Stop in for a cup of coffee

Some times building codes in the US are a PITA.... but some times they're pretty smart :lol:
I'm sure many of these pools in Vietnam are built just like the way this one was originally. They do it for the simplicity and ease of installation. If looked after and maintained properly I'm sure many of them have no problems. But if water gets into that well where the pump is, it's lights out. So, I'm going to eliminate that problem in the future. But to answer your question directly, yeah no inspections. No building codes. No nothing, do as you please. Lol