Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

The National Assembly promulgates the Law on amendments to certain articles of the Law on Public Investment No. 39/2019/QH14, which is amended by the Law No. 64/2020/QH14 and the Law No. 72/2020/QH14; the Law on Public-Private Partnership Investment No. 64/2020/QH14; the Law on Investment No. 61/2020/QH14, which is amended by the Law No. 72/2020/QH14; the Law on Housing No. 65/2014/QH13, which is amended by the Law No. 40/2019/QH14, Law No. 61/2020/QH14, Law No. 62/2020/QH14 and the Law No. 64/2020/QH14; the Law on Bidding No. 43/2013/QH13, which is amended by the Law No. 03/2016/QH14, the Law No. 04/2017/QH14, the Law No. 40/2019/QH14 and the Law No. 64/2020/QH14; the Law on Electricity No. 28/2004/QH11, which is amended by Law No. 24/2012/QH13 and the Law No. 28/2018/QH14; the Law on Enterprises No. 59/2020/QH14; the Law on Special Excise Duties No. 27/2008/QH12, which is amended by the Law No. 70/2014/QH13, Law No. 71/2014/QH13 and the Law No. 106/2016/QH13; the Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement No. 26/2008/QH12, which is amended by the Law No. 64/2014/QH13, Law No. 23/2018/QH14 and the Law No. 67/2020/QH14.

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Article 3. Amendments to certain articles of the Law on Investment

1. Point g shall be amended and point g1 shall be added to point g clause 1 Article 31 as follows:

 “g) Investment projects on construction of residential housing (for sale, lease or lease purchase) and urban areas that use at least 300 hectares of land or with a population of at least 50,000 people;

g1) Investment projects regardless of the area of land used or population within the safety perimeter of relics of level I recognized by the competent authority as the national and special national relics; or within the safety perimeter of relics of level II recognized by the competent authority as the special national relics under the World Heritage List;”.

2. Point b shall be amended and point b1 shall be added to point b clause 1 Article 32 as follows:

 “b) Investment projects on construction of residential housing (for sale, lease or lease purchase) and urban areas that use less than 300 hectares of land or with a population of less than 50,000 people;

b1) Investment projects regardless of the area of land used or population within the safety perimeter of relics of level II recognized by the competent authority as the national and special national relics; except for the special national relics under the World Heritage List; investment projects regardless of the area of land used or population within a restricted development area or within an historic inner area (determined in accordance with urban area planning projects) of a special urban area;”

3. Point g shall be added to point e clause 3 Article 33 as follows:

 “g) Assessment of the suitability of the investment project with the requirements of protecting and promoting the value of cultural heritage and the conditions prescribed by the law on cultural heritage.”.

4. Point c clause 1 Article 75 shall be annulled.

5. Add the business line No. 132a to No. 132 of Appendix IV List of conditional business lines as follows:

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Article 10. Entry in force

This Law comes into force as of March 1, 2022.

Article 11. Transitional provision

1. Regarding public projects of group B, group C using ODA funds and other preferential borrowings from foreign sponsors that the Prime Minister approves the investment policy before the date of entry into force of this Law and the case in clause 2 of this Article, the agency or person accorded authority to make decisions on investment policy specified in Article 1 of this Law is also accorded authority to adjust the investment policy.

2. Regarding public projects of group B, group C using ODA funds and other preferential borrowings from foreign sponsors that complete procedures for preparation, appraisal and obtain a written appraisal that forms the basis for decision on investment policy or adjustment to investment policy as prescribed in Article 25 and Article 34 of the Law on Public Investment No. 39/2019/QH14 amended by Law No. 64/2020/QH14 and Law No. 72/2020/QH14 before the date of entry into force of this Law, they will continue to seek decision from the Prime Minister as per the Law on Public Investment No. 39/2019/QH14 amended by Law No. 64/2020/QH14 and Law No. 72/2020/QH14

3. From the date of entry into force of this Law, with regard to valid applications for approval for or adjustment to investment guidelines regarding investment projects on construction of residential housing (for sale, lease or lease purchase) and urban areas subject to approval for investment guidelines of the Prime Minister as prescribed in Article 31 of the Law on Investment No. 61/2020/QH14, amended by the Law No. 72/2020/QH14, now subject to approval for investment guidelines of the People’s Committee of province as established in Article 3 of this Law, if any application mentioned above has been received but the processing result has not been received though the processing time goes beyond the time limit as prescribed in the Law on Investment No. 61/2020/QH14, amended by the Law No. 72/2020/QH14, then further comply with the Law on Investment No. 61/2020/QH14, amended by the Law No. 72/2020/QH14.

4. With regard to valid applications for approval for investment guidelines and approval for investor and adjustments to investment guidelines regarding investment projects on commercial housing in case the investor has the right to use the residential land or residential land and other types of land, if any application mentioned above has been received before the date of entry into force of this Law but it remains incompletely processed, then further comply with Article 4 of this Law and relevant laws.

5. From the date of entry into force of this Law, the judgment that remains unenforced or incompletely enforced shall comply with this Law; decisions made of or actions performed by civil enforcement agencies, executors in accordance with the Law on civil enforcement No. 26/2008/QH12, amended by the Law No. 64/2014/QH13, the Law No. 23/2018/QH14 and the Law No. 67/2020/QH14 remain valid and may proceed further.

This Law is passed by the 15th National Assembly of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at its first irregular meeting on January 11, 2022.

CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Vuong Dinh Hue