The following provisions of the Law on Construction Law No. 50/2014/QH13 shall be amended in this 2020 version:

- Clauses 1, 4, 10, 13 and 36 Article 1 relating to interpretation of terms regarding construction works. The concept “urban area construction investment project” is added while the concept “separate house” regulated at Clause 29 of this Article is abrogated;

- Some Clauses of Article 4 regarding basic principles of construction investment activities;

- Article 5 regarding types and grades of construction works;

- Article 7 regarding project owners;

- Article 49 regarding classification of construction investment projects;

- Article 52 regarding formulation of construction investment projects;

- Article 56 regarding appraisal of construction investment projects;

- Articles 57, 58, 59 regarding competence to appraise construction investment projects; contents of and time limit for appraisal of construction investment projects;

- Article 62 regarding organizational forms of construction investment project management;

- Article 78 regarding general provisions on construction design;

- Article 82 regarding competence to appraise and approve technical designs, construction drawing designs and construction cost estimates.

This Law takes effect from January 1st, 2021, except for cases regulated at Clause 2 Article 3 of this Law.