Citizens should send questions to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment asking about the following cases:
In January 2004, citizens received a handwritten land use rights transfer for housing. During use, citizens are required to pay land tax in full according to the notification of the competent authority; use land stably, long-term, without arising disputes.
In 2021, citizens were granted a Land Use Rights Certificate. However, in the Certificate, only a part of the area is recognized as "long-term residential land (land level with land use fees collected)," the remaining area is recorded as "Unrecognized" but the reason is not clearly stated.
So according to the 2024 Land Law and guiding Decrees, can citizens apply for recognition of the "Unrecognized" part?
Responding to this content, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said that Clause 1, Article 26 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates the common rights of land users as follows:
1. To be granted a Certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land when meeting the conditions prescribed by the law on land.
The application of policies to review and issue Certificates to households and individuals using land needs to be based on each specific case and needs to be based on local land management records. The current land law has provisions on the issuance of Certificates of land use rights and ownership of other assets attached to land for the first time to individuals and households currently using land in Articles 137, 138, 139, 140 and 141 of the 2024 Land Law;
The issuance of initial Certificates to households and individuals is under the authority of the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level (according to the provisions of Point b, Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025 of the Government).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment informs citizens to know, research, and contact competent authorities in the locality for settlement according to regulations.
