On August 21, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the policy orientation for amending the 2024 Land Law.
Delegate Nguyen Duy Minh (Da Nang City National Assembly Delegation) expressed basic agreement with the necessity of amending the 2024 Land Law to remove bottlenecks in practice and unlock land resources.
Citing Resolution No. 21 of the Central Government on the direction of amending the Land Law and related laws, which emphasizes the shift from compensation for recovered assets to rebuilding people's lives, delegate Nguyen Duy Minh emphasized that this spirit must be clarified in the draft law.
Accordingly, it is necessary to supplement the principle that compensation and resettlement support must be assessed not only by the value of returned assets, but also by the ability of people whose land is recovered to recover and maintain their lives and livelihoods.
Two households receiving the same compensation can completely fall into two different fates. One person can find a place to live and work nearby, but one person loses all their income because they have to move too far away" - this delegate cited an example.
In addition, it is necessary to stipulate that the State's responsibility does not end immediately when compensation is paid, but instead there must be support policies associated with a period of livelihood recovery after land acquisition.
In particular, when land is recovered, people need to express their wishes for resettlement locations, especially on-site resettlement. These wishes must be recorded and considered for substance when developing a compensation and resettlement support plan.
Speaking at the hall, delegate Nguyen Dai Thang (Hung Yen Provincial National Assembly Delegation) said that the draft law has specified more cases where the State recovers land for socio-economic development for national and public interests.
Along with clearly identifying cases of land acquisition, delegates from the Hung Yen delegation noted that it is necessary to pay special attention to ensuring the lives and livelihoods of people after land is acquired.
This is a consistent principle in the design of compensation, support, and resettlement policies" - delegate Nguyen Dai Thang emphasized.
In addition, the draft law has stipulated the order of compensation for land in the direction of prioritizing land with the same purpose of use. In case there is no land, compensation in cash, and at the same time, compensation in land for other purposes or in houses is allowed when the locality has land funds, housing funds and people whose land is recovered have needs.
This person proposed to continue to improve this regulation in the direction of more concretizing the need to rebuild life, ensuring that people whose land is recovered have housing, living conditions and livelihoods equal to or better than their old housing.
