Rice-growing land belongs to the agricultural land group
According to Point a, Clause 2, Article 9 of the 2024 Land Law, rice-growing land is a type of land belonging to the agricultural land group. Therefore, if the user of rice-growing land recovered by the State is compensated with land for the same purpose, money, land with a different purpose than the type of recovered land, or residential land if meeting the compensation conditions.
Conditions for compensation for rice-growing land
- Currently using land that is not leased land with annual land rent payment.
- Having one of the following documents: Land use right certificate, Housing ownership certificate and residential land use right certificate, Land use right certificate, house ownership right and other assets attached to land or Land use right certificate, assets attached to land...
Compensation price for rice-growing land when reclaimed
According to Article 159 of the 2024 Land Law, from January 1, 2026, provinces and centrally run cities will apply a new price list.
The new price list is regulated to be close to market prices. The compensation price for land is calculated according to the specific land price.
- In case of compensation in land with a different purpose of use than the type of recovered land, the land price for calculating land use fees shall be calculated as the land price determined according to the land price list at the time of approval of the compensation, support and resettlement plan (according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 96 of the 2024 Land Law, guided by Article 4 of Decree No. 88/2024/ND-CP).
- In case of compensation by land lease with one-time payment for the entire lease term, the land price for calculating land rent is the specific land price decided by the People's Committee (UBND) at the competent level at the time of approval.
Note, in case of compensation in land with a different purpose of use than the type of recovered land or in housing and there is a difference in value between compensation and support for land and land use fees and land rents payable, then:
+ If the compensation and support for land is greater than the land use and rental fee, the person whose land is recovered will receive the difference.
+ If the compensation and support for land is less than the land use and rental fee, the person whose land is recovered will be entitled to pay the difference.
The provincial People's Committee shall base on the land fund and actual situation to determine the conversion rate and compensation conditions in the form of land with other purposes of use or in housing for people whose land is recovered.
