The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has issued Decision 3969/QD-BNNMT announcing newly issued internal administrative procedures; amending and supplementing the land sector under the state management scope of the Ministry. According to the Decision, there are 4 new internal administrative procedures and 3 amendment procedures.
3 new procedures are implemented at the commune level, including: Land recovery for households, individuals, and communities in cases of land law violations as prescribed in Article 81, Land Law; Land recovery due to termination of land use according to law, voluntary return of land, with risks threatening human life, no longer able to continue using according to Clauses 1, 2 and 3, Article 82, Land Law; Land recovery for cases specified in Clause 1, Article 48 of the Land Law.
The provincial level implements a new procedure of land recovery for domestic organizations, religious organizations, affiliated religious organizations, people of Vietnamese origin residing abroad, foreign organizations with diplomatic functions, and economic organizations with foreign investment capital that are subject to land law violations.
The Decision also amends and supplements 3 procedures under the scope of the Ministry's tasks, including: 2 provincial-level procedures for the first land price list to be announced and applied from January 1, 2026 and adjusting, amending and supplementing the annual land price list to be announced and applied from January 1 of the following year and specific land valuation procedures for cases under the authority of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; 1 commune-level procedure is a specific land valuation procedure for cases under the authority of the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee.
The decision takes effect from September 25, 2025.
