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“NA should consider revising the law towards extending the term of farmland allocation, expanding farmland use limits, setting stricter and more specific regulations on rice farming land protection, farmland recovery, compensation and support for farmers whose land is recovered to switch to other fields and stabilize their living,” said Giau.
Farmland use restriction stipulated in Article 70 of the Land Law hinders the process of farmland accumulation to create large-scale intensive farming zones applying advanced technology to improve output and quality of farm produce.
In addition, regulations concerning site clearance are full of shortcomings. Therefore, it is difficult to satisfactorily settle the relationship between land ownership and land use right, between the rights of citizens and the rights of the State when recovering land for national purposes, public benefits and economic development.
The use terms of certain types of land will expire soon, but the Government has yet to give any specific policy or decision, thus farmers are hesitant to make investment, Giau told the NA meeting on Tuesday.
The proposal of the chairman was strongly supported by NA deputies.
Delegate Tran Van Tan of Tien Giang suggested NA should grant long-term land use rights to farmers.
The Land Law was proposed for amendment in the next NA sitting as it has exposed many inadequacies, especially in protecting rights of rice farmers from the invasion of industrial projects.
It is estimated that 70% of the complaints nationwide is related to land and land compensation.
In the 2006-2011 period, investment for agriculture, farmers and rural areas totaled over VND432.7 trillion, accounting for nearly 50% of the total development and investment capital sourced from the State budget and government bonds. However, such a figure only met 55-60% of the demand for investment, said a report delivered by Chairman Giau on Tuesday.
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