Implementation of online land-related administrative procedures in Vietnam

Implementation of online land-related administrative procedures in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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1. Implementation of online land-related administrative procedures in Vietnam

Implementation of online land-related administrative procedures are specified in as follows:

- Based on specific conditions relating to land-related information technology infrastructure and land databases put under their management, agencies receiving and handling land-related applications specified in Article 60 of Decree 43/2014/ND-CP shall be responsible for receiving and notifying decisions on land-related applications online according to the Government's regulations.

- Online administrative procedures for registration and grant of Certificates shall be implemented as follows:

An agency receiving and notifying decisions on land-related applications shall be responsible for following land-related administrative processes and procedures prescribed in laws on land; when needing to verify land-related applications, or failing to issue decisions on land-related applications within the prescribed time limits for handling of land-related applications due to other causes, the agency receiving and handling land-related applications shall send applicants notifications issued in writing or via the Public Service Portal or SMS, clearly stating reasons for those actions.

Land users and land-attached property owners shall be responsible for meeting financial obligations pursuant to laws directly or online via the payment solution embedded into the Public Service Portal.

The application receiving agency or the application handling agency shall request the applicant to submit the original Certificate, enclosing other documents as legally required, after the land user has fulfilled financial obligations.

Decisions on applications for registration of land and other land-attached property; for issuance, replacement or reissuance of Certificates shall be issued at offices of land-related application receiving agencies or by public post, or to the given addresses of recipients.

- Land users and land-attached property owners applying for land-related administrative decisions as referred to in Article 60 of Decree 43/2014/ND-CP shall be held legally responsible for accuracy and truthfulness of declared information and enclosed documents.

Application receiving agencies shall be responsible for checking whether required documents included in applications are adequate; application handling agencies shall be responsible for handling applications under their jurisdiction and within the time limit prescribed in law without bearing any responsibility for information included in documents and papers that has been accepted, appraised, approved or handled before.

- Online interagency data connection, sharing and interconnection for handling of administrative procedures and payment of financial obligations of applicants shall be subject to laws on implementation of online administrative procedures and laws on implementation of single-window or interconnected single-window mechanisms.

(Clause 6, 7, 8, Article 60 of Decree 43/2014/ND-CP (amended in Decree 10/2023/ND-CP))

2. Land-related administrative procedures in Vietnam

According to Article 195 of the Land Law 2013, land-related administrative procedures include:

- Procedures for land expropriation, land allocation, land lease, and change of land use purpose;

- Procedures for registration of land and land-attached assets and grant of the certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets;

- Procedures for renewal, re-grant, correction or withdrawal of the certificate, the certificate of house ownership or the certificate of construction work ownership;

- Procedures for exercising the rights of land users;

- Procedures for enforcing decisions on compulsory inventory and enforcing the implementation of land expropriation decisions;

- Procedures for conciliation and settlement of land disputes at administrative agencies;

- Procedures for sanction of administrative violations in the field of land.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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