General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: Continue to innovate and perfect institutions and policies on land

Morning of May 4,The 5th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committeeopening

In his opening speech, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said that this conference focused on discussing, giving opinions and deciding on the following contents: Summarizing 10 years of implementing the Resolution of the 6th Central Conference, 11th tenure, on continuing to innovate land policies and laws in the period of comprehensively promoting the renovation process; summarizing 15 years of implementing the Resolution of the 7th Central Conference, 10th tenure, on agriculture, farmers and rural areas; summarizing 20 years of implementing the Resolution of the 5th Central Conference, 9th tenure, on continuing to innovate, develop and improve the efficiency of the collective economy; project on building grassroots party organizations and party members; project on establishing a provincial-level Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity; report reviewing the leadership and direction of the Politburo and the Secretariat in 2021 and a number of other important issues.

The steering committees have closely followed the Party Platform, the State Constitution and the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the resolutions, directives and conclusions of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat as well as the practical situation of the country, the region and the world to summarize, research and develop reports, projects, submissions and draft resolutions to submit to the Central Committee.

The Politburo and the Secretariat also seriously reviewed the leadership and direction of the Politburo and the Secretariat in 2021 in conjunction with the implementation of the Conclusion of the 4th Central Conference of the 13th tenure on Party building and rectification and the political system to prepare reports to submit to this Central Conference.

Land is a crucial issue for the stability and sustainable development of the country.

The General Secretary noted a number of additional issues, including the content of summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution of the 6th Central Conference, 11th tenure, on continuing to innovate land policies and laws.

Delegates attending the 5th Central Conference, 13th tenure. Photo: Pham Cuong

The General Secretary emphasized that land is a special national asset, a basic means of production, an extremely valuable resource, a source of livelihood for the people and a great resource of the country, owned by all people, represented by the State as the owner and uniformly managed.

“I have repeatedly repeated Karl Marx's saying: "Labor is the father, land is the mother of material wealth"; many people become rich thanks to land, but there are also many people who become poor because of land, even go to prison because of land, lose the relationship between father and son, brothers, and comrades because of land...”, the General Secretary noted.

It is no coincidence that in the past, more than 70% of the complaints and denunciations were related to the land sector. Therefore, summarizing the implementation of the Resolution of the 6th Central Conference, Session XI on land this time is a necessary requirement to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, continue to innovate and improve institutions and policies, promptly remove obstacles in land management and use. At the same time, ensure the harmony of interests of the State, people and investors, create new resources and motivation to strive for our country to become a modern industrialized country with an upper middle income by 2030; and become a developed country with a high income by 2045.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said that this is a very large, fundamental, extremely complex, sensitive, and especially important field for the stability and sustainable development of the country, and there are still many different opinions.

The General Secretary requested that when discussing and assessing the situation and causes, it is necessary to firmly grasp the dialectical materialist method, the basic viewpoints and principles identified in the Party Platform and the State Constitution to analyze comprehensively and objectively.

Delegates need to clarify how the content of the Resolution has been institutionalized? Which points have been institutionalized correctly and which points have not been institutionalized correctly? Which important viewpoints and requirements of the Resolution have not been institutionalized or seriously implemented? What is the implementation situation in reality? What policies and guidelines need to be supplemented, revised, and adjusted?...

Full and correct awareness of public ownership of land

In addition, the General Secretary noted that it is necessary to frankly point out the limitations, weaknesses and causes. Focus on clarifying: Why have land resources not been fully exploited to become an important internal force serving socio-economic development? Why is land use still wasteful and inefficient in many places; corruption and negativity related to land are slowly being pushed back, even increasing? Why are the number of complaints and denunciations related to land still large and complicated? Why is the real estate market developing unhealthy, unsustainably and still fraught with many risks?...

What is the cause of the viewpoints, policies and guidelines stated in the Resolution and the shortcomings of the 2013 Land Law? What is the cause of the shortcomings of the sub-law regulations; too many overlapping and contradictory regulations? And what is the cause of the weak implementation of state management agencies; due to inadequate awareness and lack of strict compliance with the law?...

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy attends the 5th Central Conference, 13th tenure. Photo: Pham Cuong

On that basis, propose policies and orientations to continue innovating and perfecting institutions and policies on land; pay attention to issues that are currently stuck or causing social outrage and contents that still have different opinions.

For example: How to fully and correctly perceive the ownership of land by the people with the State as the representative owner; the authority and responsibility of the State in its position and role as the representative owner, performing the function and task of unified state management of land and as the subject of land use.

Land policies and guidelines, especially those on land use planning and plans; on land allocation and leasing; on support, compensation, resettlement, and land recovery; on land finance, land pricing, and real estate market development; on the management and use of agricultural land, land originating from state-owned farms and forestry farms, and land for religions and beliefs; how should state management of land continue to be innovated and improved to be correct, consistent with reality, and meet development requirements in the new period?...

According to the program, the conference will work until May 10./.