Commune levels are allowed to place orders to determine specific land prices
The Government issued Decree No. 226/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees detailing the implementation of the Land Law effective from August 15. One of the new points of the Decree is to amend and supplement regulations on land prices.
Article 1 of this Decree amends and supplements a number of articles of Decree No. 71/2024/ND-CP dated June 27, 2024 of the Government regulating land prices. Including some regulations directly related to the commune level as follows:
Amend and supplement Clause 2, Article 31 of Decree No. 71/2024/ND-CP:
Based on specific land valuation records and actual conditions in the locality, provincial land management agencies and commune-level land management agencies decide to place orders and assign tasks to public service units that are qualified to provide consultation on land price determination or choose a consulting organization to determine land prices according to the provisions of the law on bidding to determine specific land prices.
Amend and supplement a number of points and clauses of Article 34 as follows:
The competent land management agency shall fully check the content of the report explaining the development of the land price plan; prepare a submission on the land price plan, a document requesting appraisal of the land price plan; submit to the specific land price appraisal council for appraisal of the land price plan, except for the case specified in Clause 3 of this Article. The dossier submitted to the specific Land Valuation Council includes:
Document requesting appraisal of land price plan.
Proposal on land price plan.
Explanatory report on the development of land price plans, draft Land Valuation Certificate.
Specific land valuation records.
Determining specific land prices for compensation
Supplement Clause 3 (in case of determining specific land prices to calculate compensation when the State reclaims land) as follows:
The competent land management agency at the commune level provides land price plans for units and organizations performing compensation, support and resettlement tasks to develop compensation, support and resettlement plans.
The competent land management agency at the commune level shall organize the reception and completion of the dossier according to the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article.
The competent land management agency at the commune level shall preside over and coordinate with the specific Land Price Appraisal Council and relevant agencies to organize the appraisal of compensation, support and resettlement plans at the same time as the appraisal of land price plans.
Amend and supplement Clause 3 and Clause 4, Article 35 as follows:
In case the specific land price is applied to calculate compensation when the State reclaims land according to the provisions of Point e, Clause 1, Article 160 of the Land Law, the competent land management agency at the commune level shall complete the specific land price dossier prescribed in Points b, c, d and dd, Clause 2 of this Article, the compensation, support and resettlement plan dossier, and submit it to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level for approval in the same decision.
The competent land management agency is responsible for storing and updating in the national land database and publicizing the report explaining the land price plan and land price decision on the Electronic Information Portal.
Specific land valuation records shall be kept for at least ten years from the date of the decision approving the specific land price by the competent state agency, unless otherwise provided by law.
Within no more than 15 days from the date the Chairman of the People's Committee at the competent level decides on specific land prices, the competent land management agency shall send the results of determining specific land prices to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment according to Form No. 43 of Appendix II issued with Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP.
