Based on the provisions of Clause 1, Article 4 of Decree 102/2024/ND-CP, annual crop land is defined as land for planting crops that are sown, harvested and terminate the production cycle for a period of no more than one year, including annual crops with rootstocks.
Annual crop land includes two types of land: rice land and other annual crop land, specifically as follows:
(1) Rice land is land planted from one rice crop or more or rice cultivation combined with other land use purposes permitted by law but mainly rice cultivation. Rice land includes specialized rice land and remaining rice land, in which specialized rice land is land planted from 2 rice crops or more;
(2) Other annual crop land is land for growing annual crops that are not rice cultivation.
Point a, Clause 1, Article 172 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates as follows:
Land used for a limited term
1. Except for cases specified in Article 171 of this Law, the land use term when the State allocates land, leases land, and recognizes land use rights is specified as follows:
a) The term of land allocation and recognition of agricultural land use rights for individuals directly engaged in agricultural production using annual crop land, aquaculture land, salt production land, perennial crop land, production forest land that is planted within the limit specified in Article 176 of this Law is 50 years. When the land use term expires, they are allowed to continue using the land according to the term specified in this point without having to carry out extension procedures;
Accordingly, when individuals directly engaged in agricultural production are allocated land by the State and recognized the right to use land for annual crops within the limits prescribed by law, the land use term is 50 years. When the land use term for annual crops expires, land users are allowed to continue to use it without having to carry out extension procedures.
