As a province with advantages in natural resources, in recent years, Quang Ninh has always focused on management work, ensuring effective, economical and sustainable use of land and natural resources in the area.

The quality of land use planning and planning has been improved. The province has completed the adjustment of land use planning for the period 2021-2030 at the district level for 13/13 districts, towns and cities. The province has directed departments, branches, sectors and localities to develop and complete the 5-year land use plan for 2021-2025 of the province according to the central allocation targets. The Provincial People's Committee regularly approves the annual land use plans of localities; promptly reviews and updates project works into the annual land use plan for public investment projects, key projects, and driving forces for socio-economic development of the province.
The province continues to enhance its responsibility in appraisal and inspection of land valuation for projects in the province, especially in urban areas, sensitive areas, and areas of high value. At the same time, review land use plans and projects, the implementation of investment projects using land, strictly handle violations according to regulations; resolutely reclaim land areas used for the wrong purposes, against land use plans and planning, causing waste, inefficiency, abandonment and illegal encroachment.
The Provincial People's Council issued Resolution No. 203/NQ-HDND (April 2024) on the list of projects, works on land recovery, land use purpose conversion and decision to convert forest use to other purposes in the first phase of 2024 in the province; adjusting and supplementing, implementation location, project area, land recovery area, land use purpose conversion, forest use purpose conversion to other purposes... In the first 6 months of 2024, the province decided to lease land to 20 organizations, with an area of 1,130.55 hectares; allocating land to 26 organizations, with an area of 514.21 hectares.
Relevant departments, branches, sectors, and localities regularly inspect and examine the work of land allocation, land lease, management of forest land, aquaculture land for households and individuals; review and handle investment projects using land and water surfaces that are behind schedule and violate the law in the province. The review shows that by June 2024, the whole province had 71 projects that had been allocated land and leased land that were behind schedule for 2 years or more. The competent authorities have issued comprehensive inspection conclusions for 175 investment projects using land; handle contents related to land funds and State investment costs when the project has a land recovery decision; recover and terminate investment activities of 2 projects.

The province has strengthened the management and protection of unexploited minerals and the implementation of mineral exploitation projects in the direction of exploiting and using natural resources reasonably and sustainably to effectively serve socio-economic development.
The province balances mineral exploitation and reserves, sustainably develops the mining industry, focusing on the coal industry; strictly controls the exploitation of minerals for construction materials, effectively utilizes waste soil and rock in coal mining and processing activities as landfill materials. From 2022 to June 2024, the Provincial People's Committee has issued 7 decisions on the price list for calculating resource tax for types of resources exploited in the area; issued regulations on coordination in state management of mineral exploitation activities; managed and protected unexploited minerals and implemented mineral exploitation projects.
The province, departments, branches and localities focus on inspection, examination, review and handling of violations; strengthen management of mines operating in mineral exploitation, mining, gathering, processing, transportation and consumption of coal, screening of acidic rock, mine waste, clay, stone, sand and soil for filling materials in the province. The competent authorities coordinate to appraise, approve and accept mine closure projects, decide to close mines in coal mining areas with expired licenses or those that have stopped mining. The province implements the auction of mineral exploitation rights for 7 land mine areas in Ha Long, Uong Bi, Hai Ha and Mong Cai.

In particular, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 91/KH-UBND (dated April 4, 2024) on the circulation of organic solid waste in the province until 2025, with a vision to 2030. In 2024, the province plans to complete the overall project to ensure the source of landfill materials in the province.
Coal industry units proactively innovate, apply science and technology to production to improve labor productivity, reduce resource loss rate, such as: Transporting laborers to the mine by specialized means of transport such as cable cars and winches; transporting materials and equipment by electric train; improving mining techniques...
Authorities have stepped up public awareness campaigns on energy conservation and efficient exploitation and use of water resources. In 2023, the province saved 127 million kWh, equivalent to 2.15% of the province's commercial electricity output. From 2022 to June 2024, the province issued 75 licenses for exploitation and use of water resources.
The effective use of land and natural resources contributes to sustainable socio-economic development in the area.
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