What specific land prices can the District People's Committee Chairman decide?

Office of Legal Consulting Lao Dong Newspaper replied:

Clause 2, Article 160 of the 2024 Land Law (amended) effective from August 2024 stipulates the authority to decide on specific land prices as follows:

a) The Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level decides on specific land prices for cases of land allocation, land lease, permission to change land use purposes, recognition of land use rights, extension of land use, adjustment of land use term, adjustment of detailed construction planning, land recovery, determination of starting price for auction of land use rights, determination of land use right value when equitizing enterprises under the authority of the People's Committee at the provincial level according to the provisions of this Law;

b) The Chairman of the People's Committee at the district level decides on specific land prices for cases of land allocation, land lease, permission to change land use purpose, recognition of land use rights, extension of land use, adjustment of land use term, adjustment of detailed construction planning, land recovery, and determination of starting price for auction of land use rights under the authority of the People's Committee at the district level according to the provisions of this Law.

3. The agency with the function of land management is responsible for assisting the Chairman of the People's Committee at the same level in organizing the determination of specific land prices. During the implementation process, the agency with the function of land management is allowed to hire a land price consultancy organization to determine specific land prices.

4. For areas where there is a land price list for each plot of land based on the value area and standard plot of land, the specific land price is determined according to the land price list at the time of land valuation.

5. The Government shall detail this Article.

Thus, the Chairman of the People's Committee at the district level decides on specific land prices for cases of land allocation, land lease, permission to change land use purposes, recognition of land use rights, extension of land use, adjustment of land use term, adjustment of detailed construction planning, land recovery, and determination of starting price for auction of land use rights under the authority of the People's Committee at the district level according to the above regulations.