The Ministry of Construction notes that with regard to a foreign contractor that is invited to participate in providing independent consultancy for a construction project in Vietnam, if the scope of task belongs construction activities as regulated at clause 21 Article 2 of the Law on Construction No. 50/2014/QH13
, the foreign contractor must apply for a construction permit.
If the scope of the consultation task does not belong to construction activities, the foreign contractor must not apply for a construction permit according to clause 2 Article 148 of the Law on Construction.