On the afternoon of August 1, 2025, continuing the program of the National Training Conference on decentralization, delegation of authority, and division of authority in the land sector organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Le Minh Ngan informed that regarding the development of the 2026 land price list, the 12th Central Party Conference has issued a resolution, in which the Government has basically agreed with a number of viewpoints and solutions reported to the Central Committee. In particular, one of the important contents is that the State will exercise the right to decide on land prices, mainly through the land price list, ensuring compliance with actual conditions and requirements for land management in each locality.
According to Deputy Minister Le Minh Ngan, this regulation will be included in the amended Land Law with a fundamental orientation in building a land price list. The construction of the land price list is still based on methods for determining land prices. Accordingly, the methods of determining land prices remain unchanged, that is, still according to market principles. However, the decision on land prices in the price list will not be based 100% on land valuation methods, but combined with local land management requirements for localities to decide on higher or lower prices, to ensure stability of the situation and improve the effectiveness of State management of land.
Deputy Minister Le Minh Ngan noted that recently, some localities have adjusted the land price list to increase suddenly, causing difficulties for State management. Therefore, the development of a land price list must be carefully studied, in accordance with the actual situation and local management requirements.
Through this conference, the Deputy Minister requested localities to actively contribute ideas to the Draft Law, boldly proposing additional contents. The Ministry will coordinate with relevant agencies to assess the impact and complete the amendment plan in a more comprehensive and fundamental way.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is seeking opinions on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2024 Land Law. The draft consists of 68 clauses.
In the draft submission, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment proposed to amend Article 158. Specifically, Clause 40 of the draft states that land valuation must ensure 4 principles: Ensuring the role of owner representative and the State's right to decide on land prices; the results of determining land prices according to land valuation methods are documents for the State to refer to when deciding on land prices; comply with the correct order and procedures for land valuation; ensure compliance with state management requirements and the actual situation of the locality.
Thus, the new point in the draft is that land valuation no longer has "market principles". Instead, valuation must ensure the role of owner representative and the State's right to decide on land prices. The results of determining land prices according to land valuation methods are documents for the State to refer to when deciding on land prices.
