Specific mechanisms and policies for handling violations of land laws.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man signed the certification of Resolution No. 29/2026/QH16 on special mechanisms and policies to handle violations of land law by organizations and individuals occurring before the Land Law of 2024 came into effect and to resolve difficulties and obstacles for stalled and long-standing projects.

Illustrative photo: Tuan Anh/TTXVN

This resolution stipulates specific mechanisms and policies for handling violations of land laws in projects and works that are for socio -economic development, for ensuring national defense and security, and are not related to corruption, occurring before August 1, 2024; and continues to address difficulties and obstacles for stalled and long-standing projects before August 1, 2024.

In principle, the Resolution stipulates that implementation must be carried out within the correct authority, basis, procedures, and time limits as prescribed in this Resolution, in accordance with the principles of current law, and not contrary to international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a party. It must ensure that violations are not legalized, that no new violations arise, and that organizations and individuals who exploit the implementation of this Resolution for corruption, waste, negative practices, or to cover up violations are strictly inspected, supervised, and punished. It must be consistent with objective reality and specific historical circumstances; ensure a balance between the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of relevant entities, and the legitimate interests of bona fide third parties within the overall national interest as prescribed by law; and ensure security, order, and social safety.

According to the Resolution, the competent authority conducting the proceedings shall not pursue criminal liability in the following cases:

To avoid causing loss or waste of state assets, the following conditions must be met: No corruption; for the purpose of socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security; the project or work has been completed and brings socio-economic benefits to the locality and the country; there are no complaints or denunciations, or if there are complaints or denunciations, they have been resolved completely according to regulations.

If any loss or waste of state assets occurs, the above-mentioned conditions must be met and all resulting damages must have been rectified.

Regarding the temporary suspension of criminal prosecution, the Resolution stipulates that the competent prosecuting authority shall consider temporarily suspending criminal prosecution to allow organizations and individuals to remedy the damage if the following conditions are met: The violation occurred but was for the purpose of socio-economic development or for the purpose of ensuring national defense and security; There was loss or waste of state assets but no corruption; Projects and works are underway, not yet completed, and the damage has not yet been remedied due to objective reasons, but there is still the possibility, plan, and conditions to remedy the damage, bringing socio-economic benefits to the locality and the country; there is a commitment from the relevant organizations and individuals to remedy the damage and actively remedy it according to the committed schedule and plan.

This resolution shall take effect from May 1, 2026.

The regulations on handling violations of land law by organizations and individuals, as stipulated in this Resolution, shall be implemented until May 1, 2029.

After May 1, 2029, if a decision to temporarily suspend the handling of complaints and reports of crimes, requests for prosecution, temporary suspension of case investigations, temporary suspension of investigations against suspects, temporary suspension of cases, temporary suspension of cases against suspects or defendants, postponement of trials, postponement of sentence execution, or postponement of disciplinary action as stipulated in this Resolution has not yet expired, the provisions of this Resolution shall continue to be implemented until their conclusion.

The regulations on specific mechanisms and policies to resolve difficulties and obstacles for stalled and prolonged projects stipulated in this Resolution shall be implemented until May 1, 2031.

Specific mechanisms and policies to address difficulties and obstacles for stalled and long-standing projects, which have been decided by competent authorities to be implemented under this Resolution but have not been completed by May 1, 2031, shall continue to be implemented according to the issued decisions.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/chinh-sach-va-cuoc-song/co-che-chinh-sach-dac-thu-de-xu-ly-vi-pham-phap-luat-ve-dat-dai-20260508215156247.htm