Ms. D.T.H in Ho Chi Minh City said that she received a handwritten transfer of a plot of land without a red book.
In 2005, she was granted a red book for part of her land. The remaining land was used stably by her family, without any disputes.
According to the 1/2,000 scale zoning plan, the location of the remaining land mentioned above is in the current housing group. According to previous documents, the land plot was shown to be a canal. In 2003, according to the cadastral map, the location of this land was recorded as "having a plot of land"
Ms. H asked if her remaining land was eligible for a red book?
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment responds to this issue as follows:
The content of her reflection is a specific case under the authority of the locality and needs to be based on archival records and specific regulations issued by the locality according to its authority to implement the Land Law for consideration and resolution; therefore, the Ministry has no basis to answer.
The Ministry sets out some principles as follows:
The current land law has specifically regulated the granting of Certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land for the first time to households and individuals currently using land in Articles 137, 138, 139 and 140 of the Land Law.
The Government has fully regulated the components of the submission dossier, procedures for implementation in Decree No. 101/2024/ND-CP dated July 29, 2024 and Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025.
The Minister of Agriculture and Environment issued Decisions: No. 2304/QD-BNNMT dated June 23, 2024, No. 3380/QD-BNNMT dated August 25, 2025 announcing administrative procedures for the land sector under the state management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
Accordingly, specific land procedures have been regulated, including the following steps: (1) Implementation procedures; (2) Implementation methods; (3) Components, number of documents; (4) Processing time; (5) Subjects performing administrative procedures; (6) Agencies performing administrative procedures; (7) Results of administrative procedure implementation; 8. Fee, fee; 9. Name of application form, declaration; 10. Requirements, conditions for performing administrative procedures (if any); 11. Legal basis of administrative procedures.
