Is a Construction Permit Required for Temporary Building Construction?

The current law does not specify "temporary house" but only regulations on "detached house" and "temporary construction works serving the construction of the main project." Therefore, in your case, although it is a "temporary house," according to the law, it is classified as a "detached house."

Based on the provisions of Clause 2, Article 89 of the Construction Law 2014, the cases exempted from construction permits include:

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"k) Construction works in rural areas that do not have an approved urban development plan and detailed construction plan; detached houses in rural areas, except for detached houses built within conservation zones, historical-cultural relic zones;"

Based on Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree 57/2018/ND-CP on mechanisms and policies to encourage enterprises to invest in agriculture and rural areas, the concept of rural areas is specifically defined as follows:

Rural areas are administrative boundary areas not including ward areas belonging to district-level towns, districts, and cities.

Thus, if you are in Dien Bien Phu City, which is not identified as a rural area, you will not be exempted from obtaining a construction permit when building a house.

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