Sanctions for construction works violating construction order are not strong enough.

In preparation for the 9th session of the 14th National Assembly, on the afternoon of May 6, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation held a conference to collect opinions and contribute to the drafting of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Construction Law. Comrade Tran Van Mao - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired the conference. Attending were representatives of relevant departments, agencies and sectors. Photo: Thanh Quynh

The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Construction was discussed and commented on by the National Assembly at the 8th session. In order to continue studying, absorbing and revising this draft law, the conference to collect opinions organized by the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies took place with 11 groups of issues mentioned. In which, the delegates directly participated in issues such as: Scope of regulation, subjects of application; construction planning and construction licensing for limited-term works on land with slow-to-implement planning; appraisal of construction investment projects; construction permits, construction order management; urgent construction works; project management board; State management responsibilities....

Discussing at the meeting, delegate Nguyen Truong Giang - Director of Nghe An Department of Construction said: The 2014 Construction Law stipulates that the detailed planning of construction works within the boundaries of a district, the agency that appraises and approves the planning tasks and projects is the People's Committee at the district level. Meanwhile, the professional capacity in terms of architecture and planning of the district level is still lacking and weak with more than 80% of the 21 districts, cities and towns of the whole province not having an architect in charge of this work. Therefore, it is recommended to submit to the Provincial People's Committee to decentralize construction according to the actual situation of each locality while still ensuring the general planning...

Director of Nghe An Department of Construction Nguyen Truong Giang expressed his opinion on the need for additions and amendments related to licensing and planning of construction works. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Many delegates said that sanctions for construction works that violate construction regulations are not strong enough. Accordingly, since the 2014 Construction Law took effect, there has been no provision for the application of measures to stop the supply of electricity and water to construction works that violate construction regulations. At the same time, in 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a document instructing electricity units not to stop the supply of electricity at the request of competent state agencies in cases where organizations and individuals violate the provisions of the Construction Law.

This has led to increasing violations of construction order because competent authorities cannot take effective measures to completely handle violations.

Many opinions say that for a long time, the implementation of demolition of construction works has lacked detailed and specific regulations. This makes it difficult for investors and business owners to carry out this process scientifically and reasonably.

The contents related to basic principles and incentive policies in construction investment activities; classification of construction works, construction investment projects; urban construction investment projects... were also of interest to and mentioned by many delegates.

On behalf of the provincial National Assembly delegation, comrade Tran Van Mao acknowledged and accepted all opinions of the delegates during the process of contributing ideas to build the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Construction Law. On that basis, it will be compiled and submitted to the National Assembly for consideration at the upcoming session./.