On the morning of April 23, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee held a press conference to inform about the socio-economic situation in the first quarter of 2026.
Here, representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Environment responded to the content of the business's complaint regarding whether the soil mine is eligible for special mechanisms or not.
Specifically, Globe Group Joint Stock Company has sent a complaint to the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee and central agencies, related to the failure to apply a special mechanism in mineral exploitation.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Khanh Hoa province - said that by April 2026, the Provincial People's Committee had a document reporting to the Standing Deputy Prime Minister on the handling of business complaints. At the same time, the Department is assigned to appraise, verify and accept according to regulations.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan added that the Department has completed verification and will invite Globe Group Joint Stock Company to dialogue before issuing a decision to resolve the first complaint.
Previously, Lao Dong Newspaper reflected through the article "Land mine owners in Khanh Hoa complain because special mechanisms are not applied".
According to the reflected content, in 2024, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee licensed Globe Group Joint Stock Company to exploit soil for ordinary construction materials at Dien Tho commune's soil mine (group IV minerals). Exploited products are allowed to be supplied to projects using the State budget and public investment projects.
The enterprise has completed the agreement to receive the transfer of land use rights for the entire mine area and does not propose to the State to recover land to implement the project. Currently, related land plots have been granted Certificates of Land Use Rights, with the current status being production forest land.
According to businesses, if special mechanisms are applied according to Resolution 66. 4, Dien Tho commune's land mine will not have to carry out procedures to convert land use purposes to non-agricultural land.
However, in Document No. 1123 issued in January 2026, the Department of Agriculture and Environment determined that this land mine does not fall into the case of applying special mechanisms and policies according to the provisions of Resolution 66. 4 of the Government. Accordingly, the mine owner must carry out procedures for changing land use purposes according to the 2024 Land Law.
Disagreeing with the above conclusion, the enterprise exercised the right to first-time complaint against Document No. 1123.
According to reporters of Lao Dong Newspaper, the special mechanism according to Resolution 66. 4 is applied to some types of minerals with the "7 no" principle, including contents such as: no mineral exploration, no auction of exploitation rights, no change of land use purpose.
However, exploitation organizations and individuals must still develop exploitation plans, ensure safety, protect the environment and implement post-exploitation environmental restoration according to regulations.
The business side believes that the exploitation license has strictly limited the consumption purpose, only serving projects using state budget capital, public investment projects, disaster recovery, enemy disasters and welfare projects.
The enterprise also argued that Resolution 66. 4 clearly defined the corresponding group of "works, projects, and tasks", covering the cases mentioned in the exploitation license. Meanwhile, Document No. 1123 excludes the application of special mechanisms with the argument of "similarity".
According to businesses, current law does not have specific regulations defining the concept of "homogeneity", so denying the suitability of the consumption purpose is not convincing.
