On the Government Information Portal, Mr. N.H.N in Can Tho asked: According to the provisions of the Land Law, is the issuance of land acquisition notices for national defense and security purposes; socio-economic development for national and public interests the competent authority to issue land acquisition notices in a comprehensive form on the entire project area or to issue land acquisition notices for each household, individual, and organization with land within the project's scope of influence?
The Land Administration Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, answers this question as follows:
Clauses 1 and 5 of Article 85 of the 2024 Land Law stipulate:
Before issuing a land recovery decision, the competent state agency must send a written notice of land recovery to the person whose land is recovered, the owner of assets attached to the land, and the person with related rights and obligations to know no later than 90 days for agricultural land and 180 days for non-agricultural land.
The content of the land recovery notice includes: Reason for land recovery; area, location of the recovered land area; progress of land recovery; investigation, survey, measurement, inventory plan; plan to relocate people out of the land recovery area; compensation, support, and resettlement plan.
The validity of the land acquisition notice is 12 months from the date of issuance of the land acquisition notice.
Point b, Clause 2, Article 87 of the Land Law stipulates: "The commune-level People's Committee where land is recovered sends land recovery notices to each person whose land is recovered, the owner of assets attached to the land, and people with related rights and obligations.
