Cases of land allocation without collecting land use fees.
Mr. NVT from Dien Chau asks: In what cases does the law stipulate that land is allocated without collecting land use fees?
Article 118 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates the allocation of land without collecting land use fees as follows:
1. Individuals directly engaged in agricultural production are allocated agricultural land within the limits prescribed in Article 176 of this Law.
2. Land for constructing headquarters of the Communist Party of Vietnam, state agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations; political and social-professional organizations, social-professional organizations, social organizations, and other organizations established according to the provisions of law and assigned tasks and receiving regular operating funding from the State; land for national defense and security; land used for public purposes not intended for commercial purposes; land for cemeteries, funeral homes, crematoriums, and land for facilities storing cremated remains, excluding cases specified in Clause 2, Article 119 of this Law; and land for religious purposes to be used for compensation in cases where the State reclaims land for religious purposes.
3. Users of special-use forest land, protection forest land, and production forest land.
4. Public service units using land to construct public service facilities.
5. Local communities using agricultural land; religious organizations and affiliated religious organizations using land as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 213 of this Law.
6. Agencies and organizations using land to implement investment projects for the construction of public housing in accordance with the law on housing.
7. Ethnic minority people who are not individuals directly engaged in agricultural production but are eligible for land allocation without payment of land use fees according to the policy stipulated in Article 16 of this Law.
8. Organizations using land to build housing for resettlement purposes under state-funded projects.
9. The land allocation stipulated in this Article shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 124 of this Law.