First, the Phu Quoc city government, Kien Giang province, forcibly took over 4 villas, 5 "unknown" cases . Next, the story of a person who won an auction and did not know where his land was for 3 years happened in Pho Rang town, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province.
The auction of "ghost land" in Lao Cai can be considered a rare case, demonstrating the "naivety" and recklessness of both the people and the local government.
Despite having participated in the land use rights auction and paid money into the state budget 3 years ago, many people still do not know where their assets are.
Officials even have to pay out of their own pocket to pay tax arrears on behalf of the people, complaining: "We share the profits, but we are taking the risks," as Mr. Nguyen Tien Vinh, Director of the Bao Yen District Land Fund Development Center, told Lao Dong.
Meanwhile, the story of 5 "unknown" villas in Phu Quoc shows the consequences of lax and unscrupulous land and construction management from before, leading to "one small mistake leading to another".
What is not serious is that there are 79 villas that have been brazenly "growing" on protected forest land for many years now, but the local government has not taken any decisive action from the beginning.
Then, for the past two years, the local government has occasionally forcibly demolished a few villas - like this time, 4 villas after completing the legal documents.
What is more unbelievable is that among these 79 illegally built villas, there are 5 cases where the authorities do not know which individual or organization is the owner of the illegal violation to handle.
This has led to speculation that the owners of these five villas may have fled when the illegal construction was discovered. Or perhaps, they are standing in for someone else, so they cannot come forward and have to accept the consequences.
The lack of seriousness is also shown in the fact that, a long time ago, Phu Quoc was a fertile land for chaotic land trading. With a piece of land having 2 to 3 red books or buying land with proper documents but fake documents… became a common story.
In particular, in the case of 79 illegally built villas alone , in 2023, Kien Giang Provincial Police prosecuted and arrested 2 suspects for fraud and property appropriation with an amount of up to 15 billion VND.
Therefore, the auction of “ghost land” in Lao Cai is a lesson in trust and caution. The case of the “unknown” villa in Phu Quoc is a clear lesson in the lack of strict management from the beginning, leading to consequences that cannot be remedied.
The consequence is that the locality not only wastes resources and time, but also causes social instability, causing loss of confidence among people and investors coming to do business and live in Phu Quoc!
