Tens of thousands of land plots have not been registered for red books

The data reported in 2021 by the Provincial People's Committee shows that there are more than 59,7 thousand land plots that have not been registered for the first time land use right certificates (LURCs, often called red books). Most of the land is derived from agriculture, forestry, and national defense.

People carry out land procedures at the Land Registration Office of Dong Nai province, branch of Bien Hoa city. Photo: H.Loc

This issue has been directed by the Provincial People's Committee to improve the efficiency of land management and meet the requirements of the people.

* Mainly military land, agricultural and forestry land

The report summarizing 10 years of implementation of the 2013 Land Law of the Provincial People's Committee, Dong Nai has more than 59,7 thousand land plots not yet registered for the first issuance of LURCs and more than 64 plots registered but not yet issued LURCs. Most of these land plots are located in the area of ​​defense land, agricultural and forestry land, disputed land, encroachment, land without valid papers.

Regarding agricultural and forestry land, in the past, the State allocated land to an organization that is an agro-forestry enterprise to manage and use it. After that, the owner of the land re-allocates or leases, borrows, or encroaches people. According to regulations, this land must be recovered and handed over to the locality for management, but so far the implementation has been slow.

According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, implementing the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Committee, the Department has worked directly with 4 units (Tan Phu Protection Forest Management Board, Xuan Phu Protection Forest Management Board). Loc, La Nga Sugar Joint Stock Company, La Nga Forestry One Member Limited Company) and sent documents to 8 units to remind and guide, but the preparation, appraisal and approval of the land use plan is still slow. , did not meet the requirements. 

Similarly, there are still a large number of land parcels assigned by defense and security units to officers and soldiers to build houses and participate in production and economic construction activities of the army in the province, but not yet. handed over to the locality or handed over but the land problems have not been resolved. In which, there are lands of: 2nd Army Officer School, 302nd Division, some brigades of Military Region 7... located in Bien Hoa City, Cam My District, Xuan Loc District.

The cause of the above situation is that the land has historical, diverse, complex and sensitive origins; the land use and management regime has gone through many periods, the regulations are not uniform and consistent. Land management in the locality, especially the local authorities, has not been paid close attention to, and has not been promptly detected and handled in a timely manner; It is difficult to determine the origin of each land parcel, causing disputes, encroachment and misuse.

* Quickly resolve the backlog

Over the years, the work of land registration and issuance of LURCs has been directed and organized by the province, up to now, the whole province has granted more than 99% of the LURCs for the first time for the eligible area. This result has contributed positively to ensuring the legitimate rights and interests of land users; creating a foundation for building a land database for stricter and more effective management.

However, there are still tens of thousands of land plots that have not been registered for red books, causing difficulties for management and disadvantages for people in using public services, social security as well as fulfilling their obligations. citizen service.

The certificate of land use right has not been issued to the people at the Land Registration Office of Dong Nai province, branch of Bien Hoa city.

A representative of the Land Management Sub-Department of Dong Nai province said that the State management agency very much wants to complete the registration procedure for the issuance of red books for people soon, but this is not easy because it has to go through many steps and get opinions. many sides. For example, the land use plan of the origin of the forest enterprise must have the opinion of the General Department of Forestry; land use plans of military origin must be approved by the Ministry of National Defense.

Over the past time, the Provincial People's Committee has issued many documents directing and urging localities; The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has developed a sample plan for local reference, but the progress of making, evaluating and submitting the land use plan for approval for the land areas handed over to the locality for management is still slow.

 Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Phi emphasized that it is necessary to focus on handling problems related to agricultural, forestry and defense land in the area. In which, it is noted to speed up the formulation and appraisal of land use plans for the recovered and planned land areas and hand over to local management.

The draft Land Law amends regulations, the current land user and the person assigned to manage the land must register with the state agency. The results of the registration are the basis for management, recording in the cadastral records and the basis for considering and granting LURCs to land users. Regarding the content of land registration and issuance of LURCs in the absence of valid papers, this draft law has expanded the subjects of consideration and allowed the provincial People's Committees to prescribe the types of documents suitable to the reality of the land. local practice to handle certification for users. The accompanying condition is that the land use levy has been paid, the land is undisputed and consistent with the land use planning.

Hoang Loc