Major contents received, explained, and edited

At the meeting, mentioning some major issues of receiving, explaining and revising the draft Land Law (amended), Chairman of the Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh said that some major contents agreed to receive, explain and revise, namely:

To more specifically and clearly stipulate the land support policy for ethnic minorities, the provisions in Article 16 and Article 48 have been amended; Point k, Clause 3, Article 79, Clause 15, Article 250, Clause 3, Article 11, Point i, Clause 1, Article 113, Clause 1, Article 114 have been added.

Provisions in Clause 5, Article 45 on conditions for individuals not directly engaged in agricultural production when receiving the transfer of the right to use rice-growing land must establish an economic organization and have a plan to use rice-growing land.

Amend Point g, Clause 3, Article 79 in the direction of specifying land recovery projects for socio-economic development for national and public interests instead of referring to Articles 112 and 126 of the draft Law. Narrow down the cases of land recovery for implementing projects to build social housing, housing for armed forces, medical facilities, social service facilities, educational and training facilities, sports facilities, science and technology facilities, and cultural facilities.

Remove the provisions in Clause 5, Article 122 on determining the order of priority for auctions, bidding, and agreements. Amend Articles 124, 125, 126, and 127 to clearly define the cases of auctioning land use rights, bidding to select investors to implement projects using land, not auctioning land use rights, not bidding to select investors to implement projects using land, agreements on receiving land use rights or having land use rights.

Dialogue - Amending the Land Law: Major contents to be received, explained and revised — Delegates attending the meeting.

Restructure and revise specific articles and clauses in Chapter VIII on land development, management and exploitation.

Complete the provisions in Article 172 on land use with a term, add Clause 8 to Article 172. However, it is necessary to continue studying and supplementing the provisions on the basis for considering the determination of eligibility for extension when the land use term expires.

Amend the provisions at Point d, Clause 3, Article 79, Article 84, Article 113, Article 124, Article 126, Article 190 related to land reclamation activities. The Standing Committee of the Economic Committee requests the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and relevant ministries to coordinate with the provincial People's Committees in localities that have implemented projects related to land reclamation activities to fully report on the implementation of current policies and laws on land reclamation activities; clarify policy viewpoints to perfect the provisions in the draft Law on this content in the direction of only stipulating in the Law the contents of principles, consistent with the scope of regulation of the Land Law; assign the Government to provide detailed regulations to ensure flexibility in the implementation process.

In addition, amend the provisions in Article 11, Clause 9, Article 60, Article 78, Clause 2, Article 80, Clause 7, Article 91, Article 158, Chapter IV, Chapter VII, Article 204, Article 217; remove Article 4 on "law application" and Article 259 of the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly at the 5th session.

However, for the agreed contents, the Standing Committee of the Economic Committee continued to have opinions suggesting research, review and clarification. The amended contents, the basis for the amendment and the proposed opinions have been presented specifically in the draft Law and the full Report.

Dialogue - Amending the Land Law: Major contents to be accepted, explained, and revised (Figure 2). — Chairman of the Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh presented a number of major issues regarding the reception, explanation, and revision of the draft Land Law (amended).

The Standing Committee of the Economic Committee recognized that this is a major Law project, and the process of receiving and revising continues to receive many different opinions. Some issues have been reviewed and commented on by National Assembly deputies but have not been provided with full information and satisfactory explanations; some issues require additional content for summary, impact assessment, data provision, etc. but there is no specific report.

To promptly serve the Conference of National Assembly Deputies working full-time to give opinions on the draft Law, the Standing Committee of the Economic Committee reports to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on the draft Law to serve the Conference.

Based on the opinions of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the opinions of full-time National Assembly deputies, the Standing Committee of the Economic Committee will, together with the Standing Committee of the Law Committee, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Justice and other agencies and organizations, promote the highest sense of responsibility and work efficiency, continue to research, absorb and explain opinions, review and revise the draft Law to achieve the best quality .

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