The National Land Use Plan for 5 years (2021 - 2025) has just been approved by the National Assembly of Vietnam at Resolution 39/2021/QH15 dated 13/ 11/2021.
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Reducing more than 180 thousand hectares of rice land in the period of 2021 - 2025 (Artwork)
According to the Resolution, in the target of the land use planning for the five years 2021-2025 of Vietnam, the land for rice cultivation and land with the production of natural forests tend to decrease, while other types of land have increased and requisitioned more. Specifically:
The area of land for rice cultivation will decrease by 184.21 thousand hectares, of which, 90.25 thousand hectares of land dedicated to wet rice will be reduced.
Land production of natural forests also decreased by 23.12 thousand hectares.
For details, see the National Land Use Plan of Vietnam targets for the five years from 2021 to 2025 in the table below:
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STT |
Soil type |
Status of 2020 |
Plan to 2025 |
Compare increment (+); decrease (-) (thousand ha) |
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|
Area (thousand hectares) |
Structure (%) |
Area (thousand hectares) |
Structure (%) |
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|
1. |
Agricultural land |
27,983.26 |
84.46 |
27.866.83 |
84.10 |
-116.43 |
|
1.1 |
Land for rice cultivation |
3,917.25 |
11.82 |
3,733.04 |
11.27 |
-184.21 |
|
|
In which: Land specialized in growing wet rice |
3.176.20 |
9.59 |
3.085.95 |
9.31 |
-90.25 |
|
1.2 |
Protection forest land |
5.118.55 |
15.45 |
5.171.98 |
15.61 |
+53.43 |
|
1.3 |
Special-use forest land |
2,293.77 |
6.92 |
2.375.63 |
7.17 |
+81.86 |
|
1.4 |
Production forest land |
7,992.34 |
24.12 |
8,088.36 |
24.41 |
+96.02 |
|
|
In which: land with production forest is natural forest |
3,977.43 |
12.00 |
3,954.31 |
11.93 |
-23.12 |
|
2 |
Non-agricultural land |
3,931.11 |
11.86 |
4.404.89 |
13.30 |
+473.78 |
|
2.1 |
Industrial zone land |
90.83 |
0.27 |
152.84 |
0.46 |
+62.01 |
|
2.2 |
Defense land |
243.16 |
0.73 |
257.32 |
0.78 |
+14.16 |
|
2.3 |
Security land |
52.71 |
0.16 |
70.80 |
0.21 |
+18.09 |
|
2.4 |
Land for national-level infrastructure development |
1.342.41 |
4.05 |
1,567.50 |
4.73 |
+225.09 |
|
|
In there: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
Land transport |
722.33 |
2.18 |
832.04 |
2.51 |
+109.71 |
|
- |
Land for construction of cultural facilities |
9.21 |
0.03 |
15.10 |
0.05 |
+5.89 |
|
- |
Land for construction of medical facilities |
7.42 |
0.02 |
9.90 |
0.03 |
+2.48 |
|
- |
Land for construction of educational and training institutions |
48.91 |
0.15 |
64.41 |
0.19 |
+15.50 |
|
- |
Land for construction of sports facilities |
19.96 |
0.06 |
29.77 |
0.09 |
+9.81 |
|
- |
Land for energy works |
198.09 |
0.60 |
252.15 |
0.76 |
+54.06 |
|
- |
Land for post and telecommunications works |
0.91 |
0.003 |
2.97 |
0.008 |
+2.06 |
|
2.5 |
Land for construction of national reserve |
0.29 |
0.001 |
0.45 |
0.001 |
+0.16 |
|
2.6 |
Land with historical and cultural relics |
7.71 |
0.02 |
10.71 |
0.03 |
+3.00 |
|
2.7 |
Land for landfill, waste treatment |
8.17 |
0.02 |
14.26 |
0.04 |
+6.09 |
|
3 |
Unused land |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1 |
Unused land put into use |
|
|
357.35 |
1.08 |
|
|
3.2 |
Remaining unused land |
1.219.75 |
3.68 |
862.40 |
2.60 |
-357.35 |
|
4 |
Land of economic zone |
1.634.13 |
4.93 |
1,649.53 |
4.98 |
+15.40 |
|
5 |
Land of high-tech zone |
3.63 |
0.01 |
4.14 |
0.01 |
+0.51 |
|
6 |
Urban land |
2,028.07 |
6.12 |
2,560.70 |
7.73 |
+532.63 |
Note:
- Agricultural land area in Vietnam includes other types of agricultural land such as land for salt production, land for aquaculture, etc. The non-agricultural land area includes other types of non-agricultural land such as land for construction of agency headquarters, river land, streams, camps...
- The land area of economic zones, high-tech zones, and urban areas is not aggregated when calculating the total natural area.
Resolution 39/2021/QH15 of Vietnam takes effect from December 28, 2021.
Bao Ngoc
