Procedures for approving the conversion of rice-growing land use to other purposes

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 7, Article 4 of Decree 226/2025/ND-CP (effective from August 15, 2025) amends and supplements Article 50 of Decree No. 102/2024/ND-CP as follows:

Article 50. Procedures for approving the conversion of rice-growing land, special-use forest land, protective forest land, and production forest land to other purposes as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 122 of the Land Law

1. The competent land management agency at the commune level is responsible for synthesizing the demand and making a list of projects that must change the purpose of using rice-growing land, special-use forest land, protective forest land and production forest land to implement investment projects in the area, except for the cases specified in Clause 4, Article 67 of the Land Law.

2. The People's Committee at the commune level shall submit to the People's Committee at the provincial level for approval a list of projects requiring land use purpose change with rice-growing land area, special-use forest land, protective forest land, and production forest land.

3. The provincial People's Committee shall have a document approving the list of projects that must change the purpose of land use with rice-growing land, special-use forest land, protective forest land, and production forest land.

4. In case of converting the purpose of using rice-growing land, special-use forest land, protective forest land and production forest land to other purposes without having to establish an investment project according to the provisions of the law on investment, it is not necessary to carry out the procedures prescribed in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.

Thus, from August 15, 2025, the order and procedures for approving the conversion of rice-growing land use to other purposes are implemented according to the above regulations.