Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 130/CD-TTg dated August 8, 2025, requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on reviewing and promptly removing obstacles caused by legal regulations in the field of minerals and land.
The Politburo has directed the amendment of the Law on Geology and Minerals, the Party Central Committee has directed the amendment of the Land Law, submitted to the National Assembly for approval at the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly (October 2025).
To promptly remove obstacles and bottlenecks, create momentum to promote rapid and sustainable development, and effectively exploit the potential of mineral and land resources, contributing to the successful implementation of the double-digit GDP growth target for the period 2026 - 2030, the Prime Minister requests Ministers of ministries, branches, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities:
Direct to focus on carefully and comprehensively reviewing and identifying problems and shortcomings in the provisions of the Law on Geology and Minerals, the Law on Land and Decrees and Circulars guiding the Law; in which it is required to clearly state the problems and regulations in articles, clauses and points of the Law, Decree, Circular and propose and recommend specific solutions to amend, supplement and abolish them; send to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment before August 20, 2025.
The proposed content and solutions need to be thoroughly and effectively handled, no more problems or difficulties to make all activities in the field of minerals and land in the area and field the most favorable, in the spirit of: Decentralization, maximum delegation of authority so that grassroots, local and direct levels can proactively take action, proactively do and take responsibility; minimize cumbersome and unnecessary administrative procedures and strengthen post-inspections.
The Minister of Agriculture and Environment directs the urgent review and full synthesis of opinions from ministries and localities to amend and supplement legal documents in the field of minerals and land to remove obstacles and inadequacies, on the principle of thorough decentralization, minimizing administrative procedures, ensuring ventilation, strengthening post-inspections, and reporting to the Prime Minister on the synthesis results before August 22, 2025.
Coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to urgently complete the dossier of the Draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Geology and Minerals, the Draft Law on Land (amended) to ensure the progress of submitting to the National Assembly at the 10th Session of the 15th National Assembly; at the same time, focus on reviewing and amending documents detailing the implementation of the Law to ensure synchronization, unity, and timeliness with the amended Laws.
Amend, supplement, and immediately replace the regulations that cause problems in documents under authority, propose the Government and the Prime Minister to amend documents under the authority of the Government and the Prime Minister, to be completed before September 10, 2025.
Assign Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to directly direct the implementation of the above tasks.
The Government Office, according to its assigned functions and tasks, monitors and urges the implementation of tasks assigned in this Official Dispatch; reports to the Prime Minister on the implementation results.
