On March 18, the Office of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee announced the conclusion of Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Minh Thanh on the meeting to listen to the report on the draft Decision regulating conditions for land separation, land consolidation and minimum area for land separation in the area.
According to the conclusion, Mr. Bui Minh Thanh requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to preside over and coordinate with departments, branches, and local authorities to review and complete the draft and submit it to the City People's Committee for promulgation in March 2026.
In this process, the Department of Agriculture and Environment continues to urgently seek full opinions from the People's Committees of wards, communes, Real Estate Associations, experts and scientists, and update previously available opinions. Deadline for completion before March 22.
After summarizing opinions, the Department coordinates with the Department of Justice, Department of Construction, Department of Planning and Architecture, City Inspectorate and related units to appraise and ensure that the draft is suitable for practice, local customs and habits and harmonizes the legitimate needs of the people with state management work.
Ho Chi Minh City leaders requested to review and evaluate more carefully the infrastructure conditions criteria (paths, ensuring reasonable water supply and drainage and other necessary needs) when separating and merging plots, especially applied to rural areas; clearly identify which infrastructure land users must implement to avoid the emergence of residential areas after land separation that do not ensure infrastructure (transportation, water supply and drainage, electricity supply, fire prevention and fighting...).
For the content: "...alleys connecting to public roads or allowed to pass by adjacent land users...", it is necessary to study legal binding stability, long-term, with confirmation from local authorities, to ensure no disputes or complaints arise during use.
It is also necessary to study the legal basis for planning that has been approved in the locality as a basis for resolving; study regulations on the maximum area allowed for land subdivision to avoid the situation of taking advantage of land subdivision and sale, and not implementing projects according to legal regulations.
The draft stipulates the conditions for land separation and consolidation in the city after mergers, for residential land, there are two areas of application, with the minimum area allowed for land separation ranging from 36 m2 to 100 m2.
Option 1: For central urban areas and existing residential areas with high density, the lowest level is applied, allowing land plot separation from 36 m2, with a frontage width and land plot depth not less than 3 m. Some suburban areas apply a level of 50 - 60 m2, while suburban and rural areas require a minimum area of 80 m2 to 100 m2, with a frontage and land plot depth not less than 5 m.
Option 2: Divide into 5 areas, but still maintain the corresponding minimum area thresholds. Accordingly, the central area is allowed to separate plots from 36 m2; adjacent areas and developed urban areas after applying the level of 50 - 60 m2; suburban and rural areas applying the level of 80 m2; especially some areas with low population density apply the minimum area of 100 m2.
For agricultural land, the minimum area allowed for plot separation according to the proposal is 500 m2 applied to annual crop land and other types of agricultural land; 1,000 m2 for perennial crop land, aquaculture land, salt production land and concentrated livestock land.
