Sending a question to the Government Electronic Information Portal, a reader said that because his parents gave him about 2 sao of land, the red cover stated the purpose of use was the remaining rice-growing land.
Can readers who want to convert to residential land? If so, what are the procedures?
Responding to this content, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment responded to this issue as follows:
Because readers do not provide specific information about the location of the land plot that needs to be converted, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has no basis to give a specific answer.
In principle, the reader's change of land use purpose in this case must be consistent with the annual land use plan, except in the case where her land plot is located in a residential area, it must be consistent with the Land Use Plan or the planning established in accordance with the provisions of the law on urban and rural planning (Clause 5, Article 116 of the 2024 Land Law).
Regarding the change of land use purpose, the land law specifically stipulates in Articles 116, 121, 122, 123 of the 2024 Land Law and the specific procedures and order in Section I, Part III of Appendix I on procedures and order in the land sector issued with Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025 of the Government regulating the determination of the authority of local authorities at 2 levels, decentralization and delegation of authority in the land sector.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment would like to inform readers and contact the competent authorities in the locality to resolve the issue according to regulations.
