1.1 Article 1. Scope of regulation1.2 Article 2. Subjects of application1.3 Article 3. Interpretation of terms1.4 Article 4. Land ownership1.5 Article 5. Land users1.6 Article 6. Land use principles1.7 Article 7. Persons taking responsibility before the State for land use1.8 Article 8. Persons who are assigned management over land for which they shall be responsible before state1.9 Article 9. Encouragement of investment in land1.10 Article 10. Land classification1.11 Article 11. Bases for determining land types1.12 Article 12. Strictly prohibited acts
3.1 Article 13. Rights of the representative of the land owner3.2 Article 14. The State shall decide on land use purposes3.3 Article 15. The State shall prescribe land use quotas and land use terms3.4 Article 16. The State shall decide on land recovery or requisition3.5 Article 17. The State shall allocate land use rights to land users3.6 Article 18. The State shall decide on land prices3.7 Article 19. The State shall decide on financial policies involving land3.8 Article 20. The State shall prescribe the rights and obligations of land users3.9 Article 21. Exercise of the rights of the land owner representative
4.1 Article 22. Contents of state management over land4.2 Article 23. Responsibilities for state management over land4.3 Article 24. Land management agencies4.4 Article 25. Cadastral civil servants in communes, wards and townships4.5 Article 26. The State’s guarantees for land users4.6 Article 27. Responsibilities of the State for residential and agricultural land applicable to ethnic minorities4.7 Article 28. Responsibilities of the State for the building up and provision of land information
6.1 Article 29. Administrative boundaries6.2 Article 30. Administrative maps
7.1 Article 31. Making and adjustment of cadastral maps7.2 Article 32. Survey and assessment activities of land7.3 Article 33. Organization of land survey and assessment7.4 Article 34. Land statistics and inventories and the making of land use status quo maps
8.1 Article 35. Principles of formulation of master plans and plans on land use8.2 Article 36. System of master plans and plans on land use8.3 Article 37. Periods of master plans and plans on land use8.4 Article 38. National master plan on land use and plan8.5 Article 39. Provincial-level master plans, plans on land use8.6 Article 40. District-level master plans, plans on land use8.7 Article 41. Master plans, plans on land use for national defense or security purpose8.8 Article 42. Responsibilities for formulating master plans, plans on land use8.9 Article 43. Consultations on master plans, plans on land use8.10 Article 44. Appraisal of master plans and plans on land use8.11 Article 45. Competence to decide and approve master plans, plans on land use8.12 Article 46. Adjustment of master plans and plans on land use8.13 Article 47. Consultancy on formulation of master plans and plans on land use8.14 Article 48. Publicization of master plans and plans on land use8.15 Article 49. Implementation of master plans and plans on land use8.16 Article 50. Report on implementation of master plans and plans on land use8.17 Article 51. Settlement of problems arising in master plans, plans on land use after this Law takes effect
9.1 Article 52. Bases for land allocation, land lease and change of land use purpose9.2 Article 53. Allocation or lease of land which is currently used by a person to another9.3 Article 54. Land allocation without land use levy9.4 Article 55. Land allocation with land use levy9.5 Article 56. Land lease9.6 Article 57. Change of land use purpose9.7 Article 58. Conditions for land allocation, land lease and change of land use purpose to implement investment projects9.8 Article 59. Competence to allocate, lease land and approve change of land use purpose9.9 Article 60. Handling of cases of land allocation and land lease which are decided prior to the effective date of this Law
11.1 Article 61. Land recovery for national defense or security purpose11.2 Article 62. Land recovery for socio-economic development in the national or public interest11.3 Article 63. Bases for land recovery for national defense or security purpose; for socio-economic development in the national or public interest11.4 Article 64. Land recovery due to violations of land law11.5 Article 65. Land recovery due to termination of land use in accordance with law, voluntary return of land or risks of threatening human life11.6 Article 66. Competence to recover land11.7 Article 67. Notification of land recovery and compliance with decisions on land recovery for national defense or security purpose; or for socio-economic development in the national or public interest11.8 Article 68. Organizations in charge of compensation and ground clearance; management of recovered land11.9 Article 69. Order and procedures for land recovery for national defense or security purpose; for socio-economic development in the national or public interest11.10 Article 70. Enforcement of decisions on compulsory inventory11.11 Article 71. Enforcement of land recovery decisions11.12 Article 72. Land requisition11.13 Article 73. Use of land through transfer and lease of land use rights and receipt of land use rights contributed as capital for production and business
12.1 Article 74. Principles of compensation upon land recovery by the State12.2 Article 75. Conditions for receiving compensation when the State recovers land for national defense or security purpose; for socio-economic development in the national or public interest12.3 Article 76. Compensation for remaining investment costs on land when the State recovers land for national defense or security purpose; or for socio-economic development in the national or public interest12.4 Article 77. Compensation for land and remaining investment costs on land when the State recovers agricultural land from households and individuals12.5 Article 78. Compensation for land and remaining investment costs on land when the State recovers agricultural land from economic organizations, self-financed public non-business organizations, communities or religious establishments12.6 Article 79. Compensation for land when the State recovers residential land12.7 Article 80. Compensation for land and remaining investment costs on land when the State recovers non-agricultural land which is not residential land of households and individuals12.8 Article 81. Compensation for land and remaining investment costs on land when the State recovers non-agricultural land which is not residential land from economic organizations, self-financed public non-business organization, communities, religious establishments, overseas Vietnamese, foreign organizations with diplomatic functions, and foreign-invested enterprises12.9 Article 82. Cases in which compensation for land is not made upon land recovery by the State12.10 Article 84. Support for vocational training, occupation change and job seeking for households and individuals upon land recovery by the State12.11 Article 85. Formulation and implementation of resettlement projects12.12 Article 86. Resettlement arrangement for persons having land recovered and who need to be relocated12.13 Article 87. Compensation, support and resettlement for special cases
13.1 Article 88. Principles of compensation for damage to assets and damage incurred due to stopped production and business upon land recovery by the State13.2 Article 89. Compensation for damage to houses and construction facilities on land upon the land recovery by the State13.3 Article 90. Compensation for plants and livestock13.4 Article 91. Compensation for transportation costs upon land recovery by the State13.5 Article 92. Cases ineligible for compensation for land-attached assets upon land recovery by the State13.6 Article 93. Payment of compensation, support and resettlement money13.7 Article 94. Compensation for land within safety coưidors upon construction of facilities with safety corridors
15.1 Article 95. Registration of land, houses and other land-attached assets15.2 Article 96. Cadastral records
16.1 Article 97. Certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets16.2 Article 98. Principles of grant of certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets16.3 Article 99. Cases of land use to be granted a certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets16.4 Article 100. Grant of the certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets to households, individuals and communities that are using land and have documents on land use rights16.5 Article 101. Grant of a certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land- attached assets to households and individuals that are using land and have no documents on land use rights16.6 Article 102. Grant of a certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land- attached assets to organizations and religious establishments that are using land16.7 Article 103. Determination of residential land area with respect to land with ponds and gardens16.8 Article 104. Grant of a certificate for land-attached assets16.9 Article 105. Competence to grant certificates "of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets16.10 Article 106. Correction and withdrawal of existing certificates
18.1 Article 107. Financial revenues from land18.2 Article 108. Bases and time for calculation of land use levy and land rental18.3 Article 109. Payment of land use levy or land rental upon change of land use purpose or extension of land use term18.4 Article 110. Exemption from and reduction of land use levy or land rental18.5 Article 111. Land development fund
19.1 Article 112. Principles and methods of land valuation19.2 Article 113. Land price frames19.3 Article 114. Land price tables and specific land prices19.4 Article 115. Consultancy on land price determination19.5 Article 116. Rights and obligations of organizations with the function of consultancy on land price determination
20.1 Article 117. Principles of auctions of land use rights20.2 Article 118. Cases subject to auction of land use rights and cases not subject to auction of land use rights20.3 Article 119. Holding of auctions of land use rights
21.1 Article 120. Land information system21.2 Article 121. The national land database21.3 Article 122. Management and use of land databases21.4 Article 123. Online public services in the field of land21.5 Article 124. Responsibilities for developing the land information system
23.1 Article 125. Land used for long and stable term23.2 Article 126. Land used for limited term23.3 Article 127. Land use term upon change of land use purpose23.4 Article 128. Land use term in case of transfer of land use rights
24.1 Article 129. Allocation quotas for agricultural land24.2 Article 130. Quota for acquisition of agricultural land use rights by households and individuals24.3 Article 131. Agricultural land used by households, individuals or communities24.4 Article 132. Agricultural land used for public purposes24.5 Article 133. Agricultural land used by organizations, overseas Vietnamese and foreign- invested enterprises24.6 Article 134. Land for rice cultivation24.7 Article 135. Land with production forest24.8 Article 136. Land with protective forest24.9 Article 137. Land with special-use forest24.10 Article 138. Salt-production land24.11 Article 139. Inland land with water surface24.12 Article 140. Coastal land with water surface24.13 Article 141. Riparian and coastal alluvial land24.14 Article 142. Land used for farm economy
25.1 Article 143. Rural residential land25.2 Article 144. Urban residential land25.3 Article 145. Land for construction of condominiums25.4 Article 146. Land used for improvement and development of urban areas and rural residential areas25.5 Article 147. Land for construction of offices and non-business facilities25.6 Article 148. Land for national defense or security purpose25.7 Article 149. Land for industrial parks, export processing zones, industrial clusters and trade villages25.8 Article 150. Land for hi-tech zones25.9 Article 151. Land for economic zones25.10 Article 152. Land used for mining activities25.11 Article 153. Land used for trading and services; land for non-agricultural production establishments25.12 Article 154. Land used for production of construction materials and ceramic products25.13 Article 155. Land used for public purposes or for implementation of build-transfer (BT) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects25.14 Article 156. Land used for civil airports and airfields25.15 Article 157. Land used for construction of public facilities with safety corridors25.16 Article 158. Land with historical-cultural relics and landscapes25.17 Article 159. Land used by religious establishments25.18 Article 160. Land used for belief practices25.19 Article 161. Land used for construction of underground facilities25.20 Article 162. Land used to cemeteries or graveyards25.21 Article 163. Land with rivers, streams, canals, springs and special-use water surface
26.1 Article 164. Management of unused land26.2 Article 165. Putting of unused land into use
28.1 Article 166. General rights of land users28.2 Article 167. The right to exchange, transfer, lease, sublease, inherit, donate, mortgage land use rights and contribute land use rights as capital28.3 Article 168. Time to exercise the rights of land users28.4 Article 169. Acquisition of land use rights28.5 Article 170. General obligations of land users28.6 Article 171. Limited use rights to the adjacent land parcel28.7 Article 172. Right to choose method of land rental payment
29.1 Article 173. Rights and obligations of organizations that are allocated land without land use levy by the State29.2 Article 174. Rights and obligations of organizations that are allocated land with land use levy by the State, or leased land with full one-off rental payment for the entire lease period29.3 Article 175. Rights and obligations of economic organizations and public non-business organizations using leased land with annual rental payment29.4 Article 176. Rights and obligations of economic organizations which acquire land use rights or change land use purposes29.5 Article 177. Rights and obligations of economic organizations receiving land use rights as contributed capital; land use rights of economic organizations upon dissolution or bankruptcy29.6 Article 178. Rights and obligations of economic organizations that are leased land for construction of underground facilities
30.1 Article 179. Rights and obligations of households and individuals using land30.2 Article 180. Rights and obligations of households and individuals changing land use purpose from land allocation without land use levy to land allocation with land use levy or land lease30.3 Article 181. Rights and obligations of religious establishments and communities using land
31.1 Article 182. Rights and obligations of foreign organizations with diplomatic functions31.2 Article 183. Rights and obligations of overseas Vietnamese and foreign-invested enterprises using land for implementation of investment projects in Vietnam31.3 Article 184. Rights and obligations of joint ventures using land through receipt of land use rights as capital and wholly foreign-invested enterprises which are converted from joint ventures31.4 Article 185. Rights and obligations of overseas Vietnamese and foreign-invested enterprises using land in industrial parks, industrial clusters, export processing zones, hi-tech zones or economic zones31.5 Article 186. Rights and obligations involving land use of overseas Vietnamese who are eligible to own houses in Vietnam; foreign individuals or overseas Vietnamese who are ineligible to buy houses associated with land use rights in Vietnam31.6 Article 187. Rights and obligations of overseas Vietnamese and foreign-invested enterprises leasing land for construction of underground facilities
32.1 Article 188. Conditions for the exercise of the rights to exchange, transfer, lease, sublease, inherit, donate or mortgage land use rights; to contribute land use rights as capital32.2 Article 189. Conditions for selling and buying assets attached to land which is leased by the State with annual rental payment32.3 Article 190. Conditions for exchanging agricultural land use rights32.4 Article 191. Cases in which acquisition or donation of land use rights is not allowed32.5 Article 192. Cases in which households and individuals may transfer or donate land use rights under certain conditions32.6 Article 193. Conditions for receiving the transfer or contribution as capital of, or leasing, agricultural land use rights to carry out investment projects on non-agricultural production and business32.7 Article 194. Conditions for transferring land use rights in implementation of investment projects on construction of and trading in houses; investment projects on construction of infrastructure for transfer of lease
33.1 Article 195. Land-related administrative procedures33.2 Article 196. Publicity of land-related administrative procedures33.3 Article 197. Implementation of land-related administrative procedures
35.1 Article 198. Oversight by the National Assembly, People’s Councils at all levels, Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations of the land management and use35.2 Article 199. Supervision by citizens of land management and use35.3 Article 200. System of monitoring and evaluation of the land management and use
36.1 Article 201. Specialized land inspection36.2 Article 202. Conciliation of land disputes36.3 Article 203. Competence to settle land disputes36.4 Article 204. Settlement of complaints and lawsuits involving land36.5 Article 205. Settlement of denunciations about land36.6 Article 206. Handling of violators of land law36.7 Article 207. Handling of persons who commit violations of land law while on duty in the field of land36.8 Article 208. Responsibilities of chairpersons of People’s Committees at all levels in detecting, preventing and handling violations of law on land management and use36.9 Article 209. Receipt and handling of responsibility of heads, civil servants or public employees working at land management agencies at all levels and commune-level cadastral civil servants who violate the order of carrying out administrative procedures
37.1 Article 210. Transitional provisions37.2 Article 211. Effect37.3 Article 212. Detailing provision
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