No longer are there scenes of people waiting or making multiple trips to process "Red Books". The decentralization of authority to resolve land procedures to the commune/ward level in some areas in Bac Ninh has helped citizens reduce travel time.

Vietnamese lawmakers criticize unfair land pricing mechanisms, saying citizens are effectively forced to buy land inherited from their ancestors.

The General Department of Land Administration (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) has given its perspective on whether to "transfer over 700 branches of the Land Registration Offices (LROs) to the commune level."

Rising land values can boost revenue and fairness but require careful rollout to avoid disruptions.

Many experts believe that transferring the authority and functions of land registration office branches to communes will make administrative procedures more convenient for citizens, while allowing communes to manage land data.

The fundamental goal of land management is state management of data from land parcels, cadastral maps, plot numbers, and parcel numbers, not individual houses built on land, according to experts.

Housing and land prices in many areas do not accurately reflect real supply and demand, but are instead influenced by speculation, non-transparent planning information, administrative boundary adjustments, and a herd mentality.

People will be able to provide and verify land and house ownership information on the VNeID app without having to submit certificate copies.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment plans to complete a comprehensive national land database in 2026, a step to transform land resources into an important driver for sustainable development.

Hanoi’s recent request for citizens to submit photocopies of so do (land-use right certificates) and ID cards has sparked controversy. The Department of Land Administration noted that implementation may vary across localities.

A new integrated database will help citizens and businesses access land and housing information with ease.

Vietnam connects land, population, and tax data to boost transparency and efficiency in land use.

Businesses complain that many of their projects have fallen into deadlock, though 90-95 percent of site clearance work has been completed. If a new proposal on land recovery is approved, this bottleneck may finally be resolved.

The city will collect over 27,000 data points to prepare its first-ever official land price list post-provincial merger, effective January 1, 2026.

When implementing the 2024 Land Law, several provinces and cities have reported difficulties in land pricing, resettlement, land acquisition, and compensation for site clearance.

New provisions would allow the State to reclaim land if 75% of agreements are reached, addressing long-standing project deadlocks.

Local land price tables should avoid unrealistic pricing that is either too high, burdening businesses, or too low, causing budget revenue losses.

Experts say State control of initial land pricing will bring transparency, curb speculation, and make secondary pricing more predictable.

At a recent forum on double-digit growth hosted by the Central Strategic Policy Committee, a business association representative spoke with sadness about current land prices.

The new policy on land-rent exemptions and reductions is expected to ease difficulties, but it fails to address numerous previously qualified businesses, leaving many facing retroactive collections and trapped in debt.