On 1.4, according to labor sources, Lang Son Provincial People's Council had just passed the Resolution to supplement the list of projects that had to recover land in 2025; The list of projects shifting the purpose of using rice land, protective forest land, special -use forest land and production forest land for 2025 purposes; Adjusting the list of projects must be recovered, the list of projects changing the purpose of rice land, protective forest land, special -use forest land and production forest land has been approved by the provincial People's Council in Lang Son province.
Accordingly, the province will reclaim land for 71 new projects with a total area of over 362 hectares and adjust the scale of land reclaimed from 17 old projects, with an area of nearly 596 hectares.
At the same time, the province also added 134 projects that need to change the purpose of using rice-growing land and forest land with a total area of nearly 787 hectares and adjusted 13 approved projects with an area of over 373 hectares.
Types of land proposed for conversion include 126.5 hectares of rice land; 5.2 hectares of protective forest land; 268.3 hectares of production forest land,
Mr. Luong Trong Quynh - Vice Chairman of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee - said that supplementing and adjusting the project list is necessary, in order to create a legal corridor for localities to implement the 2025 land use plan on schedule.
Many key projects are waiting for clean land to start construction, so if the approval is delayed, it will affect the progress of public investment disbursement and attracting non-budgetary investment".
According to the leader of the Provincial People's Committee, all proposed projects must comply with the provincial planning for the period 2021-2030, have a clear investment policy, capital mobilization capability and be shown in detail on the district-level land use plan map.
According to the 2024 Land Law, the recovery or conversion of land use purposes for rice cultivation, protective forest land, special-use forests, and production forests must be approved by the Provincial People's Council before the Provincial People's Committee approves the land use plan.
The implementation will only be implemented after the resolution is issued and fully meets legal conditions, planning, and technical criteria.
"We are committed to that the land recovery and conversion will be carried out publicly, transparently, in accordance with legal regulations and with full consultation with affected people," Mr. Quynh emphasized.
