Red book in hand, peace of mind "settling down"
Ha Giang 1 Ward, like many other communes and wards in Ha Giang province (old), has the advantage of having completed the survey and mapping of cadastral maps. Comrade Tran Song Ha, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Giang 1 Ward, said: Currently, through surveying and adjusting cadastral maps, basically all households have been granted land use right certificates, only scattered areas of garden land, rice land, and forest garden land that have not been surveyed before.
After checking, there are currently about 400 households, especially many in the two old communes of Phuong Thien and Phuong Do. Since the beginning of July 2025, the Ward People's Committee has issued 3 land use right certificates. This work is continuing to accelerate, ensuring the rights and interests of the people.
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| The Department of Agriculture and Environment opened 8 training courses for land officials of 124 communes and wards in the province on procedures for granting land use right certificates. |
After more than 1 month of operating the two-level local government, in many communes and wards, the task of issuing land use right certificates for the first time has been initiated. The earliest are My Lam, Minh Xuan, An Tuong communes and some communes in the central area, especially those communes that are starting many key projects and works, with resettlement arrangements. This task has been included in the core tasks of communes and wards, in order to meet the needs, aspirations and ensure the rights and interests of the people.
There are many difficulties
However, the work of granting land use right certificates in the province still faces many difficulties. Among them, lack of human resources, lack of synchronized data, etc. are persistent difficulties that did not appear after the operation of the two-level local government.
According to comrade Nguyen The He, Vice Chairman of Khuon Lung Commune People's Committee: After surveying and mapping the land, the rate of granting land use right certificates in the commune has reached more than 96%. However, at the time of granting land use right certificates, mainly using photos taken by airplanes, manual measurement methods such as existing films, aerial photography and projection equipment; the surveying and mapping work has not followed a unified coordinate system, the maps for granting certificates have not been measured using modern technology, leading to deviations from the field, the adjustment of land changes is not timely, causing many difficulties in land management work in the locality such as: Determining boundaries, boundary scopes for which land use right certificates have been granted, resolving land disputes, etc.
Through working with the relevant authorities, the commune government has proposed allocating funds for the work of updating and building a cadastral database, accelerating the construction of a cadastral database in Khuon Lung commune (new) to standardize accurate, complete and unified information on land plots, land users, land use rights, and assets attached to land, helping management agencies update and monitor land fluctuations quickly and promptly.
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| Thai Hoa commune land officials guide people through procedures for registering for land use right certificates. |
While the communes and wards of Ha Giang province (old) have been surveyed in the VN 2000 coordinate system, in Tuyen Quang province (old), only the communes of Son Duong district (old) have completed the survey. This causes difficulties for the state management of land in general, the issuance of land use right certificates in particular, and invisibly leads to the overload of surveying in localities.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, a land and agricultural officer of Thai Hoa commune, feels this more clearly than anyone else. According to the data of people's applications submitted to the Thai Hoa Commune Public Administration Service Center since the beginning of July, there have been more than 200 applications requesting to be granted land use right certificates. However, the number of applications that have been extracted for cadastral measurement is only 2-3 applications. Many cases registered for measurement since the beginning of 2025 have not been measured up to this point. Not to mention many cases where people submitted registration applications but did not complete the procedures, did not send them to the right channel...
The Center for Natural Resources and Environment Engineering, under the Department of Agriculture and Environment, which is responsible for land surveying, currently has 86 civil servants and employees. Of these, about 40 are responsible for land surveying. According to comrade Nguyen Van Khai, Director of the Center, the overload situation did not only start in July 2025, but has been going on for many years.
In fact, the people's need for land surveying is very large, while the unit's human resources are limited. To solve this problem, since 2022, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (old) has sent documents to all communes, wards and towns in the province, providing information on the list of 12 units and enterprises with land surveying functions, but has not reduced the pressure on the unit.
Mr. Hoang Duc Tuyen, Director of Tan Ha Surveying and Mapping Company Limited, said: The unit is a business licensed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (formerly). However, in the past 5 years, the number of surveying records carried out by the unit is only about 20 records. The reason is explained that people are still used to working with units under the Department, managed by the State.
In addition, when the private unit completes the measurement, it still needs the Department of Agriculture and Environment to re-evaluate, while in reality, the evaluation is not always completed immediately. Therefore, according to Mr. Tuyen, for many years now, the unit has almost not performed this function but has had to switch to other activities to ensure revenue.
Solve the problem
“Along with support, guidance, and training, the Department of Agriculture and Environment is proposing that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment allocate funds to implement a project to survey and map cadastral land in the province. The goal is to complete surveying and mapping land in the entire province by the end of 2028. This is the key to reducing pressure and speeding up the process of granting land use right certificates to localities.” Comrade Vu Viet Hung, Head of the Department of Land Management, Department of Agriculture and Environment |
Delegating power to the commune level is a correct policy, especially in the context of building a “service government” that is becoming a consistent orientation. When people no longer have to go through many levels to submit documents, time and costs are significantly reduced. Currently, the merged communes are actively reviewing land funds, coordinating with specialized agencies to make a list of households eligible for land use right certificates.
As soon as the two-level local government was put into operation, the functional units of the Department of Agriculture and Environment took drastic action, working with the commune level to resolve each part of the work according to their functions and tasks.
Comrade Nguyen Dinh Tu, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, said: The unit has established 4 working groups assigned to support by region. With the task of guiding the process and operations of implementing administrative procedures on land for local officials; answering professional questions, removing obstacles in the implementation process; supporting the collection, standardization and updating of land data into the system; guiding the operation, exploitation and management of commune-level land databases.
In addition, the working groups also coordinated to review the implementation of administrative procedures at the local level, promptly detect shortcomings and propose solutions to improve the effectiveness of administrative procedure implementation and land management at the grassroots level.
Along with that, the Department opened 8 training courses for officials and civil servants of 124 communes and wards in the area on the process and procedures for granting land use right certificates, transferring documents to tax authorities, land registration offices, etc. At the same time, it guided wards and communes to proactively review the entire process of receiving land documents in their localities. More importantly, it is necessary to classify documents right from the input stage, ensuring the correct authority and address, while clearly and publicly informing people about the functions, tasks and responsibilities of each unit in the administrative procedure settlement process.
According to Mr. Tu, all training courses are conducted over two days, Saturday and Sunday, ensuring that local officials and civil servants do not have their work interrupted.
In parallel, the Zalo group "Department leaders and 124 commune and ward chairmen" was also established to ensure two-way information, shorten processing time and create a timely and effective feedback channel between the provincial and commune levels.
The Department of Agriculture and Environment has just received a civil servant from the Department of Land Management to support the implementation of tasks in the land sector when implementing the two-tier local government model for a period of 3 months, starting from August 15. The civil servant assigned to the locality will guide and support local officials and civil servants in organizing and solving specialized tasks in the land sector that have been decentralized and delegated. At the same time, coordinate to remove difficulties and obstacles; synthesize, report and advise competent authorities on proposals and recommendations arising during the implementation process.
With drastic solutions, it is hoped that the “bottlenecks” in cadastral maps, legal documents, staff capacity and information technology systems will soon be resolved to effectively operate the new tasks of the commune level in the land sector. Because the issuance of land use right certificates is not only directly related to the rights of the people but also the basis for effective land management, preventing disputes and prolonged complaints.
Nguyen Dat
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| Comrade Pham Manh Duyet Member of Provincial Party Committee, Director of Department of Agriculture and Environment |
Support to speed up the progress of measuring and issuing land use right certificates
According to the decentralization, delegation, and assignment of authority to implement the two-level government, the People's Committees of communes issue the first land use right certificates (LURCs) to the People. This is an extremely difficult task, especially in the cadastral survey stage, while the demand for LURCs has increased dramatically at this time.
To support local authorities in removing difficulties and speeding up the process of granting first certificates to people, right after operating the two-level government, the Department of Agriculture and Environment organized professional training focusing on land cadastral field for leaders and professional staff of the People's Committees of communes and wards.
The Department also established a zalo group with leaders of the People's Committees of communes and wards to exchange and provide professional support during the implementation of tasks at the grassroots level. The Department has a document informing the measurement centers that have sufficient legal basis so that local authorities can understand and coordinate the implementation. The Department's team of specialized staff is always ready to support local authorities during the implementation of tasks.
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| Comrade Pham Van Son Chairman of Yen Minh Commune People's Committee |
Strengthen training for commune-level officials and experts
As administrative boundaries are expanded, the demand for land transactions, land use, and land use rights transfers is increasing, requiring land management to be organized systematically, consistently, and accurately. In particular, the commune level plays the role of a direct government level, implementing most of the administrative procedures related to land procedures. Therefore, training for commune-level officials in the land sector, especially in registration procedures and granting of land use rights certificates, is extremely urgent.
Currently, the capacity to organize implementation at the commune level is still limited, and staff lack experience. Therefore, it is necessary to continue to have training sessions on basic business processes such as: knowledge, specific instructions on how to use software in receiving and processing people's records on the National Public Service Portal; updating and exploiting centralized cadastral databases, serving the work of registration, granting red books and managing cadastral records in accordance with regulations... Thereby helping to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management in the land sector; improve the quality of service to people and businesses, while ensuring that land management is smooth, transparent and effective.
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| Comrade Bui Anh Vu Head of Economic Department, Lam Binh Commune |
Prioritize synchronous investment in commune-level technical infrastructure
The commune level is the place that directly handles administrative procedures and serves the people. However, at present, the locality is still facing great difficulties in technical infrastructure equipment.
The lack of modern equipment such as high-configuration computers, specialized scanners, or effective data management systems has caused the processing of documents, especially in areas related to land and construction, to become slow and laborious. This not only affects the productivity of officials but also causes inconvenience and reduces the satisfaction of the people.
Therefore, I hope that leaders at all levels will consider and prioritize synchronous investment in technical infrastructure at the commune level. Adequate equipment will help improve management capacity, accelerate the digital transformation process, and most importantly, serve people more quickly, accurately and professionally.
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| Mrs. Tran Thi Thanh Huong Ward Ha Giang I |
People can easily look up and submit documents.
I strongly agree with the policy of developing and strongly applying the electronic one-stop system in granting Land Use Right Certificates. Previously, every time I wanted to resolve administrative procedures related to land documents, I had to go directly to the authorities many times, the procedures were cumbersome and time-consuming.
Now that there is an electronic one-stop system, we can submit applications online, look up planning information, and the progress of processing applications is clear and transparent, without having to wait long or go directly to many agencies as before. This is truly a new step forward in administrative procedure reform, bringing convenience to the people. I hope that the authorities will continue to strengthen guidance and support for the people, especially those who are not familiar with using information technology, so that everyone can access and use this service.
The application of the one-stop electronic system in granting Land Use Right Certificates not only helps save time, reduce costs, and reduce hassles, but also creates trust among the people. I really hope that this model will be increasingly improved, contributing to building a modern administration that is close to the people and for the people.
Source: https://baotuyenquang.com.vn/xa-hoi/202508/go-kho-cap-so-do-o-xa-b332cfb/
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