What is the current fee for applying for a construction permit for a house in Vietnam?

What is the current fee for applying for a construction permit for a house in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 3 of the Circular 85/2019/TT-BTC stipulating list of fees under the jurisdiction of provincial People's Councils as follows"

List of fees under the jurisdiction of provincial People's Councils

1. Registration fee for residence (for activities carried out by local authorities).

2. Identity card issuance fee (for activities carried out by local authorities).

3. Registry fee.

4. Permit fee for foreign workers working in Vietnam (for licenses issued by local authorities).

5. Land use certificate, house ownership certificate, attached property fee.

6. Building permit fee.

7. Business registration fee.

As regulations above, the permit fee is decided by the provincial People's Council. Therefore, the fee for applying for a construction permit for a house varies from province to province.

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What is the time limit for issuing a construction permit for a detached house in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 102 of the Law on Construction in 2014 (amended by Clause 36.b Article 2 of the Law on amendments to the Law on Construction in 2020) stipulating time limit for issuing a construction permit for a detached house as follows:

Process of grant, re-grant, adjustment and extension of construction permits

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1. The process of grant and adjustment of a construction permit is prescribed as follows:

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e) From the date of receiving a valid dossier, the agency competent to grant construction permits shall examine the dossier for the grant of a permit within 20 days in the case of grant of construction permits, including also definite-term construction permits, adjusted construction permits and relocation permits, and within 15 days, for detached houses. At the end of the time limit for the grant of a construction permit, if the agency competent to grant construction permits needs more time for examination, it shall notify in writing the reason to the project owner and at the same time report it to the direct management agency for consideration and direction, but within 10 days after the expiration of the time limit prescribed in this Clause. The time limit for grant of construction permits for advertisement works shall comply with the provisions of the Law on advertisement.

As regulations above, the time limit for issuing a construction permit for a detached house in Vietnam is within 15 days.

09 works in Vietnam in which construction permit is exempted

Pursuant to Article 89 of the Law on Construction in 2014 (amended by Clause 30 Article 2 of the Law on amendments to the Law on Construction in 2020), cases in which construction permit is exempted:

1) Works involving state secrets; works constructed under emergency orders;

2) Works of projects using public investment funds in which the construction investment is decided by the Prime Minister, heads of central-level agencies of political organizations, People’s Supreme Procuracy, People’s Supreme Court, State Audit Office of Vietnam, Office of the President, the Office of the National Assembly, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, central-level agencies of Vietnamese Fatherland Front and of socio-political organizations or chairpersons of People’s Committees at different levels;

3) Makeshift construction works as prescribed in Article 131 hereof;

4) Works undergoing repair or renovation of their interior parts or works undergoing repair or renovation of their external architecture not facing roads in urban centers subject to architectural management requirements of competent state agencies; such repair or renovation does not alter the functions and force-bearing structures of the works, and must be conformable with construction planning approved by competent state agencies and requirements on fire and explosion prevention and fighting, and environmental protection;

5) Advertisement works not subject to construction permits as prescribed by the Law on advertisement; passive telecom infrastructure works as prescribed by the Government;

6) Construction works located in the territories of two or more provincial-level administrative units, works constructed in lines outside urban areas which conform to construction planning or detailed planning approved by competent state agencies;

7) Construction works of which results of appraisal of the construction design following the fundamental design have been notified by specialized construction agencies to meet conditions for approval and which meet requirements for construction permit prescribed by this Law;

8) Detached houses with under 07 stories of urban area construction investment projects or housing construction investment projects under detailed planning of 1:500 scale approved by competent state agencies;

9) Grade-IV construction works or detached houses with under 07 stories in rural areas without urban planning, function zone construction planning or detailed construction planning on rural residential points approved by competent state agencies; Grade-IV construction works or detached houses in mountainous areas or islands without urban planning or function zone construction planning, except detached houses built in conservation zones or historical and cultural relic zones;

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