Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies

Vietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines ref...

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ACCOUNTABILITY
ADB
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURAL USES
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION OF LAND
CHANGES IN LAND USE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL ZONES
COMMON PROPERTY
COMMUNAL FOREST
CULTIVATION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
EUCALYPTUS
EXPENDITURES
FARMLAND
FARMS
FOREST
FOREST AREAS
FOREST LAND
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FOREST RESOURCES
FORESTRY
FORESTRY LAND
FORESTRY PRACTICES
FORESTS
HOUSING
IMPROVED LAND
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LAND ACQUISITION
LAND ADMINISTRATION
LAND ALLOCATION
LAND AREA
LAND CLASSIFICATION
LAND CONVERSION
LAND DATA
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND HOLDINGS
LAND LAW
LAND LEGISLATION
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND MARKETS
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND PARCEL
LAND PARCELS
LAND PLANNING
LAND POLICY
LAND PRICES
LAND REDISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LAND REGISTRATION
LAND RESOURCES
LAND RIGHTS
LAND SPECULATION
LAND TENURE
LAND TITLES
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSFERS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LAND USE PRACTICES
LAND USE ZONING
LAND USERS
LAND USES
LAND VALUATION
LAND VALUES
LAND-USE
LAND-USE PLANNING
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROVISIONS
MARKET PRICES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POPULATION GROWTH
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASING POWER
REAL ESTATE
RESIDENTIAL LAND
RIVER BASINS
SUBSIDIARY
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE LAND
SUSTAINABLE LAND USE
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
TAXATION
TRANSPORT
TREES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN LAND
URBAN LAND USE
URBAN PLANNING
URBANIZATION
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WEATHER
WEATHER PATTERNS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADB
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURAL USES
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION OF LAND
CHANGES IN LAND USE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL ZONES
COMMON PROPERTY
COMMUNAL FOREST
CULTIVATION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
EUCALYPTUS
EXPENDITURES
FARMLAND
FARMS
FOREST
FOREST AREAS
FOREST LAND
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FOREST RESOURCES
FORESTRY
FORESTRY LAND
FORESTRY PRACTICES
FORESTS
HOUSING
IMPROVED LAND
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LAND ACQUISITION
LAND ADMINISTRATION
LAND ALLOCATION
LAND AREA
LAND CLASSIFICATION
LAND CONVERSION
LAND DATA
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND HOLDINGS
LAND LAW
LAND LEGISLATION
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND MARKETS
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND PARCEL
LAND PARCELS
LAND PLANNING
LAND POLICY
LAND PRICES
LAND REDISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LAND REGISTRATION
LAND RESOURCES
LAND RIGHTS
LAND SPECULATION
LAND TENURE
LAND TITLES
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSFERS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LAND USE PRACTICES
LAND USE ZONING
LAND USERS
LAND USES
LAND VALUATION
LAND VALUES
LAND-USE
LAND-USE PLANNING
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROVISIONS
MARKET PRICES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POPULATION GROWTH
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASING POWER
REAL ESTATE
RESIDENTIAL LAND
RIVER BASINS
SUBSIDIARY
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE LAND
SUSTAINABLE LAND USE
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
TAXATION
TRANSPORT
TREES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN LAND
URBAN LAND USE
URBAN PLANNING
URBANIZATION
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WEATHER
WEATHER PATTERNS
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Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies
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description Vietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines reforms related to four main themes. The first relates to the needed reform for agriculture land use to create opportunity to enhance effectiveness of land use as well as to secure farmers' rights in land use. Prolonging the duration of agricultural land tenure would give land users greater incentives to invest and care for the land. Raising the land holding ceiling and allowing greater land accumulation would facilitate greater economies of scale, and extending the rights of agricultural land users to alter the land use purpose will further improve efficiency. This scope for more flexible land use will become increasingly important in the context of climate change, with farmers needing to make a range of adjustments based upon expected weather patterns and the associated risks. The second set of priority reforms is to create transparent and equitable land acquisition and compensation by the State. Limiting the use of compulsory land acquisition only to cases for the public's benefit would similarly give land users more fairness and more confidence in their rights related to land. By relying predominantly on voluntary land conversions, there would also be a stronger sense of equity in those cases when land users actually do lose their land. Changing the focus of land compensation pricing (in cases of compulsory land acquisition), and introducing innovations such as benefit sharing, land pooling and land readjustment are also essential for generating a sense of fairness. Creating an efficient grievance redress mechanism at the investment project level would reduce complaints, speed up project implementation and facilitate social stability. A third set of priority reforms is that the land law should offer the opportunity to reaffirm and strengthen the land use rights of vulnerable groups, such as women, the poor and ethnic minority communities. Land management oversight can be made more efficient by amending the land management decentralization and building monitoring and evaluation systems. Expanding the coverage of Land Use Rights Certificates (LURCs) and ensuring the rights and benefits of the land users would further help improve efficiency and fairness. Finally, the fourth set of priority reforms is aimed at making the governance system more effective and accountable. Developing a more flexible and effective land planning management system, and improving transparency of land and anti-corruption in land management are all needed to take Vietnam's land governance system closer to that worthy of a middle income country.
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title Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies
title_short Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies
title_full Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies
title_fullStr Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies
title_full_unstemmed Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies
title_sort revising the land law to enable sustainable development in vietnam : summary of priority policy recommendations drawn form world bank studies
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spelling okr-10986-267772021-04-23T14:04:38Z Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam : Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies World Bank ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ADB ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL USES AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND CHANGES IN LAND USE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL ZONES COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNAL FOREST CULTIVATION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM SERVICES EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EUCALYPTUS EXPENDITURES FARMLAND FARMS FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTRY LAND FORESTRY PRACTICES FORESTS HOUSING IMPROVED LAND LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ALLOCATION LAND AREA LAND CLASSIFICATION LAND CONVERSION LAND DATA LAND DEGRADATION LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND HOLDINGS LAND LAW LAND LEGISLATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCEL LAND PARCELS LAND PLANNING LAND POLICY LAND PRICES LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAND REGISTRATION LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND SPECULATION LAND TENURE LAND TITLES LAND TITLING LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND USE PRACTICES LAND USE ZONING LAND USERS LAND USES LAND VALUATION LAND VALUES LAND-USE LAND-USE PLANNING LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROVISIONS MARKET PRICES NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT POLICY MAKERS POPULATION GROWTH PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER REAL ESTATE RESIDENTIAL LAND RIVER BASINS SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE LAND SUSTAINABLE LAND USE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION TAXATION TRANSPORT TREES URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN LAND URBAN LAND USE URBAN PLANNING URBANIZATION WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WEATHER WEATHER PATTERNS Vietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines reforms related to four main themes. The first relates to the needed reform for agriculture land use to create opportunity to enhance effectiveness of land use as well as to secure farmers' rights in land use. Prolonging the duration of agricultural land tenure would give land users greater incentives to invest and care for the land. Raising the land holding ceiling and allowing greater land accumulation would facilitate greater economies of scale, and extending the rights of agricultural land users to alter the land use purpose will further improve efficiency. This scope for more flexible land use will become increasingly important in the context of climate change, with farmers needing to make a range of adjustments based upon expected weather patterns and the associated risks. The second set of priority reforms is to create transparent and equitable land acquisition and compensation by the State. Limiting the use of compulsory land acquisition only to cases for the public's benefit would similarly give land users more fairness and more confidence in their rights related to land. By relying predominantly on voluntary land conversions, there would also be a stronger sense of equity in those cases when land users actually do lose their land. Changing the focus of land compensation pricing (in cases of compulsory land acquisition), and introducing innovations such as benefit sharing, land pooling and land readjustment are also essential for generating a sense of fairness. Creating an efficient grievance redress mechanism at the investment project level would reduce complaints, speed up project implementation and facilitate social stability. A third set of priority reforms is that the land law should offer the opportunity to reaffirm and strengthen the land use rights of vulnerable groups, such as women, the poor and ethnic minority communities. Land management oversight can be made more efficient by amending the land management decentralization and building monitoring and evaluation systems. Expanding the coverage of Land Use Rights Certificates (LURCs) and ensuring the rights and benefits of the land users would further help improve efficiency and fairness. Finally, the fourth set of priority reforms is aimed at making the governance system more effective and accountable. Developing a more flexible and effective land planning management system, and improving transparency of land and anti-corruption in land management are all needed to take Vietnam's land governance system closer to that worthy of a middle income country. 2017-05-30T19:54:04Z 2017-05-30T19:54:04Z 2012-09 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/767051468321532265/Revising-the-land-law-to-enable-sustainable-development-in-Vietnam-summary-of-priority-policy-recommendations-drawn-from-World-Bank-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26777 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Hanoi Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Vietnam