Do I need a permit to change land for rice cultivation to land for fruit crops in Vietnam?
I have a plot of land for rice cultivation, now I don't want to grow rice anymore but want to switch to growing fruit trees (longan, pomelo) so do I need to get permission or not?
Do I need a permit to change land for rice cultivation to land for fruit crops in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 57 of the 2013 Land Law, there are regulations on change of land use purpose as follows:
1. Cases in which change of land use purpose requires permission by competent state agencies:
a/ Change of land for rice cultivation to land for perennial crops, forests, aquaculture or salt production;
b/ Change of land for other annual crops to land for saltwater aquaculture, salt production or aquaculture in ponds, lakes or marshlands;
c/ Change of land for special-use forests, protection forests or production forests to land for other purposes within the type of agricultural land;
d/ Change of agricultural land to non-agricultural land;
e/ Change of non-agricultural land which is allocated by the State without land use levy to non-agricultural land which is allocated by the State with land use levy, or to leased land;
f/ Change of non-agricultural land which is not residential land to residential land;
g/ Change of land for construction of non-business facilities or land for public purposes involving commercial purpose, or non-agricultural land for business and production purposes which is not land for trading or services to land for trading or services; change of land for trading or services or land for construction of non-commercial facilities to land for non-agricultural production establishments.
Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, if you want to change the purpose of land use from land for rice cultivation to fruit crops (longan, pomelo) in the cases, you must have permission from the competent state agency.
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