into one of 3 classes below:

1. Class A: those that meet all requirements prescribed in Clause 2 Article 3 hereof and meet at least 18 in total 20 criteria specified in Appendix 01 issued herewith.

2. Class B: those that meet all requirements prescribed in Clause 2 Article 3 hereof and meet at least 18 in total 20 criteria specified in Appendix 02 issued herewith.

3. Class C: those that meet all requirements prescribed in Clause 2 Article 3 hereof but fail to meet sufficient criteria to be put into class A or class B as prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article.

In Clause 2, Article 3, Circular 31/2016/TT-BXD regulating:

2. Each apartment building shall be classified and recognized individually in accordance with the following requirements:

a) An application shall be submitted by an organization or individual prescribed in Article 4 hereof;

b) The apartment building is built in accordance with the detailed planning approved by competent authorities; in accordance with construction permit that has been issued (if required by law on construction);

c) The apartment building is built in accordance with national technical regulation on apartment buildings and other relevant national technical regulations;

d) The construction of apartment building has been completed in accordance with law on housing, construction and relevant law provisions, has been put into operation and absent from any violation against regulations of law until the date on which the application for recognition is submitted;

dd) The apartment building is neither supposed to be demolished nor located in an area that is required to be expropriated under a competent authority’s decision.

Above is the answer about the classification of apartment buildings. You can find out more information about this issue in Circular 31/2016/TT-BXD.

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