Residents near Vinh City are rushing to complete land-related procedures.
Due to concerns that the new land price list, effective from January 1, 2025, will lead to a sharp increase, the number of applications for land use conversion and land subdivision in the communes surrounding Vinh City has surged dramatically since the end of October 2024.
Specifically, among the four communes of Nghi Loc district that were recently incorporated into Vinh City – Nghi Phong, Nghi Thai, Nghi Xuan, and Phuc Tho – Nghi Phong commune has the highest number of applications for land use conversion and subdivision. Nghi Phong receives 20-30 applications daily, double the previous number; the other three communes have seen only a slight increase.
Speaking with reporters, Mr. Truong Cong Anh, Chairman of the Nghi Phong Commune People's Committee, said: The increase in applications for changing land use purposes from adjacent garden land to residential land in the commune is due to the recent survey and discussions with hamlets regarding the construction of the 2025 land price list. Accordingly, the new land price list will be updated according to market prices, so it is expected that in some areas with fully developed transportation infrastructure and drainage ditches, prices will increase significantly compared to the current regulated prices.
For example, land plots along the road from the commune's administrative center, the Vinh - Cua Lo 72m road intersection to National Highway 46, are currently priced at only 2-3 million VND/m².2However, the new price list shows an average price of 14-17 million VND/m².2If the land use purpose is changed after January 1, 2025, the tax/financial obligations will be higher than before.
In Nghi Loc district, previously only 130 land registration applications were received per day, but now that number has increased to around 150-170. As a result, the Nghi Loc District People's Committee has had to increase staff support and arrange for overtime work to handle the workload, but it is still overloaded.
According to a representative from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Nghi Loc district: In addition to concerns about the increase in land prices in 2025, the 2024 Land Law added several regulations and categories of adjacent garden land and land for perennial crops that meet the conditions and are in accordance with the planning are also allowed to be converted to residential land, leading to an increase in the number of applications. In total, the entire district has approximately 1,600 applications for land use conversion.
In recent days, the number of land transfer, subdivision, and land use change applications in the former Cua Lo area has increased slightly compared to usual. Mr. Hoang Thai Son, Deputy Head of the Town's Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said: Before the seal was revoked, the Town People's Committee was instructed to receive applications for land use change and subdivision from the people, averaging 20 applications per day, and the entire former town had about 200 applications needing processing.
However, the busiest area remains Vinh City, where from October, and especially from the end of November until now, the number of applications for land subdivision, initial issuance of land use right certificates, and conversion of land use from adjacent garden land to residential land has increased sharply.
Mr. Nguyen Van Ngoc, Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Vinh City, said: Previously, the average number of land-related applications was only about 250-300 per day, but from October until now, the average has increased to 500-600 applications per day, totaling 1,800 applications for land use change and initial land subdivision. Due to the overwhelming number of applications, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has advised the City People's Committee to announce that these two types of applications will be accepted on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays of each week.
Currently, under the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, the People's Committees of districts and towns are focusing their resources on receiving and resolving administrative issues related to land for the people; at the same time, they are actively disseminating and guiding the Land Law so that people can carry out land subdivision and land use conversion procedures correctly, minimizing errors that lead to the return of applications.
