Period of land use planning and plan at the district level in Vietnam

Period of land use planning and plan at the district level in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Period of land use planning and plan at the district level in Vietnam

According to Clause 3, Article 62 of the Land Law 2024, the period for district-level land use planning is 10 years. The vision for district-level land use planning is 20 years.

2. Guidelines for land use planning and plan at the district level in Vietnam in 2024

* Basis for district-level land use planning include:

- Provincial planning, provincial-level land use planning; urban planning of centrally run cities in the absence of provincial-level land use planning;- Technical and specialized plans;- District-level socio-economic development plans;- Natural, economic, and social conditions of district-level administrative units;- Current land use status, land use changes, land potential, and results of previous district-level land use planning;- Needs and capabilities of land use by sectors, fields, and commune-level People's Committees; For determining homestead land, urban area land, and rural residential land needs based on population forecasts, infrastructure conditions, landscapes, and the environment as prescribed by construction law;- Land use standards, scientific, and technological advancements related to land use.

* Contents of district-level land use planning include:

- Directions for land use to meet socio-economic development requirements; ensuring national defense, security; environmental protection, adaptation to climate change; ensuring alignment and synchronization between land use planning and transportation planning, construction planning, urban planning, rural planning;- Identifying land use targets allocated in provincial-level land use planning shown in information units down to the commune level;- Identifying land use targets based on the land use needs of districts and communes;- Identifying and zoning areas that have been allocated land use targets in provincial-level land use planning according to Points b and dd Clause 2, Article 65 of the Land Law 2024, specifically identifying land areas ensuring land support policies for ethnic minorities;- Identifying boundaries, locations, and areas for sea reclamation used for agricultural and non-agricultural purposes;- Staging district-level land use planning in 5-year periods according to Points b, c, d, and dd, Clause 2, Article 66 of the Land Law 2024;- Solutions and resources to implement land use planning.

* Preparing a district-level land use planning map; developing and updating the district-level land use planning and annual land use plans data into the national land database.

* Districts, cities, district-level towns that belong to centrally run cities, cities, and district-level towns of provinces that already have approved master plans or subdivision plans according to urban planning law do not need to prepare district-level land use plans, but shall rely on the approved master plans or subdivision plans and the land use targets allocated from provincial-level land use plans and local land use targets to prepare annual district-level land use plans.

* For areas not specified in Clause 4, Article 66 of the Land Law 2024 with approved construction, urban, and rural planning, district-level land use planning must update the spatial land use orientation and technical and social infrastructure systems according to the land use planning period.

(According to Article 66 of the Land Law 2024)

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