Pursuant to Article 19 of Decree 88/2024/ND-CP amended by Point a, Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree 226/2025/ND-CP and supplemented by Clause 4, Article 2 of Decree 226/2025/ND-CP (effective from August 15, 2025) stipulates support for stabilizing life when the State reclaims land, specifically as follows:
- Households and individuals using agricultural land that are eligible for land compensation will be supported to stabilize their lives as follows:
+ Recovering from 30% to 70% of the agricultural land area in use will be supported for 6 months if there is no need to relocate and for 12 months if there is a need to relocate; in case of having to move to an area with difficult socio-economic conditions or with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, the maximum support period will be 24 months.
In case of recovery of over 70% of the agricultural land area in use, support will be provided for 12 months if there is no need to relocate and for 24 months if there is a need to relocate; in case of having to move to an area with difficult socio-economic conditions or with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, the maximum support period will be 36 months;
+ The area of recovered agricultural land to calculate support for stabilizing life as prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 19 of Decree 88/2024/ND-CP is the area within the commune level where the land is recovered at the time of the decision approving the compensation, support and resettlement plan and is determined according to each project that must be recovered by the competent authority, without accumulating the area of recovered agricultural land of previous land recovery projects;
+ The level of support for a person specified in Point a and Point b, Clause 1, Article 19 of Decree 88/2024/ND-CP is calculated in cash equivalent to 30 kg of rice in 1 month according to the average price at the time of support of the locality.
+ The number of people in the household supported in this clause is those who share land use rights at the time of approving the compensation, support and resettlement plan and the number of household members arising after the time of allocating agricultural land to that household (if any); the determination of the number of people with shared land use rights is agreed upon by the members of the household and is responsible before the law.
- In case a household or individual is using land specified in Clause 1, Article 19 of Decree 88/2024/ND-CP with less than 30% of the agricultural land area in use recovered; a household or individual is using land that is not eligible for land compensation or due to receiving land allocation for agricultural, forestry, aquaculture, salt production from state-owned farms, forestry farms or agricultural and forestry companies converted from state-owned farms, agricultural production groups, agricultural cooperatives and having land use contracts, the Provincial People's Committee shall decide on the support level, support period, and periodic payment of support for each specific case but not exceeding the support level prescribed in Clause 1, Article 19 of Decree 88/2024-ND.
