What are requirements for issuance of construction design practicing certificates in Vietnam?

What are requirements for issuance of construction design practicing certificates in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 70 of the Decree 15/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating construction design practicing certificates in Vietnam as follows:

An individual shall be considered to be issued with a construction design practicing certificate if he/she meet the eligibility requirements in Articles 66 and 67 hereof and the eligibility requirements corresponding to ranks below:

1. A Rank-I construction design practicing certificate is awarded to the individual who has worked as a chairperson or president in charge of designing or appraising the design of tasks of the field for which a practicing certificate is sought of least 01 Class I work or higher or at least 02 Class II works or higher of the field that is covered by the certificate applied for,

2. A Rank-II construction design practicing certificate is awarded to the individual who has worked as a chairperson or president in charge of designing or appraising the design of tasks of the field for which a practicing certificate is sought of at least 01 Class II work or higher or at least 02 Class III works or higher or has participated in designing or appraising the design of the tasks relevant to requirements of that practicing certificate of at least 03 Class II works or higher that are the same as those for which a practicing certificate is sought.

3. A Rank-III construction design practicing certificate is awarded to the individual who has participated in designing or appraising the design of tasks of the field for which a practicing certificate is sought of at least 03 Class III works or higher or at least 05 Class IV works or higher that are the same as those for which a practicing certificate is sought.

What documents are included in the application for construction design practicing certificate in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clasue 1 Article 76 of the Decree 15/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating application for construction practicing certificate in Vietnam as follows:

1. An application for issuance of the construction practicing certificate for the first time, adjustments to certificate rank, certificate renewal includes:

a) An application form provided in form 01 of the Appendix IV of this Decree;

b) The applicant’s 02 color 4 x 6 cm and white background photos and file thereof which are taken within the last 06 months;

c) Qualification(s) awarded by a legal training institution in accordance with the type or rank of the certificate applied for;

The qualification(s) awarded by a foreign training institution must bear consular authentication and enclosed with notarized and certified Vietnamese translations as prescribed by Vietnam’s laws;

d) Practicing certificate issued by a competent authority, in the case of applying for upgrade of the practicing certificate;

dd) Decisions on task assignment (responsibility assignment) issued by an organization to an individual or written confirmation of completed typical tasks provided by the legal representative of the investor. The person signing the written confirmation shall take responsibility for its truthfulness. In case the individual runs his/her own construction business, a contract and record on commissioning of listed typical tasks are required;

e) Legal residence-related documents or work permit issued by a Vietnamese competent authority, applicable to foreigners;

g) Copy of passing test result in case the test is done before the date of submission of the application for the practicing certificate;

h) Documents specified in Points c, d, dd and e of this Clause must be certified true copies or included in a file that contains color photos of originals or copies presented together with the originals for comparison.

Pursuant to Clasue 1.a Article 80 of the Decree 15/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating procedures for issuance of construction practicing certificate in Vietnam as follows:

a) The applicant shall submit an application form for issuance of the practicing certificate prescribed in Article 76 of this Decree, electronically or by post or in person, to the issuing authority;

Which entities shall have power to issue the construction design practicing certificate in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clasue 1 Article 64 of the Decree 15/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating the power to issue the construction practicing certificate in Vietnam as follows:

1. Power to issue the practicing certificate:

a) Construction authorities affiliated to the Ministry of Construction shall issue Rank-I practicing certificates;

b) Departments of Construction shall issue Rank-II and Rank-III practicing certificates;

c) Socio-professional organizations specified in Article 81 of this Decree shall issue Rank-II and Rank-III practicing certificates to their members.

What is time limit for construction design practicing certificate in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clasue 1.b Article 80 of the Decree 15/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating procedures for issuance of construction practicing certificate in Vietnam as follows:

b) From the date on which the satisfactory application is received, the issuing authority shall issue the construction practicing certificate within 20 days in the case of issuance of the certificate for the first time, upgrade, adjustments or amendments to the certificate, within 10 days in the case of reissuance of the certificate, and within 25 days in the case of conversion of the certificate. In the case the application is unsatisfactory, the issuing authority shall notify the applicant in writing once within 05 days from the date on which the application is received;

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