Vietnam: Basis for determining boundaries and area of paddy land

Vietnam: Basis for determining boundaries and area of paddy land (Illustrative Image)

Under Article 5 of Circular 17/2014/TT-BTNMT, the basis for determining the boundaries and areas of paddy land/paddy rice land to be protected and the paddy rice land to be strictly protected in Vietnam includes:

- Cadastral records;

- Land statistics, inventory data, and current land use maps;

- Explanatory reports on planning and land use planning maps at the district level.

Where there are explanatory reports on planning and land use planning maps at the commune level, the explanatory reports and land use planning maps of the commune and district levels shall be used;

- Area quotas for paddy land/paddy rice land allocated by the supervisory land use planning and plan in the planning period;

- Explanatory reports and maps for new rural construction planning (if any);

- Explanatory reports and maps for paddy land classification (if any);

- Explanatory reports and maps for paddy land use planning (if any).

The base map used for determining the boundaries and area of paddy land is the base map used to design current land use maps at the commune level with a scale of 1:1,000 to 1:10,000.

Simultaneously, the determination of boundaries and area of paddy land must adhere to the following principles and requirements:

- The determination of boundaries and area of paddy land/paddy rice land to be protected and the paddy rice land to be strictly protected is carried out directly at the commune, ward, town (hereinafter referred to as the commune level); it is aggregated into the paddy land database of districts, townships, provincial cities (hereinafter referred to as the district level), of provinces and municipalities (hereinafter referred to as the provincial level), and the whole country.

- Ensure conformity with the location and allocation targets of the supervisory land use planning and plan approved by the competent authority.

More details can be found in Circular 17/2014/TT-BTNMT effective from July 1, 2014.

Thuy Tram

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