On the Government Information Portal, Mr. T.H.K in Dong Thap reported that in 2019, he was granted a red book for land use purposes as urban residential land.
After merging the boundary and implementing the two-level government, Mr. K contacted the Land Registration Office to complete the procedures for granting and changing the certificate and was instructed to reissue the land use purpose as residential land in rural areas. Mr. Khanh asked, is that correct?
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment responds to this issue as follows:
The content he asked belongs to the authority and responsibility of the locality (commune and provincial levels) and must be based on each specific case.
However, in principle, in case the land plot has been granted a Land Use Rights Certificate before July 1, 2025, due to the rearrangement of commune-level administrative units leading to the change of residential land type from urban residential land to rural residential land or vice versa, the land handling agency is not required to require the land user to correct information about the land type on the issued red book but must do so at the same time when the land user carries out administrative procedures or based on the needs of the land user.
In case the land user needs to adjust the type of land on the issued red book, confirmation of the change of residential land type shall be made according to the land user's request.
In case of registration of changes in land and assets attached to land but the new red book is issued according to regulations, the type of residential land on the red book must be shown according to the type of residential land specified in Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 102/2024/ND-CP.
