Vietnam: Procedure for extension of religious establishments’ use of agricultural land

09:06, 07/05/2017

According to Vietnam’s regulations, a religious establishment shall be allocated land by the State without land use levy for a certain period of time. Upon the expiration of this period, the religious establishment must apply for an extension to continue using the land.

The extension of a religious establishment’s use of its agricultural land shall proceed in the following manner:

1. The religious establishment submits 01 application for land use extension no less than 06 months prior to the expiration of its land use right.

2. The Department of Natural resources and Environment is responsible for assessing the demand for land use and for, if conditions are met, reporting to the provincial People's Committee that shall decide on the extension of land use right. The documents shall be then transferred to the land registration office for registration.

3. The religious establishment returns the issued certificate, in case of land use extension, to the Department of Natural resources and Environment.

4. The land registration office is responsible for certifying the extension of land use onto the issued certificate; updating the cadastral record and land database and granting the certificate to the religious establishment.

5. The Department of Natural resources and Environment informs the land user that does not qualify for land use extension and follows the procedure of land expropriation as per regulations.

More details can be found in Decree No. 01/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, which amends and supplements a number of articles of Decree No. 43/2014/ND-CP and takes effect from March 03, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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