What is the latest Form of Application for land use purpose conversion in 2024 in Vietnam?

What is the latest Form of Application for land use purpose conversion in 2024 in Vietnam?

Land use conversion allows land users to change the purpose from one type of land use to another according to regulations.

The application form for land use conversion is stipulated under the Form No. 02c in the Appendix issued with Decree 102/2024/ND-CP.

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What is the latest Form of Application for land use purpose conversion in 2024 in Vietnam?​ (Image from the Internet)

Under what circumstances does the District People's Committee of Vietnam allow land use conversion?

Article 123 of the Land Law 2024 stipulates the authority to allow land use conversion:

Authority to allocate land, lease land, and permit land use conversion

1. The Provincial People's Committee decides to allocate land, lease land, and permit land use conversion in the following cases:

a) Allocate land, lease land, and permit land use conversion for domestic organizations;

b) Allocate land, lease land for religious organizations, and affiliated religious organizations;

c) Allocate land, lease land for overseas Vietnamese, and foreign-invested economic organizations;

d) Lease land to foreign organizations with diplomatic functions.

2. The District People's Committee decides to allocate land, lease land, and permit land use conversion in the following cases:

a) Allocate land, lease land, and permit land use conversion for individuals. In cases where individuals are allowed to lease land or permitted to convert agricultural land for commercial purposes, services with an area of 0.5 hectares or more, written approval from the Provincial People's Committee must be obtained before deciding;

b) Allocate land to community units.

3. The Communal People's Committee leases land in the communal agricultural land fund for public utility purposes in the commune, ward, or commune-level town.

4. The state authority with jurisdiction specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article is also the authority to decide to adjust and extend land use rights in cases where the land user has a decision to allocate land, lease land, or permit land use conversion before this Law takes effect and in other cases as stipulated by this Law.

5. The state authority specified in Clauses 1, 2, and 4 of this Article shall not delegate or authorize these powers.

Thus, the District People's Committee allows land use conversion for individuals. However, in cases where individuals are allowed to convert agricultural land for commercial purposes with an area of 0.5 hectares or more, written approval from the Provincial People's Committee must be obtained before deciding.

In which cases is land use conversion required to be permitted by the competent state authority in Vietnam?

Based on Article 121 of the Land Law 2024 regarding land use conversion:

Land use conversion

1. The following cases of land use conversion must be permitted by a competent state authority:

a) Convert rice cultivation land, special-use forest land, protection forest land, production forest land to another type of land within the agricultural land category;

b) Convert agricultural land to non-agricultural land;

c) Convert other types of land to centralized livestock land when implementing large-scale livestock projects;

d) Convert non-agricultural land allotted by the State without a land levy to another type of non-agricultural land allotted by the State with a land levy or leased land;

dd) Convert non-agricultural land, excluding homestead land, to homestead land;

e) Convert land for building public projects with a commercial purpose to production, commercial non-agricultural land;

g) Convert production, commercial non-agricultural land to commercial land.

2. When converting land use according to Clause 1 of this Article, the land user must fulfill financial obligations as prescribed by law; land use policies, rights, and obligations of the land user will be applied according to the new land type after conversion.

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The following cases of land use conversion must be permitted by the competent state authority:

- Convert rice cultivation land, special-use forest land, protection forest land, production forest land to another type of land within the agricultural land category.

- Convert agricultural land to non-agricultural land.

- Convert other types of land to centralized livestock land when implementing large-scale livestock projects.

- Convert non-agricultural land allotted by the State without a land levy to another type of non-agricultural land allotted by the State with a land levy or leased land.

- Convert non-agricultural land, excluding homestead land, to homestead land.

- Convert land for building public projects with a commercial purpose to production, commercial non-agricultural land.

- Convert production, commercial non-agricultural land to commercial land.