Don't believe sweet words.

I saw some of my friends on Facebook just talking about "culture, arts, and sports" the other day, and then the next day they were advertising land for sale. Then I saw someone showing off a huge stack of cash, boasting about successfully brokering a land deal for a client. Some even claimed that thanks to their good luck and skillful brokering, their monthly income had skyrocketed to eight or nine figures, and they even showed pictures of bank transfer receipts. In short, everyone seems to have become a real estate tycoon.

It's a pity for my own land. We have hectares of forest and cultivated land, yet there's no real land boom. That's because in the highlands, in remote and isolated areas, who cares? We may have lots of forests and cultivated land, but they're all in the mountains. Any flat land we find is reserved for schools and administrative centers, while the rest is used for housing and production for the people. And the forests that the State entrusted to us for management, protection, and production – who dares to touch them now?

That's not entirely true! Previously, there were many cases of people selling forest land that the State had allocated to them for long-term management, protection, and use. This type of land was allocated by the State to organizations and individuals for long-term management and use for forestry purposes according to Decree 163/1999. Households allocated land under this policy were all granted land use rights certificates. Because they lacked the ability to manage and produce forestry, many households were lured by the sweet talk and persuasion of wealthy individuals and secretly sold the allocated land. Therefore, while the forest land was nominally registered under the name of Lầu Vả Xềnh, in reality, it belonged to someone else. And the wealthy real estate developers in the mountainous regions didn't just buy from one household, but from many households and plots, amounting to tens or even hundreds of hectares. Currently, seeing the benefits of forest production and reforestation, those who sold their forest land are left with nothing but regret. Many people become hired laborers right on the land that the State entrusted to them for management and production.

Returning to the land speculation frenzy in the lowlands, a local official recently stated: "It's all an illusion. The land transactions you see on social media are mostly orchestrated by middlemen buying and selling among themselves. Don't trust them. Don't be impatient, and don't be tempted to sell your land or fields. If anyone comes to your village talking about land or buying and selling, report it immediately to the local police. Don't believe their sweet talk. No one from the lowlands would come to the mountains to buy land to live on or plant trees."