Announcement of the President's decree on the Land Law
The new Land Law consists of 16 chapters and 260 articles, of which 180/212 articles of the 2013 Land Law are amended and supplemented, and 78 new articles are added.
On the morning of February 19, the Office of the President held a press conference to announce the President's order promulgating the Land Law passed by the National Assembly at the 5th extraordinary session.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Minh Ngan said that the new Land Law consists of 16 chapters and 260 articles, of which 180/212 articles of the 2013 Land Law are amended and supplemented, and 78 new articles are added.
The new law has perfected the rights of Vietnamese people residing abroad in the following direction: For Vietnamese people residing abroad with Vietnamese nationality, they have full rights related to land like citizens in the country (individuals in the country).
Regulations stipulate that groups of land users including household members have the same rights and obligations as individuals using land.
Land users who are exempted from or have their land use fees or land rent reduced have the same rights and obligations as those who are not exempted from or have their land use fees or land rent reduced.
Regarding land reclamation and land requisition, Deputy Minister Le Minh Ngan said that the law has specifically stipulated cases where the State reclaims land for socio-economic development for national and public interests, to carry out public construction projects, to build State agency headquarters, and public works. Other cases include many groups of criteria such as housing, production areas, land fund development, minerals, underground works and cases where the State reclaims land for auction and bidding to increase budget revenue...
Regarding compensation, support and resettlement when the State reclaims land, the new law has amended and supplemented the compensation principles in the direction of diversifying forms. In which, compensation is provided by land with the same purpose as the reclaimed land or by money, other land or housing. Specifying the principle of "having a place to live, ensuring income and living conditions equal to or better than the old place of residence" through regulations on resettlement area criteria regarding technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, and resettlement locations. Resettlement areas can be arranged for one or more projects.
The Deputy Minister said that the new law also regulates the standardization of Certificates of land use rights and property ownership rights attached to land. It clearly defines the authority to issue Certificates, separating the role of State management (recognition of land use rights) from the provision of public services by the registration agency (issuance of Certificates). Professionalizing the issuance of Certificates is the basis for unifying land registration work and managing cadastral records from the central to local levels.
Building land price tables according to value zones, standard land plots for areas with digital cadastral maps and land price databases. In addition, specific regulations on the time of determining land prices, the time of calculating land use fees, land rent for each case of land allocation, land lease, permission to change land use purpose, land use extension, change of land use form, adjusting land allocation and land lease decisions that change the area, land use purpose, land use term...
