Types of Land and their corresponding codes in Vietnam

Currently, according to the provisions of Article 10 of the Land Law 2013 of Vietnam depending on land use purpose, land is classified into the following types:

I. Agricultural land, including:

1. Land for cultivation of annual crops, including paddy land and land for cultivation of other annual crops;

2. Land for cultivation of perennial trees;

3. Land for production forests;

4. Land for protection forests;

5. Land for special-use forests;

6. Land for aquaculture;

7. Land for salt production;

8. Other agricultural land, including land used to build greenhouses and other building types for cultivation purpose, including fanning not directly on the land, or to build breeding facilities for cattle, poultry and other animals as permitted by law; land for cultivation, breeding and aquaculture for the purpose of learning, research or experimentation; land for planting and nursing seedlings and breeders, and land for growing flowers and ornamental plants.

II. Non-agricultural land, including:

1. Residential land, including rural residential land and urban residential land;

2. Land for construction of offices;

3. Land for national defense or security purpose;

4. Land for construction of non-business facilities, including land for construction of offices of non-business organizations; land for construction of cultural, social, health, education and training, physical training and sports, science and technology, and diplomatic facilities and other non-business facilities;

5. Land for non-agricultural production and business, including land for industrial parks, industrial clusters, export processing zones; land for trading and service; land of non-agricultural production establishments; land used for mining activities; and land for production of building materials, and pottery;

6. Land used for public purposes, including land used for transport (including airports, airfields, inland waterway ports, maritime ports, rail system, road system and other transport facilities); irrigation; land with historical-cultural relics or scenic spots; land for community activities or public entertainment and recreation; land for energy facilities; land for post and telecommunications facilities; land for markets; land for waste dumping and treatment, and land for other public facilities;

7. Land used by religious institutions;

8. Land used for cemeteries, graveyards, funeral service centers and cremation centers;

9. Land with rivers, streams, canals, springs and special-use water surface;

10. Other non-agricultural land, including land for motels, tents and camps for workers in production establishments; land for warehouses and houses to store agricultural products, plant protection drugs, fertilizers, machinery and tools for agricultural use, and land for other buildings of land users which are used for non-commercial purposes and not attached to residential land.

III. Unused land, including land of types for which land use purposes have not been determined yet.

The code of the above land types are specified in the Appendix issued together with Circular 25/2014/TT-BTNMT on cadastral maps as follows:

No.	Types of Land	Code
I	AGRICULTURAL LAND
1	Land only for cultivation of wet rice	LUC
2	Other land for cultivation of wet rice	LUK
3	Upland rice land	LUN
4	Flat land for cultivation of other annual crops	BHK
5	Swidden land for cultivation of other annual crops	NHK
6	Land for cultivation of perennial trees	CLN
7	Land for production forests	RSX
8	Land for protection forests	RPH
9	Land for special-use forests	RDD
10	Land for aquaculture	NTS
11	Land for salt production	LMU
12	Other agricultural land	NKH
II	NON-AGRICULTURAL LAND
1	Rural residential land	ONT
2	Urban residential land	ODT
3	Land for construction of offices	TSC
4	Land for construction of non-business facilities	DTS
5	Land for construction of cultural	DVH
6	Land for construction of social	DYT
7	Land for construction of health	DGD
8	Land for construction of education and training	DTT
9	Land for construction of physical training and sports	DKH
10	Land for construction of science and technology	DXH
11	Land for construction of diplomatic facilities	DNG
12	Land for construction of other non-business facilities	DSK
13	Land for national defense	CQP
14	Land for security purpose	CAN
15	Land for industrial parks	SKK
16	Land for industrial clusters	SKT
17	Land for export processing zones	SKN
18	Land for trading and service	SKC
19	Land of non-agricultural production establishments	TMD
20	Land used for mining activities	SKS
21	Land for production of building materials, and pottery	SKX
22	Land used for transport	DGT
23	Land used for irrigation	DTL
24	Land for energy facilities	DNL
25	Land for community activities or public entertainment and recreation	DBV
26	Land for public entertainment and recreation	DSH
27	Land for post and telecommunications facilities	DKV
28	Land for markets	DCH
29	Land with historical-cultural relics	DDT
30	Land with scenic spots	DDL
31	Land for waste dumping and treatment	DRA
32	Land for other public facilities	DCK
33	Land used by religious institutions	TON
34	Land used by religious belief institutions	TIN
35	Land used for cemeteries, graveyards, funeral service centers and cremation centers	NTD
36	Land with rivers, streams, canals, springs and special-use water surface	SON
37	Land with special-use water surface	MNC
38	Other non-agricultural land	PNK
III	UNUSED LAND
1	Unused flat land	BCS
2	Unused hilly land	DCS
3	Rocky mountain without trees	NCS

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