On September 22, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting to listen to a report on the draft Decree guiding land and environmental policies in the International Financial Center in Vietnam (draft Decree), according to Resolution No. 222/2025/QH15.
According to the draft Decree, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acts as the focal point for deciding: Land allocation, land lease, change of land use purpose, extension, and adjustment of land use time.
Regulate the authority to issue certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land for the first time under the provincial land management agency, according to the comments of Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang City.
Regarding environmental policy, the draft Decree stipulates that investment projects only need to register for applied technology and environmental registration; provide specific instructions on the content of the registration document, the time of receipt, the receiving agency is the People's Committee at the commune level, in accordance with the Law on Environmental Protection.
In addition, investors can choose to register directly with the international financial center's regulatory agency. This is an expansion point, creating convenience compared to current regulations.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep said that to avoid the situation where many decrees are guiding one thing, or there are important contents that no one guides, the development of draft decrees guiding the implementation of Resolution No. 222/2025/QH15 needs to be comprehensive, with a "common referee". The Ministry of Justice also needs to get involved to closely review and ensure consistency.
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized that up to this point, the two implementing localities, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, are both unified, with only a few technical points that need to be revised, so the decree can be issued after being accepted and finalized.
Regarding the scope of regulation, the Deputy Prime Minister noted that some contents of investment procedures related to the Investment Law should be included in the amendment when amending the law, such as the auction, bidding, and investor selection process.
Therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Finance to receive and coordinate with ministries and branches to include in appropriate documents. Issues in the financial sector will be included in the decree of the Ministry of Finance in charge of development.
Regarding environmental registration, the Deputy Prime Minister requested to revise the registration procedures more clearly in the direction of both online and direct forms at the commune and ward levels, and at the same time notify the international financial center management agency to monitor and " have the right to stop if it is found that the investor's registration is not in accordance with regulations".
Agreeing with the Ministry of Justice's opinion on the special and outstanding mechanism of the international financial center, the Deputy Prime Minister said that if only " referring to current law", it will lose its specificity, therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment needs to study more carefully to propose a superior mechanism.
Regarding construction management policies, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction to directly develop and propose regulations allowing investors to prepare economic - technical or design - technical - construction reports instead of having to go through many stages such as pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, in order to reduce procedures and comply with international practices.
