According to Article 29.2 of the Law on Investment, the selection of investors to implement the project as prescribed in Point a and Point b Clause 1 of this Article shall be carried out after approving the investment policy, unless the investment project is not subject to approval of the investment policy. In accordance with Article 29.2 of Decree No. 31/2021/ND-CP dated 26 March 2021 detailing and guiding the implementation of the Law on Investment, for investment projects subject to approval of investment policies specified in Articles 30, 31 and 32 of the Law on Investment, the competent authority shall consider approving the investment policy and decide on the method to select the investor, such as through auction of land use rights, bidding. Based on Article 32.1.a of the Law on Investment, the Provincial-level People’s Committees shall approve investment policies for investment projects that requests the State to assign land, lease land not through auction, bidding or receiving transfer and investment projects with proposals to allow the transfer of land use purposes. Based on the above provisions, investment projects that request the State to assign land, lease land through auction of land use rights, bidding for selection of investors not in the cases specified in Articles 30, 31 and Points b, c, d of Article 32.1 of the Law on Investment shall not have to carry out procedures for approving the investment policies before auctioning land use rights or bidding for investor selection.