Khánh Hòa Province Department of Construction asked project developers to comply with the established laws. - Photo cafeland.vn

HÀ NỘI — The Khánh Hòa Province Department of Construction has warned over the illegal sale of tourism properties to foreigners, asking project developers to comply with the established laws.

In a document sent to 129 property developers in mid-month, the department asked developers not to sell tourism property products to foreign individuals and organisations, except cases in which foreign-invested firms bought tourism properties to serve as their business establishments.

The department said that tourism property was not housing, thus, it was not regulated by the Law on Housing 2014 but regulated by the Law on Real Estate Business 2014.

Accordingly, project developers could not sell tourism property products to foreign individuals and organisations, as regulated by the Law on Real Estate Business 2014,

The department also asked property developers to regularly report their sales following the Government’s decree about the development, management and use of the information system of the housing and real estate market.

In its inspection in October, the department found two companies, Thanh Yến Joint Stock Company (headquartered in Long An Province’s Bến Lức District) and Tiger Khareal (headquartered in Nha Trang City’s Vĩnh Phước Ward) illegally sold 45 apartments at Gold Coast and 20 apartments at Napoleon Castle, respectively, in Nha Trang City to foreigners.

The provincial construction department requested the two companies to terminate the above purchase contracts.

Tourism property projects were mainly located in Nha Trang, Bãi Dài, Cam Lâm and Cam Ranh, the department said.  VNS