VietNamNet Bridge – While industrial zones (IZs), golf and seaport projects are allocated with land very easily, there are not enough kindergartens and schools for kids because of land shortages.


Deputy Tran Du Lich.

Speaking at the National Assembly group discussion of 2011-2015 land use plan on November 1, Vice chair of the NA’s Justice Committee Nguyen Dinh Quyen said that the Land Law 1993 has been amended many times but criteria on land using plan are unclear.

Quyen said that the land use plan in the last ten years could not praised as a success since all provinces and cities raced to build IZs, golf courses, seaports and airports, resulted in fallowed facilities.

While these ineffective projects are located with land very easily, many kindergarten, school and office projects are delayed because of land shortage. This is an abnormal situation, Quyen emphasized.

“That strange land use plan is still implemented and nobody takes responsible for it,” Dr. Quyen said.

Deputy Chu Son Ha said that the land use plan is far from the fact. Many projects are allocated with vast areas of land but they are not implemented at proper speed, resulted in land waste.

“Local authorities make great efforts in site clearance to have land for these projects but land is not used. Who will take responsibility for this situation? No one, actually. If site clearance goes slowly, local authorities and local people would be blamed but when land is available, it is not used,” Ha said.

Deputy Nguyen Thi Nguyet Huong said a seaport is built on each 50-70km of coast and she asked the government to consider this situation. She proposed to have land use plan for transport because if all vehicles are placed on the road, there will have no empty space.

Deputy Dao Van Binh worried of food security. It is estimated that by 2020, Vietnam will have 100 million people. The country, therefore, must maintain at least 3.8 million hectares of rice land.

Binh proposed to fulfil the current IZs and not build new ones. The ratio of industry in the economy must be carefully calculated, he asked.

Le Nhung