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Penalties for building houses on agricultural land in Vietnam (Artwork)
Pursuant to the provisions of Articles 9, 10 and 11 of Decree 91/2019/ND-CP of Vietnam, the act of arbitrarily changing the purpose of using agricultural land to residential land (specifically, building houses on agricultural land) without not authorized by the competent state agency will be sanctioned. Depending on the type of land, the area of the violation and the subject of the violation (either an organization or an individual), the fine can range from VND 3 million to VND 1 billion. As follows:
1. Penalties for case of conversion of rice-growing land to residential land in Vietnam
|
Area of land illegally converted to other purposes |
Amount of fines |
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Land in rural area |
Land in urban area |
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Less than 0.01 hectares |
3 million - 5 million VND |
6 million - 10 million VND |
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From 0.01 hectare to less than 0.02 hectare |
5 million - 10 million VND |
10 million - 20 million VND |
|
From 0.02 hectares to less than 0.05 hectares |
10 million -15 million VND |
20 million - 30 million VND |
|
From 0.05 hectares to less than 0.1 hectares |
15 million - 30 million VND |
30 million - 60 million VND |
|
From 0.1 hectares to less than 0.5 hectares |
30 million - 50 million VND |
60 million - 100 million VND |
|
From 0.5 hectare to less than 1 hectare |
50 million - 80 million VND |
100 million-160 million dong |
|
From 1 hectare to less than 3 hectares |
80 million - 120 million VND |
160 million - 240 million VND |
|
From 3 hectares or more |
120 million - 250 million VND |
240 million - 500 million VND |
2. Penalty level for case of conversion of special-use forest land being planted forest, protective forest land being planted forest, or production forest land being planted forest to residential land in Vietnam
|
Area for illegal conversion |
Amount of fines |
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Less than 0.02 hectares |
3 million - 5 million VND |
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From 0.02 hectares to less than 0.05 hectares |
5 million - 10 million VND |
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From 0.05 hectares to less than 0.1 hectares |
10 million - 15 million VND |
|
From 0.1 hectares to less than 0.5 hectares |
15 million - 30 million VND |
|
From 0.5 hectare to less than 1 hectare |
30 million - 50 million VND |
|
From 1 hectare to less than 5 hectares |
50 million - 100 million VND |
|
From 5 hectares and up |
100 million - 250 million VND |
|
Area of land illegally converted to other purposes |
Amount of fines |
|
|
Land in rural area |
Land in urban area |
|
|
Less than 0.02 hectares |
3 million - 5 million VND |
6 million - 10 million VND |
|
From 0.02 hectares to less than 0.05 hectares |
5 million - 8 million VND |
10 million - 16 million VND |
|
From 0.05 hectares to less than 0.1 hectares |
8 million - 15 million VND |
16 million - 30 million VND |
|
From 0.1 hectares to less than 0.5 hectares |
15 million - 30 million VND |
30 million - 60 million VND |
|
From 0.5 hectare to less than 1 hectare |
30 million - 50 million VND |
60 million - 100 million VND |
|
From 01 hectare to less than 3 hectares |
50 million - 100 million VND |
100 million - 200 million VND |
|
From 3 hectares or more |
100 million - 200 million VND |
200 million - 400 million VND |
In addition to being fined according to the above-mentioned level, the land user is also required to restore the original state of the land before the violation (except for the case of compulsory registration of land according to regulations for cases where all conditions are met for recognition of land use rights as prescribed in Article 22 of Decree 43/2014/ND-CP). At the same time, forced to return illegal profits obtained from committing violations according to the provisions of law.
Note: The above is the fine level applied to individuals; the fine level for organizations is equal to 02 times the fine level for individuals having the same violation act. That is, organizations that arbitrarily change the purpose of using agricultural land to residential land without the permission of a competent state agency may be fined up to 1 billion VND.
