Sharing with reporters of Lao Dong Newspaper, the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) said that it had issued Document No. 138/2025/CV-HoREA dated October 28, 2025 to the National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Assembly's Economic - Financial Committee and central ministries and branches, commenting on "Dftft Resolution of the National Assembly stipulates a number of mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstacles in organizing the implementation of the Land Law".
HoREA Chairman - Mr. Le Hoang Chau - said that one of the outstanding issues that the association is interested in and strongly recommends is the resettlement land price policy - a factor that directly affects the lives of people whose land is recovered.
The Association believes that the draft Resolution is not really suitable for the reality of the lives of people whose land is recovered, especially the disadvantaged. Accordingly, Clause 6, Article 3 of the draft Resolution stipulates that "resettlement land prices are calculated according to the land price in the land price list and the land price adjustment coefficient prescribed in this Resolution".
HoREA is very concerned and proposes to reconsider this regulation, because according to the associations analysis, a person who is compensated for residential land is entitled to receive resettlement land, including a case where a person who is allocated residential land for resettlement in cases where he/she is not eligible for compensation for residential land is only entitled to minimum resettlement land allowance and is often a disadvantaged person in society, with very weak financial capacity.
Therefore, the Association proposes to stipulate the collection rate at 20% of the land price in the land price list multiplied by (x) the coefficient of land price adjustment multiplied by (x) the residential land area so that people can pay, "reasonably for people whose land is recovered to serve national defense and security purposes; socio-economic development for national and public interests".
HoREA affirmed that this proposal is not wrong, but "fully grasped the viewpoint of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Central Executive Committee" on ensuring fairness, transparency and "having appropriate policies for each subject". Resolution 18 requires compensation, support and resettlement to "must be one step ahead, ensuring publicity, transparency, and harmony of interests of the State, people whose land is recovered and investors", ensuring that people "must have a place to live, ensuring a life equal to or better than the old place of residence".
To illustrate this proposal, HoREA gives a specific example:
"On D Street, Commune X, the land price according to the Land Price List is 10 million VND/m2, the agricultural land price is 300,000 VND/m2, with a land price adjustment coefficient of 1.5, the resettlement area has resettlement household A with a 50m2 house floor".
If calculated according to the current draft, "resettlement household A must pay a very high land use fee":
"10 million VND/m2 x 50m2 x 1.5 = 750 million VND".
Meanwhile, if calculated according to HoREA's proposal, "resettlement land price is calculated at 20% of the land price in the land price list multiplied by (x) the land price adjustment coefficient multiplied by (x) the residential land area", then this household only has to pay:
10 million VND/m2 x 50m2 x 1.5 x 20% = 150 million VND.
From the above example, the Association believes that applying the 20% coefficient "ensuring reasonable conditions for resettled people", helps people to be able to buy resettlement land, instead of being pushed out of the free market at too high a price.
HoREA also cited Point c, Clause 2, Article 10 of the draft Resolution - stipulating the case of households and individuals changing land use purposes "calculating land use fees at a fee of 30% or 50% of the difference between residential land prices and agricultural land prices" - to say that applying a 20% rate to resettled people is completely reasonable, because they are "a vulnerable group that is vulnerable to disadvantages".
On that basis, the association proposed that the National Assembly amend Clause 6, Article 3 of the draft Resolution in the direction of:
"The resettlement land price prescribed in Clause 3, Article 111 of the Land Law is calculated at 20% of the land price in the land price list multiplied by (x) the land price adjustment coefficient multiplied by (x) the residential land area".
According to HoREA, if this proposal is approved, it will greatly contribute to ensuring social security, reducing complaints and accelerating the progress of compensation and site clearance for national projects, while demonstrating the spirit of humanity and practicality in implementing the new Land Law.
