On the Government Portal, Mr. T.P. S reflected that individual A had 2,000 m2 of land received for transfer in 1992, had verified registration signatures at the commune, and had prepared dossiers to legalize houses and land.
However, only a house legalization certificate was issued, and 400 m2 of land was allocated for housing construction (with a location map showing the entire campus area of 2,000 m2).
In 1994, Mr. T.P. S's company bought back the entire land area of individual A for use (for warehouses and houses).
At the time of purchase, the company made a transfer paper, certified the signature of the commune and made a house purchase and sale contract at the District People's Committee at that time, and was confirmed to sell the entire house mentioned above to Mr. S.'s company. However, the contract does not show the total area of the land plot of 2,000 m2.
Mr. S asked, now if his company wants to apply for a red book for the above land area, how should it be implemented and on what terms is it based?
The company wishes to be recognized for residential land use purposes. This land was bought and sold through generations of owners, all of which have purchase and sale documents with authentic signatures and show the purpose of use as concentrated residential land at all times.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment answers this question as follows:
The content of his reflection is that the specific case is under the jurisdiction of the locality and needs to be based on archival records, specific regulations that the locality has issued according to its authority to enforce the Land Law for consideration and resolution; therefore, the Ministry has no basis to answer. The Ministry would like to state some principles as follows:
Current land law has specifically stipulated the issuance of certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land for the first time to households and individuals who are using land in Articles 137, 138, 139 and 140 of the Land Law.
The Government has fully regulated the components of dossiers submitted, order, and procedures for implementation in Decree No. 101/2024/ND-CP dated July 29, 2024 and Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025.
At the same time, the Minister of Agriculture and Environment has issued Decisions No. 2304/QD-BNNMT dated June 23, 2024, No. 3380/QD-BNNMT dated August 25, 2025 announcing administrative procedures in the field of land under the state management functions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, accordingly, specific land procedures have been stipulated, including: (1) Implementation order; (2) Implementation method; (3) Composition, number of dossiers; (4) Resolution time; (5) Subjects of administrative procedures; (6) Agencies implementing administrative procedures; (7) Results of administrative procedures; (8) Fees and charges; (9) Form names, declarations; (10) Requirements and conditions for implementing administrative procedures (if any); (11) Legal basis of administrative procedures.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment informed him and researched the implementation.
