Main contents of plan on apartment buildings renovation/reconstruction from December 10, 2015 in Vietnam

According to the Decree No. 101/2015/NĐ-CP of the Vietnam’s Government, after the quality inspection of the apartment building, the Department of Construction shall develop a renovation/reconstruction plan within its administration and submit it to the People’s Committee of the province to approve. The renovation/reconstruction plan shall be published on the portal of the People’s Committee of the province, the portal of the Department of Construction at the head offices of the People’s Committee of the district and the People’s Committee of the commune in a period of at least 30 days, and concurrently notified to residents within the scope of the project of the aforesaid plan.

The renovation/reconstruction plan which must be demolished to be reconstructed stipulated in Article 110 of the law on housing includes:

- A list of run-down apartment building, dangerous apartment buildings and apartment buildings which must be demolished to be reconstructed to achieve the uniformity across demolished apartment buildings according to the construction planning approved by the State competent authorities;

- The scope and geographical limitation of renovation and reconstruction of the apartment building;

- Primary criteria of planning – architecture of the renovated and reconstructed area (the height of works; building density, floor area ratio);

- Estimates of capital distribution, forms of capital mobilization for renovation and reconstruction of apartment buildings;

- Duration of a renovation/reconstruction project and its schedule;

- Responsibilities of relevant organizations and individuals for the plan implementation.

Note: The renovation/reconstruction plan may be made and approved independently of the local housing development plan or may be developed in combination of the local housing development plan.

Concurrently, according to the renovation/reconstruction plan approved and published by the People's Committee of the province, the occupier of the apartment building that must be demolished to be reconstructed shall select a real estate enterprise to invest in or contribute capital to the renovation/reconstruction project under Article 9 of this Decree.

View more details at the Decree No. 101/2015/NĐ-CP of the Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 10, 2015.

Ty Na

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