Cut down and simplify administrative procedures in the construction sector

Social housing and resettlement apartment building under construction in Con Dao (illustrative photo). Photo: QUANG VU

Telegram sent to the Minister of Construction , Chairman of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities.

According to the telegram, in recent times, the Government and the Prime Minister have issued many resolutions and documents with drastic, timely and effective instructions on administrative procedure reform. The Ministry of Construction has coordinated with ministries, branches and localities to step up the review, reduction and simplification of administrative procedures in the construction sector and achieved some outstanding results such as promoting decentralization from the Central to localities in project appraisal, design and construction permit issuance; reducing the number of subjects required to carry out procedures for appraisal of investment feasibility study reports, investment project preparation, construction design; reducing the number of capacity certificates, simplifying construction practice certificates; reducing and simplifying related administrative procedures in construction investment activities.

However, according to feedback from people and businesses, the implementation time of some construction investment projects is still long, with many administrative procedures, and the cost of complying with administrative procedures is still high.

In order to reform administrative procedures in the construction sector more strongly, substantially and drastically, to meet the requirements and directions of the Politburo , the Secretariat and the Government, the Prime Minister requests the Minister of Construction and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to continue to carry out the tasks and solutions assigned in Resolution No. 66/NQ-CP dated March 26, 2025 of the Government, Official Dispatch No. 69/CD-TTg dated May 22, 2025 of the Prime Minister and focus on implementing a number of specific tasks.

The Prime Minister requested the Minister of Construction to focus on urgently reviewing, cutting, and simplifying 361 administrative procedures related to production and business activities, 447 business conditions under the management of the Ministry of Construction, ensuring a reduction of at least 30% of the time to handle administrative procedures, 30% of the cost of complying with administrative procedures, and 30% of business conditions in 2025; in which, it is important to focus on researching, reviewing, cutting, and strongly simplifying administrative procedures in the construction sector. Reduce construction permit procedures for construction investment projects with detailed planning at a scale of 1/500 or projects in areas with approved urban designs. Reduce the number of subjects required to carry out project and design appraisal procedures at specialized construction agencies.

The Ministry of Construction reviews and supplements all necessary technical standards and regulations in the construction sector, especially those on construction planning, to ensure convenience for construction investment activities; abolishes and amends technical standards and regulations that are no longer suitable, causing waste in investment in construction works.

The Ministry of Construction cuts down on administrative procedures regarding construction capacity of enterprises by shifting the management of business conditions from granting certificates of construction capacity to enterprises self-declaring their eligibility to operate and competent state agencies conducting post-inspection; reducing investment and business conditions in the field of construction activities. Continue to study and thoroughly decentralize the authority to handle administrative procedures regarding project appraisal, design, construction permit issuance, and inspection of acceptance work, in line with the arrangement of administrative units and the implementation of the 2-level local government organization model.

The Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Construction to promote digitalization, automation (BIM, GIS, IoT, ...), and reuse data (planning, land, construction activities, residents, businesses, ...) in implementing administrative procedures in the construction sector to reduce records, documents, implementation procedures, and time to handle administrative procedures.

The Prime Minister assigned the Minister of Construction to be responsible to the Government and the Prime Minister for the results of cutting administrative procedures, business conditions, costs of administrative procedure compliance, and time to handle administrative procedures under the management of the Ministry of Construction according to the objectives, requirements, and directions in the Resolutions of the Politburo, the Government, and the tasks in this Official Dispatch; report to the Prime Minister on the implementation results (in the administrative procedure reform report) before the 25th of each month.

For the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, the Prime Minister requested to focus on organizing the implementation of administrative procedures under their authority, ensuring stability, continuity, smoothness, efficiency, and no interruption when implementing decentralization, arranging administrative units, and implementing the 2-level local government organization model. Proactively research and organize the implementation of interconnected administrative procedures related to construction investment activities according to their authority, ensuring efficiency, reducing procedures, time, and costs for people and businesses.

People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities shall proactively monitor and inspect, within their authority, the compliance with laws on construction investment by entities participating in construction investment activities, ensuring state management and social order and safety when implementing the transition from pre-inspection to post-inspection and decentralizing the authority to handle administrative procedures.

LAN DUC

Source: https://baobariavungtau.com.vn/kinh-te/202505/cat-giam-don-gian-hoa-thu-tuc-hanh-chinh-linh-vuc-xay-dung-1044037/