What are the regulations regarding the implementation of land use planning and plans under the 2024 Land Law?

Reply:According to Article 76 of the 2024 Land Law, the organization of the implementation of land use planning and plans is stipulated as follows:

1. The government organizes the implementation of national land use plans and schemes.

The Prime Minister allocates land use quotas to provincial-level administrative units, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Public Security based on national land use quotas decided by the National Assembly.

2. The Ministry of National Defence is responsible for organizing the implementation of the defence land use plan; the Ministry of Public Security is responsible for implementing the security land use plan.

3. Provincial and district People's Committees are responsible for organizing the implementation of local land use plans and schemes.

4. In cases where the land use plan has been publicly announced but there is no annual land use plan at the district level, land users may continue to use the land and exercise their rights as land users in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

5. For projects falling under the provisions of Clause 4, Article 67 of this Law that require land acquisition, the People's Committee of the district where the project is located must publicly announce the scope of land acquisition according to the project's progress to the land users.

6. For land areas subject to expropriation or conversion of land use purposes as stipulated in the annual land use plan at the district level, or land areas subject to expropriation or conversion of land use purposes as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 67 of this Law, land users may continue to exercise their land use rights but are not allowed to construct new houses or structures, or plant new perennial trees; land users may construct according to a time-limited construction permit, and renovate or repair existing houses and structures in accordance with the law on construction and relevant laws.

7. For land areas identified in the district-level annual land use plan that have been approved by the competent authority for land acquisition to implement projects or for land-use conversion, if after two consecutive years the land area has not been subject to a land acquisition decision or permission for land-use conversion in the district-level annual land use plan, the competent authority that approved the district-level annual land use plan must review, assess, adjust, or cancel the land acquisition or land-use conversion for that area and publicly announce the adjustment or cancellation.

In cases where the competent authority approving the annual land use plan at the district level does not adjust, cancel, or makes adjustments or cancellations but does not publicly announce them, land users are not restricted in their land use rights as stipulated by law.

8. Annually, the Provincial People's Committee is responsible for organizing the review, processing, and public announcement of land acquisition, land use conversion, adjustment, and cancellation of land acquisition and land use conversion for land included in the annual land use plan at the district level on the Provincial People's Committee's website; and sending the information to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the District People's Committee, and the Commune People's Committee.

9. The Government shall prescribe the principles and criteria for allocating land use quotas at the provincial and district levels.

10. The Government shall provide detailed regulations for this Article and for the preparation, appraisal, adjustment, consultation, approval, and publication of the national land use plan, provincial land use plans, district land use plans, and annual district land use plans.