Regulations on agricultural land used by organizations and people of Vietnamese origin residing abroad

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Agricultural land used by organizations, people of Vietnamese origin residing abroad, and economic organizations with foreign investment capital is regulated in Article 180 of the 2024 Land Law as follows:

1. Economic organizations, people of Vietnamese origin residing abroad, and economic organizations with foreign investment capital that need to use land for agricultural production, forestry, aquaculture, and salt production will be considered by the State for land lease to carry out investment projects.

2. Economic organizations and public service units that have been allocated or leased land by the State before the effective date of this Law for the purpose of agricultural production, forestry, aquaculture, and salt production, except for the cases specified in Article 181 of this Law, must review the current land use status and develop a land use plan. The content of the land use plan must clearly define the area, boundaries of use, area of ​​each type of land retained for use, land use term, and area of ​​land handed over to the locality.

3. The People's Committee at the provincial level is responsible for directing the review and approval of land use plans; allocating and leasing land according to approved land use plans; recovering unused land areas, land used for improper purposes, land illegally contracted, leased, lent, encroached or occupied for allocation and leasing to organizations and individuals.

Land allocation and leasing must give priority to ethnic minority individuals who do not have land or lack land for production in the locality.