The Government has just issued Decree 151/2025/ND-CP regulating the division of authority of local authorities at two levels, decentralization of authority, and delegation of authority in the land sector. According to Section 7 (C) Part V of Appendix I issued with Decree 151/2025/ND-CP, the procedures for issuing and exchanging issued Certificates (red books) include the following cases:
- Land users who need to change the Certificate issued before August 1, 2024 to a Certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land;
- The issued certificate is stained, blurred, torn, or damaged;
- Certificates issued together for many plots of land but issued separately for each plot of land according to the needs of land users and cases of issuance and exchange of Certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land as prescribed in Section 7, Part XV of "Part C. Procedures for land registration and assets attached to land" this;
- The purpose of land use stated on the issued Certificate according to the provisions of the law on land at the time of issuance of the issued Certificate is different from the purpose of land use according to the land classification prescribed in Article 9 of the Land Law and the provisions of the Government's Decree detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Land Law;
- The location of the land plot on the issued Certificate is not accurate compared to the actual location of land use at the time of issuance of the issued Certificate;
- Land use rights, ownership rights of assets attached to land are common property of the husband and wife, but the issued Certificate only records the full name of the wife or husband, now there is a requirement to issue a Certificate of land use rights, ownership rights of assets attached to land to record the full name, wife and family name, husband's name;
- The issued certificate records the household name, now members sharing the land use rights of that household request to issue and renew the Certificate of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to the land to record the full names of members sharing the land use rights of the household;
- Change the size of edges, areas, and numbers of land plots due to land survey and cadastral survey of land plots without changing the land plot boundary.
