Vietnam: Documentation for registration of changes to land and properties on land

According to Circular No. 33/2017/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, an application submitted upon transfer of agricultural land use rights which is not in the case of "regrouping of lands"; receipt of land use rights and ownership of properties on land through transfer, lease, sublease, inheritance, donation or capital contribution; transfer of land use rights and ownership of properties on land from either wife or husband to those of both wife and husband includes:

- An application form for changes to land or properties on land;

- The contract and documents on the receipt of land use rights and ownership of properties on land through transfer, lease, sublease, inheritance, donation or capital contribution; capital contributions in the form of land use rights and ownership of properties on land; transfer of land use rights and ownership of properties on land from either wife or husband to those of both wife and husband.

Notably, if the inheritor of land use rights, ownership of properties on land is the only person, an application form registration of inheritance of land use rights, ownership of properties on land of the inheritor is required.

- An original of the issued certificate;

- A written consent given by a competent authority to a business entity gaining agricultural land use rights through transfer, capital contribution and renting for execution of the investment project;

- A written consent of the land user which shows that the owner of property on land may transfer, donate, lease out properties on land or contribute capital in the form of properties on land in case of transfer, donation, lease of properties on land, capital contribution in the form of the properties on land whose owner is not the land user.

More details can be found in Circular No. 33/2017/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, which takes effect from December 05, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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