Citizens will soon be able to access legal information about land and housing with just a few clicks, thanks to a newly coordinated national data system between key ministries.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Construction have reached an agreement to jointly develop and connect a national database on land and housing.

This move aims to eliminate redundant information, optimize resource use, and improve transparency in land and housing management.

The Central Steering Committee on Science, Technology, and Digital Transformation has mandated that data across sectors must follow the principle of “one source for shared use.”

Given the close connection between land and housing, building separate databases would cause overlap, inefficiency, and wasted investment.

At a meeting held on September 24, 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Construction, and the Ministry of Public Security agreed that legal data on land, land use rights, and assets attached to land will only exist within the national land database.

The Ministry of Construction will access and use this data through a shared mechanism rather than collecting it independently.

Conversely, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment will connect to and utilize data on housing and the real estate market from the Ministry of Construction’s systems. This ensures that the two sectors have harmonized and mutually reinforcing datasets.

Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is working with the Ministry of Public Security and local authorities to roll out the “90-day campaign to enrich and cleanse land and housing data.”

The goal is to complete and activate the new data system by the end of 2025.

This campaign focuses on standardizing data on land plots, assets associated with land, planning and land-use schedules, and land pricing.

At the same time, it aims to clean and validate housing data, real estate transactions, and ownership information.

According to land policy and resource management experts, this unified approach will prevent data duplication and save trillions of Vietnamese dong (equivalent to hundreds of millions of USD) in technology infrastructure, human resources, and system operations.

The data integration will also serve as a foundation for transparent, precise governance and improved public service delivery for both citizens and businesses.

Once the land and housing databases are connected, people and companies will be able to easily verify legal information and complete administrative procedures related to land, construction permits, and real estate transfers in a faster and more transparent manner.

Government agencies will also benefit from a unified database to support urban planning, development strategies, and effective real estate market management.

Vu Diep