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HCMC seeks to convert 384 hectares of farmland into urban land

The HCMC government has proposed the prime minister allow it to change the use purpose of 384 hectares of agricultural land in its outlying district of Hoc Mon into urban land to reduce pressure on the inner-city areas.

 

Institutional barriers restrict development of Vietnam farmland market

In spite of huge demand, the inefficient legal framework is making the process of land grouping difficult for all parties involved.

Lifting of farmland limit to spur exports of produce

Expansion of land limits and accumulation of land for large-scale production are expected to be the foundation for the branding of farm produce.

Investors hunt for farmland to make quick profits

VietNamNet Bridge - Land plots for cultivation are now in hot demand by investors, who can make profits now and protect their assets in the long term.

NA hears about negligence in managing forest, farm land

 There have been serious shortcomings in management of forestry and farming enterprises. So said the national assembly's deputies during a meeting yesterday to review the management of Viet Nam's forest and farming from 2004-2014.

Farmers backed to work overseas on land withdrawals

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will support sending members of households whose farm land is taken back by State agencies to foreign countries for guest work from September this year, according to a new decree.

Central province loses forests and farmland as tourism projects delayed for decade

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmland has been lost, and forests and coastal sand banks have been devastated in Thua Thien-Hue Province because of projects that developers have yet to implement.

Early floods damage hundreds of paddy hectares in delta

VietNamNet Bridge – The early floods in the Mekong Delta this year have damaged around 220 hectares of paddy of the summer-autumn crop in Hong Ngu District, Dong Thap Province, leaving losses of an estimated VND2 billion.

Tardy projects can lose their land

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Land Law seeks to redress unequal land distribution for development projects, Nguyen Manh Hien, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, tells the Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper.

Townspeople complain of factory smoke

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution from a porcelain factory has raised concerns among residents in the northern province of Phu Tho's Phu Tho Town.

Pollution worsens in Dong Nai River

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution in the Dong Nai River, mostly from thousands of factories, continues to affect the water supply to residents and farmland in HCM City and surrounding provinces.

Millions of ideas for new land laws

 VietNamNet Bridge – The media showed great interest in the compilation of the draft Law on the Land and on the effect hydro-electric power plants had on residents' lives at the annual conference