NA approves Land Law amendments
VGP - The National Assembly (NA) adopted the revised Land Law with 89.96% of votes on November 29.
In the adopted Land Law, land acquisition must follow regulations in Articles 61 and 62, and districts’ annually approved plans on land use and projects' land use.
The NA will make decision on land acquisition related to national key projects while the Prime Minister will decide land acquisition for industrial, processing, hi-tech and economic zones, new urban areas and projects funded by official development assistance (ODA).
The PM will also have a say in projects on developing national technical infrastructure, including transport, irrigation, drainage, power, communication, oil and gas storage and transmission system, national stockpile and waste collection and disposal facilities.
The Provincial People’s Councils are authorised to approve land acquisition for projects on building offices for State agencies, political and social organisations, classified cultural and historical relic sites and landscapes, parks, squares, monuments, memorials and local public works.
They can also make decisions on projects to build local technical infrastructure, including transport, irrigation, water supply, drainage, power, communication, urban lighting, waste collection and disposal, community works, resettlement, accommodation for students, social and public houses, religious construction works, public refreshment facilities, markets, cemeteries and funeral houses.
In addition, they can acquire land for building new urban and rural areas, improving urban facilities, residential areas, industrial clusters, processing and producing agro-forestry products and seafood, developing protective and special forests and implementing licensed mineral extracting projects.
The amended Land Law defines that authorised State agencies can set land prices. The Provincial People’s Committees can set the prices which are based on consultations of provincial land managing agencies, information and studies about the land and the market prices.
The Government will issue a land price frame every five years for each type of land in different regions. If the market prices fluctuate over 20% lower or higher than those in the frame, the Government will adjust the frame appropriately.
By Vien Nhu
