Hanoi-Vietnam: Land registration offices will additionally provide land-related legal consulting services

Currently, according to Clause 3, Article 5 of Decree 43/2014/ND-CP detailing the implementation of several articles of the Land Law, the Land Registration Office provides the following services:

Article 5. Provision of land-related services

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3. Land-related services include:

a) Land investigation and evaluation; land improvement;

b) Land use planning and plans;

c) Surveying, establishing cadastral maps, cadastral records, building land databases, preparing files for issuance of land use rights certificates, house ownership, and other assets attached to the land;

d) Consulting on land price determination;

đ) Auctioning land use rights;

e) Compensation, support, and resettlement.

The advent of the Land Law 2013 and Decree 43/2014/ND-CP guiding the Land Law marks significant progress in administrative procedure reforms in our country. This simplifies and makes it easier for citizens to exercise their rights and obligations. Clear stipulations of the functions and tasks of specialized land agencies, specifically the Land Registration Office, have greatly supported the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in fulfilling their management responsibilities. This results in improved administrative procedures and enhances citizen trust in local government leadership.

Hanoi-Vietnam: Land registration offices will additionally provide land-related legal consulting services (Illustrative image)

Now, the Draft Decree that is about to be issued includes an additional noteworthy service of the Land Registration Office:

3. Land-related services include:

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h) Legal consultancy on the exercise of land users’ rights and obligations; preparing files for land registration, assets attached to the land, issuing land use rights certificates, house ownership, and other assets attached to the land.

The inclusion of this service will undoubtedly make citizens very pleased, as the Land Registration Office now provides legal consultancy services. Issues such as land pricing, land price conversion factors, planning information, etc., now have a specialized agency offering clear and supportive advice, which is the Land Registration Office. Receiving legal consultancy on land matters from a specialized agency is undoubtedly more reliable, helping to limit negative situations in the land sector.

Detailed content may be found in the Draft Decree on Amendments to several decrees on the implementation of the Land Law.

Toan Trung

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