PM wants building permits granted fasterAs part of efforts to improve the investment and business environment, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered ministries, sector and localities to grant construction permits and perform related procedures faster. People are fulfilling formalities for getting construction permits in Hanoi. According to a direction issued on Tuesday, the time limit for granting construction permits and related procedures should be reduced from 166 days to 120 days. The time limit to handle procedures to supply electricity and water and connect water drainage systems will be seven days, instead of 14 days. State bodies involved in the process were also asked to increase co-operation to simultaneously carry out related administrative procedures to speed up the process.

Source: VietNamNet News March 16, 2018 04:41 UTC