Mr. D.T.D in An Giang reflected that his grandfather cleared the land plot in 1985, using it to grow perennial crops. In 2015, his grandfather gave it to Mr. D. Mr. D also used to grow perennial crops, and in 2018, he built a house on the land, where he has lived until now.
The land plot Mr. D is using is in accordance with the land use planning (residential land planning). Now, can you apply for a red book for residential land? If residential land is granted, how must land use fees be paid and according to which regulations?
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment responds to this issue as follows:
Because the content reflected in his petition is under the authority and responsibility of the agency with the function of land management and needs to be based on local land laws, there is no basis for the Ministry to give specific answers. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment sets out some regulations on principles as follows:
The current land law has specifically regulated the granting of Certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land for the first time to households and individuals currently using land in Articles 137, 138, 139 and 140 of the Land Law.
The Government has fully regulated the components of the submission dossier, procedures for implementation in Decree No. 101/2024/ND-CP dated July 29, 2024 regulating basic land investigation; registration, issuance of Certificates of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land and the Land Information System and Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025 regulating the division of authority of local authorities at 02 levels, decentralization and delegation in the field of land.
At the same time, the Minister of Agriculture and Environment issued Decisions: No. 2304/QD-BNNMT dated June 23, 2024, No. 3380/QD-BNNMT dated August 25, 2025 announcing administrative procedures in the land sector under the state management scope of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, accordingly stipulating each specific land procedure, including: (1) Implementation procedures; (2) Implementation methods; (3) Components, number of dossiers; (4) Processing time; (5) Subjects performing administrative procedures; (6) Agencies performing administrative procedures; (7) Results of administrative procedure implementation; 8) Fees and charges; (7) Names of documents, declarations; (4) Requirements, conditions for implementing administrative procedures (if there are (4) Legal bases for administrative procedures.
The implementation of financial obligations on land use fees is regulated in Decree No. 103/2024/ND-CP dated July 30, 2024 of the Government regulating land use fees and land rents.
