| No | Class | Name | Date | Issue by | Content – relevance |
| Law | |||||
| Investment Law 59/2005/QH11 | 29 Nov 2005 | National Assembly | Governing investment activities including Investment License, land acquisition and rental | ||
| Procurement Law 61/2005/QH11 | 29 Nov 2005 | Governing the procurement to select consultants, contractors, suppliers | |||
| Land Law 13/2003/QH11 | 26 Nov 2003 | Regulating the land use planning and rights | |||
| Construction Law 16/2003/QH11 | 26 Nov 2003 | Governing construction / urban planning (superseded by urban planning law in 2009 ) activities | |||
| Urban Planning Law 30/2009/QH12 | 17 June 2009 | Regulating the urban planning activities including masterplan, zoning pan 1/2000 and detailed plan 1/500 | |||
| Housing Law 56/2005/QH11 | 29 Nov 2005 | Regulate housing development including social housing, GoV staff rental housing | |||
| Decree | |||||
| OBSOLETTED | Decree 02/2006/ND-CP – New urban area | 5 Jan 2006 | GoV | New urban area development regulations | |
| Decree 11/2013/ND-CP – New urban area | 14 Jan 2013 | GoV | New urban area development regulations – replacement for Decree 02/2006/ND-CP | ||
| Decree 37/2010/ND-CP – Urban planning | 7th Apr 2010 | GoV | Guide on prepare, appraisal and approval of urban planning project | ||
| Decree 108/2006/ND-CP – Investment guide | 22 Sep 2006 | ||||
| Decree 12/2009/ND-CP – construction project management | 12 Feb 2009 | ||||
| Decree 83/2009/ND-CP amend Decree 12/2009/ND-CP | 15 Oct 2009 | ||||
| Decree 181/2004/ND-CP – Land law guide | 29 Oct 2004 | Guide on implementing Land Law | |||
| Decree 71/2010/ND-CP – Housing development | 23 June 2010 | Guide on Housing Law, replace the decree 90/2006/ND-CP. Regulating the issue of capital mobilization, land to develop social housing etc. | |||
| Decree 29/2011/ND-CP – Environment Impact Assessment, environment protection commitment regulation | 18 Apr 2011 | Regulate the EIA practice to be done with 1/2000 and 1/500 plan | |||
| Decree 20/2009/ND-CP | 23 Feb 2009 | Governing building higher than 45m need consent from ministry of Defense | |||
| Circular | |||||
| Circular 16/2010/TT-BXD – guide housing decree 71 / 2010/ND-CP | 1st Sept 2010 | Ministry of Construction | Detailed guide to decree 71/2010/ND-CP about housing development project (assigned procurement etc) | ||
| Circular 10/2010/TT-BXD- Urban planning | 11th Aug 2010 | Ministry of Construction | Guide on implement decree 37/2010/ND-CP | ||
| Circular 03/2009 / TT-BXD guide on decree 12/2009/ND-CP about construction project management | |||||
| Circular 04/2006/TT-BXD | 18 Aug 2006 | Guide to implement the decree 02/2006/ND-CP about new urban area development | |||
| Circular 26/2011/TT-BTNMT | 18 July 2011 | MONRE | Guide to implement the decree 29/2011/ND-CP | ||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision 26/2010/QD-UBND | 21 June 2010 | Hanoi PC | New urban area development temporary regulation (social housing, land returned to HPC etc) amend the decision 153/2006/QD-UBND date 31 Aug 2006 | ||
| Decision 1259/QD-TTg | 26 July 2011 | GoV | Approval of Hanoi master plan 30-50 | ||
| Decision 09/2012/QD-UBND | 21 May 2012 | HanoiPC | Project management (IC, CC etc) | ||
| Building Codes | |||||
| TCXDVN 353 – 2005 | 29 Nov 2005 (decision 42/2005/QD-BXD) | Row house design standards | |||
| QCXDVN 01: 2008/BXD | 3rd April 2008 (decision 04/2008/QD-BXD) | Ministry of Construction | Regional and urban planning and rural residential planning | ||