What date is Vietnam’s Architecture Day?

What date is Vietnam’s Architecture Day? (Internet image) 

Regarding this matter, LawNet would like to answer as follows: 

1. What date is Vietnam’s Architecture Day?

According to Article 7 of the Law on Architecture 2019, April 27 each year is selected as Vietnam’s Architecture Day.

2. Principles of architectural activities in Vietnam

- Comply with this Law and other provisions of relevant laws.

- Correspond to the strategy for development of Vietnamese architecture, urban planning and rural planning; meet demands for sustainable socio-economic growth, assurance of national defence, security, environmental protection and rational use of natural resources, adaptation to climate change, prevention and control of natural disasters.

- Preserve, uphold and promote traditional architectural value and acquire the world’s architectural quintessence. Build the Vietnamese architecture to become progressive, modern and full of traditional cultural values.

- Apply scientific researches, high, advanced and new technologies to match practical conditions of Vietnam to ensure ergonomic, technical and artistic efficiency, economical and effective energy use.

- Ensure institutional, public and personal involvements; balance state and public interests, rights and benefits of entities and persons.

(Article 4 of the Law on Architecture 2019)

3. State policies for architectural activities in Vietnam

- The State shall put its investments in the following activities:

= Developing the scheme for development of Vietnamese architecture;

= Conduct the statistics, survey and build the database of architectural activities; set technical standards and regulations on architecture;

= Produce architectural design models meeting requirements concerning sustainability, eco-friendliness and adaptation to climate change, prevention of and response to natural disasters; economical and effective energy use;

= Carry out architectural law propaganda, dissemination and education programs.

- Over periods of time and based on capabilities of the state budget, the State shall give its investment support for the following activities:

= Building and improving infrastructure facilities and equipment incidental to architectural policy researches and architectural basic researches that may be conducted by science and technology institutions;

= Providing training and refresher courses for the architectural workforce; conducting scientific researches, applying and transferring advanced, progressive and new architectural technologies;

= Protecting, conserving and rehabilitating architectural structures of value which have not been ranked as historical - cultural heritages;

= Expanding and enhancing international cooperation in architecture;

= Organizing architectural exhibition and promotion events.

- The State shall provide organizations and individuals incentives to invest in activities specified in clauses 1 and 2 of this Article and the following activities:

= Forming cooperation and partnership in scientific researches, application and transfer of technologies, provision of technical services and others in the architecture sector;

= Encouraging private involvements in providing public services in the architecture sector;

= Giving free-of-charge assistance and counsels in the architecture sector in the public interests.

(Article 6 of the Law on Architecture 2019)

4. Prohibited acts in architectural activities in Vietnam

- Hindering the management and practice of architecture.

- Abusing the practice of architecture to cause adverse impacts on national defence, security, state and public interests, social order, living environment, legitimate rights and benefits of entities and persons.

- Offering and accepting bribes, making illegal tying and brokerage arrangements in architectural activities.

- Disclosing materials listed as state secrets; revealing business information provided by customers, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by customers or prescribed in laws.

- Building architectural structures inconsistently with the architectural design approved by the regulatory authority or in breach of the construction permit.

- Infringing upon the intellectual property rights in architectural activities.

- Providing counterfeit or untruthful materials and data; preparing architectural design and construction documentation which are not conformable to national technical regulations.

- Carrying out fraudulent acts in taking examinations, issuing and using practicing certificates in architecture.

- Abusing and making inappropriate use of powers, rights to or lacking responsibilities for the management of architecture.

(Article 9 of the Law on Architecture 2019)

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