Vietnam: What is a land information system (LIS)? How are the technical standards of land information systems regulated?
How is the overall land information system model regulated in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 5 of Circular 34/2014/TT-BTNMT stipulating the overall model of the land information system as follows:
- The LIS is a part of the information system of natural resources and environment.
- The LIS shall be developed, connected, integrated, used for sharing data, managed and operated by central and local authorities according to the following provisions:
+ In central authorities, the LIS plays a role as the national land data managed and operated by the Land Data and Information Center affiliated to the General Department of Land Management (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment).
The national land data shall be connected and shared with other national data and data of ministries and authorities relevant to land use.
+ In local authorities, the LIS plays a part as the land data of provinces/central-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as "land data of provinces") managed, operated and updated by Land Registries of provinces.
Land data of provinces shall be collected from land data of districts/towns/provincial cities (hereinafter referred to as "land data of districts”).
Land data of districts shall be developed according to collection of land data of communes/wards/townlets.
Land data of provinces shall be connected and shared with data of other authorities in provinces.
Land data of provinces shall be connected and integrated with national land data via dedicated networks.
+ Authorities affiliated to the Departments of Natural Resources and Environment of provinces; Departments of Natural Resources and Environment of districts; cadastral officials of communes/wards/townlets shall be entitled to seek access to land data of provinces via local area networks (LANs) or wide area networks (WANs) to exploit and update information within their competence.
- The overall design of the LIS shall be created in order to apply throughout the country and shall be approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Vietnam: What is a land information system (LIS)? How are the technical standards of land information systems regulated?
What data sources are the national land database built from in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 6 of Circular 34/2014/TT-BTNMT stipulates as follows:
Article 6. Development of the LIS
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4. The national land data shall ensure the overall design of the LIS and data standards promulgated by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.
a) The national land data shall be developed from sources of land data stored at central authorities; integrate from land data of local authorities; synthesize preliminary investigation results and data related to land provided by ministries or authorities; or legislative documents on land;
b) Land data of local authorities shall be obtained from measurement results and making cadastral maps; land registration, making of cadastral records, issuance of certificates of land use rights, house ownership and other property on land; preparation of statistics and inventory of land; making planning and plans for land use; land pricing and maps of land prices; preliminary investigation on land; inspection, settlement of disputes related to land; or legislative documents on land.
5. Components of the LIS shall be developed by state authorities or provided by service providers.
Thus, according to regulations, the national land database at the Central Government is built from the following data sources:
- Data on land is stored at the Central Government.
- Local land databases.
- Results of basic surveys and land-related data and information provided by ministries and sectors.
- Legal documents on land.
How are the technical standards of land information systems regulated in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 7 of Circular 34/2014/TT-BTNMT stipulating technical standards of land information systems as follows:
- The land IT infrastructure shall reach relevant technical standards under regulations of the Minister of Information and Communications.
- Software systems, contents, structures and types of land data shall meet technical standards on software and land data promulgated by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.
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