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