The Ministry of Construction's decision to ban business operations from residential apartments has created many difficulties for the enterprises, many of which are small and medium sized.
Rental prices in office buildings are higher than those for residential apartments.
These enterprises have chosen to rent apartments for their business operations instead of building head offices on their own because they lack investment capital, said Nguyen Trung Hoa, a businessman.
"If the ministry enforces the decisions, it will create many difficulties for enterprises," said Hoa.
In November, the Ministry of Construction issued a decision to ban the use of residential apartments as offices. Under the decision, solutions needed to be found to prevent businesses, such as shops, warehouses and production facilities, from affecting the daily lives of people in residential apartment communities.