Comparisons regarding land ownership, and perceived advantages and disadvantages, may arise after the merger of provinces and cities.

TPO - According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MARD), after the merger of provinces and cities, inconsistencies may arise in some specific regulations in the field of land; comparisons of "favorable or unfavorable" conditions may appear between communes and wards, and between different land use cases, thereby causing difficulties in land management at the local level.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has recently sent a document to the Steering Committee for the implementation of the Project on the rearrangement and consolidation of provincial and centrally-administered city-level administrative units (Steering Committee) regarding the review of regulations in the field of land when organizing a two-tiered local government.

According to the official document, the 2024 Land Law and its implementing decrees contain many provisions that delegate the authority to provincial People's Councils and People's Committees to issue detailed regulations and guidelines for implementation, in order to apply them appropriately to the specific conditions of each locality.

In the past, localities have focused all resources on developing and issuing documents as required. However, after the merger of many provinces and cities, inconsistencies may arise in some specific regulations.

Following the merger of provinces and cities, inconsistencies may arise regarding certain specific regulations in the land sector. (Illustration photo: VNA)

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, inconsistent regulations appear in areas such as: the time frame for processing administrative procedures, compensation rates for livestock and crops, support for stabilizing livelihoods and production, minimum resettlement quotas, compensation rates for damages when the State reclaims land; land allocation limits, and recognition of land use rights.

Furthermore, the minimum conditions and area requirements for land subdivision and consolidation for each land type, or the criteria for deciding on bidding to select investors for land-use investment projects, may lead to comparisons of advantages and disadvantages between communes, wards, and land use cases, thereby creating difficulties for local land management.

To proactively address these shortcomings, the Steering Committee and the provinces and cities need to proactively review the contents assigned to them for detailed implementation of the Land Law and the decrees detailing the implementation of the law within their authority, in order to amend and supplement them in a way that unifies the application or applies specific policies in the localities after the merger.

Thanh Huyen

Source: https://tienphong.vn/co-the-xuat-hien-so-bi-thiet-hon-ve-dat-dai-sau-sap-nhap-tinh-thanh-post1739881.tpo