On April 11, 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (formerly the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) issued Official Letter 991/BNNMT-QLDD 2025 guiding the adjustment of cadastral records, land databases and synthesis of natural area data when arranging administrative units.
Accordingly, it is noteworthy that for Certificates issued through different periods, after the arrangement of administrative units, people are not required to simultaneously revise the issued Certificate, except in cases of need or at the same time as administrative procedures on land.
Procedures for correcting red books when merging provinces and cities are stipulated in Article 37 of Decree 101/2024/ND-CP as follows:
Step 1. Prepare documents
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 45 of Decree 101/2024/ND-CP, the documents to be prepared when correcting address information on the red book include:
- Application for registration of changes in land and assets attached to land.
- issued certificate.
- Documents related to the correction of the Certificate due to the merger.
- Authorization letter with notarization/ certification (if carrying out procedures through a representative).
Step 2. Submitting documents
The registration fee must submit a set of documents to the following dossier receiving agency:
- The One-stop Department according to the regulations of the Provincial People's Committee on receiving documents and returning results of handling administrative procedures at the provincial, district and commune levels.
- Land registration office.
- Branch of the Land Registration Office.
Step 3. Competent authority to receive documents
Step 4. Return the result
According to Clause 8, Clause 10, Article 22 of Decree 101/2024/ND-CP, the time to correct the issued Certificate is no more than 10 working days from the date of receipt of valid documents.
The above time does not include the time for competent authorities to determine financial obligations, the time for performing financial obligations, the time for considering and handling land cases with violations of the law, the time for requesting appraisal, publicly posting, posting information on mass media, the time for carrying out inheritance division procedures...
For communes in mountainous areas, islands, remote areas, and areas with difficult and especially difficult socio-economic conditions, an additional 10 working days will be increased.
