Which agency has the authority to organize the implementation of the plan to protect, renovate and restore heavily degraded inter-provincial land areas?

Answer: Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 55 of the 2024 Land Law, the responsibility of the organization in conducting land investigation, assessment, protection, improvement and restoration of land is as follows:

1. The Government shall detail the land investigation, assessment, protection, improvement and restoration and prescribe the capacity conditions of land investigation and assessment consultancy service organizations.

2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for presiding over and coordinating with relevant ministries to perform the following tasks:

a) Technical regulations for land investigation and evaluation; techniques for land protection, improvement and restoration;

b) Building and maintaining a monitoring system;

c) Organize, approve and publish the results of land investigation and assessment nationwide, in socio-economic regions and by topic;

d) Issue and organize the implementation of plans for land protection, improvement and restoration in inter-regional and inter-provincial heavily degraded land areas; plans for land protection, improvement and restoration in especially seriously polluted land areas.

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Thus, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for presiding over and coordinating with relevant ministries to organize the implementation of the plan for land protection, improvement and restoration for inter-provincial areas of severely degraded land. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the agency with the function of provincial land management, is responsible for publicly announcing the results of land investigation and assessment within 30 days from the date of approval by the competent authority.