The Government issued Decree 49/2026/ND-CP guiding Resolution 254/2025/QH15 stipulating a number of mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstacles in organizing the implementation of the Land Law.
Accordingly, the decentralization and delegation of power to commune-level People's Committees in issuing Land Use Right Certificates is specified by the Government in Clause 2, Article 14 of Decree 49/2026/ND-CP as follows:
The Chairman of the Commune-level People's Committee shall issue a Certificate of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land or confirm changes in the issued certificate for cases where competent agencies and people at the commune level decide to allocate land, lease land, permit change of land use purpose, adjust land use term, extend land use term, change land use form, recognize land use rights, and re-determine residential land area;
In Clause 2, Article 14 of Decree 49/2026/ND-CP, the Government also stipulates the authority to issue Certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land, confirm changes on the issued certificate, correct, revoke, or cancel the issued certificate for some other agencies as follows:
- Provincial-level land management agencies issue Certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land or confirm changes in the issued certificate for cases where provincial-level agencies and competent persons decide to allocate land, lease land, permit changes in land use purposes, adjust land use terms, extend land use terms, change forms of land use, recognize land use rights;
- Land registration office issuing Certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land or confirming changes on the issued certificate or first-time land registration, registration of changes for cases not covered by the provisions of points a and b, clause 2, Article 14 of Decree 49/2026/ND-CP;
- The competent authority issuing the Certificate of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land specified in points a, b and c, clause 2, Article 14 of Decree 49/2026/ND-CP has the authority to correct the certificate that has been issued with errors; revoke, cancel the certificate that has been issued and reissue the Certificate of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land.
