Decree No.68/2001/ND-CP on land use planning and land use

No. 41 (OX-I1--2001) OFF/Cf.,\ l. GAzr:-r-rL DECREE No. 68/2001/ND-CP OF OCTOBER I, 2001 ON LAND USE PLANNING AND PLAN THE GOVERNMF:NT Pursuant lo the Law on Or.i;tmixation of' rhe Governmel1f oj'.\'eplember 30. 199 2: Fursuanr 10 rhe .!11/y J ./. l 99 3 hmd Low and the f)ec:e mbe r 2. 19 98 Law Amending and S11pple menr ing a Number o/Arlicles 1f1he Land Law, the June 29. )()(jJ Law Amending one/ Supplementing o N11111her o!Ar1ides 1?/the Land Lhw: At the proposal of the (Jenera! /)irecfor of' the General Land Ad1i1inisfralimJ. DECREES: Chapter/ ·•. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1.- Scopeofregulation This Decree provides for the elaboration, consideration, approvalanclmanagcment of land USC plannings and plans. Article 2.- Elaborating .. the land use planni11gs and. plans 1. The Government assigns the General Land Administration to assume the prime responsi bi 11ty anc! coordinate with tiic concerned ministries and branches irt drawing up national land use planning and plans. 2 The People· s Comm ittces of the pl'ovi nces · and centrally-run cities, the People's Committees of the districts, provincial towns and cities, the Peoplc·s Committees of tl1e communes . wards :md townships shall elaborate the plannings and plans for l.1nd use in their respective localifa:s. J. The Ministry or Defense dnd tl1c Mmistry of Public Security shall clabo1·ate the planning and plan for land use for defense and security purposes. Article 3.~ Competence to ,'.ljl))l"O\C the bnd llSC plannings and plan~ I The Government shall cxamitJe and appmve tl11~ !and use p/annings and plans of rile People.: ·s Comrnillccs of the provinces and centrally-run cil!cs, the am11.1aHy adjusted and suppkmi.:nkd pbns and the five-year land use plans of t/1c People's Committees of the provinces and ccntrally~run cities: the planning and plan ofland use for defense and security purposes. 2 The highcr--lcvc! People's Comrnith,cs shJ.11 examine and approve the annual land use plannings and plans of the immediate lower-level People's Committees, . Ai"tii:fo 4 ... C011)pctcnce to ad.inst and supplement tl1e land use p/annfr1gs and plans. . . . The State bodies C":0111pctci1t to examine and approve the land use p!anningsand pbns defined in Article 3'6fthis Decree sha.llhavtthc competence t{\ decide on the ad justmenfof and supp!crncnts to, the land use plannings mid plans \ji1der their ratification . - . . . competence. .. ·· .. · . > : .. '. .. . Article 5.- lmplcrn,e1natio11•.of the land us1; plannings and plans l. The land us·e plm111ii1gs.anq plans:alrcady decided and approved by the comJ)etcnf State agencies shall s e 1·ve · as basis . for. !al\d use arr a ngqrtcti.t, land assignment, land base; conversion of land-use purposes, 01· convcrsionoh\'Ctriceforming land into aquaculture or .apcn.:nn ial tree,J)lanting land, or conversionof percnnial'frce-pla11tihg land i11to annual crop-p\:::111ting land. · · · · ·· 2. Tl1c levels, branches, organizations and individuals tising land·. must ·observe the land use plannings and plan already decided and approved by the comµctcnt State agencies. Chnpterll LANO USE PLANNING Article 6.- Bases for elaborating the land use planning I. The orientation for socio-economic development defense and security. 2. The urban dcH::lopmcnt planning. 3 The need to protect the environment p rntcct ,:rnbd \i -:;hand restore t\K. historic;:1!, ,;.nltmal re.lies ;:md OFFICIAL GAZETTL f''.'o. 4 l (08 · 11- 2UU I) hL:,u1t1fi1I landscapes. 4 The actual stale of tl1e land fw1d .ind the land us:: needs S Tl1c 1:md use norms. (i Sc1L,ntific and tcchnologica l ad,anccs. 7 The restilts of the 1rnplementatio11 of land use planning and plans in the previous :,tage. Article 7.- Duration of laJJd use planning The land use planning is for 1 (J years corn:sponding to (he national socio-economic dcveloprnc11t strakgy. A rlicle 8. - Contents of a land use planning 1. The ddirnitation of various types of land shall be done as folio,;\ s: a/ To survey, study, analyze and intcgr;1tc the natural and socio-econom1c conditions and the adual situation of la11tf use, and evaluation of the land potentials; b/ To detennine the orientation ,md objective of !and use in the planning duration: c/ To rationally distribt1te the land fund for the needs of socio-economic devcl0Jm1cnt, national defense and security: d/ To propose measures for use, protection n.nd transformation of fan d. and i)rotcction of the ecolog1cal environment in order' to ensure sustainable dcvcl opment 2 In each period, m,y change in the socio- economic development ob iectives shall reqoire appropnate readjustment of the ddi1mtation of the land types. 3. Measures to organize the implementation of the hlnd use pJ,rnning. Article 9.- Responsibility for elaborating land use planninr;s 1. ·rhe Uener:il Land Administration shall assume the prime respons i bi l itY and coo rd i natc \\ 1th the tvl1nrstl")· of Planning and Investment, the iVlinistr~· of Finance, the Ministry of Construction. the !V\inistry of Industry, the Ministry of Comrnu11iG1tions and Tr:insport 1hc JVlmistn of Agriculture and R.ur;il Dc,dopn1c11t. the f'vlimst1y of Aquatic Products, and the other co11ccrncd mrnisrncs and bi:rnchcs in elaborating the national !:ind usc pLrn111u2 for subm1s; :ion lo the Government. 2. The JVl111istn· of Defonse and the iV!inistrv of Public Security sirnH assume tht: prime rcsponsibi/it:, and coo rd i11 ate witl1 the rdcvant 1111 n 1stries alld brancl1cs and the People's C ommittccs of the provinces and ccntrally··run cities in elaboratmg the: pbnning for land use fo 1· dcfcnsc and security purposes for subrnis:;ion to the Go,nmm:nt. 3. The provincial/municipal Land Administration Services or the Land and Housing Admimstration Services ( he rcafter coll ecti vc ! y called Land Administration Services) and the district-level land administration agencies shall assume the prime respons i bi Ii ty and coo rdinatc w'ith die other conccrncd agencies in elaborating the· pla;inings for land use within the territories under their respective management and report to the Peopk's Committees for submission to the People's Coundls of the same level for approval before i;-ubrnissfoii toJhc competent State agency for tatifica6on. ·· . . .. 4. The People's Committe~~ oftht!: !com1mmes, \Yards or t()\\'llShips shall eL:iboritEJht(plalJnings for land use in their lqcalitics, ,organize the consultation with the population and 1\:portto th~ People's Councils of the same Jcvcl forapprqval before si1b1nission to the Peoplc·s Conmiittees of the districts, township or cities under the provinces for 1-atitfoation. . , . ~ : .. Article JO.:.. Time foi• st1brri1tting the l;:il1([ use planning ·· · .· The land use planning nrnst he submitted to the competent State agency for ratification in the Ii rst year of the planning period, Chapter JI/ LAND' USE PLANS Article 1 I. - Bases for elaborating the five-year and ~mnual bnrl use plans. 1. The land use planning already decided or approved by the competent State agency, 2 The five-vea r and annual soe10-econom1c dcYcloprnent plans of the Slate. :; The land use needs of the organizations. housdwlds and individuals ;mn 1),c actual st:rk of the No. 41 (OKTl·-2001) land fund. 4. The land use norms. 5. Scientific and technological advances 6. The results of the implementation of the bnd use plans in the previous period. Article 12.•- Contents of a land use plan. l. To evaluate and analyze the irnplcmcntalion of tl1c land use plan m the previous period: a/ Implementation of the 1:wd use plan for specialized ,utd housing purposes: b/ Conversion of agricultural m1d forested land for other purposes: d Conversion of agricnlturnl land planted with annual crops . arid land under wet rice cultivation into land for aquaculture and planting perennial trees; or conversion of agricultural land planted with perennial trees into land for planting annual crops; d/ The i1119lcmentatiop of the plan for expansion of the land area for use in agriculture; forestry and other purposes ... 2. El;boration of hve~ycar and annual plans for land use: · ·· a/ The delimitation of various types of!and in the five-year pltii1 a1id annual plan for land use shall be done as follows: To dcte1111inc the need ofland use for specialized and housing purposes, fo which there must qe the 11st of key projects and the projects of using the land fund to create the capita! for building the infras[ructurcs. Projected area of agricultural land and forested land to be used for other purposes. Projected area of agricultural land planted ,vith annual crops, land under wet rice cultivation to be converted into land for aquaculture or for planting perennial trees, and area planted with perennial trees to be converted into land for planting annual crops. The plan of !and reclamation to expand the land area for usc in agricultural production, forestry and other purposes. b( The five-year hrnd use plan must bG concretizcd for each year. 3. The readjustment of the five••yc,1 r bnd 11se p bn must conform with the land use planning the readjustment of the mmual l:md use plan mnst conform 1\·i th the ll I c-ycar land use plan. ,\ (hganiz<1t1omll solutions Ior the impkmtntatioi-1 of the L:111d ust plan. Arlir:/e 13. - Responsibility for elaborating the land use pbn · I. The General Lmd Administration shall assume prime responsibility and coordinate with the Ministry of P Janning and I nvestrnent the Ministry of Finance, the Mm i stry of Construction, the Min rstry of lndu stry, the rvlin1stry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Agricu!tui-e and Rural Development, the Mmistry of Aquatic Products and other concerned ministries and branches in c!abOrnting the five-year land use plan in the whole country, and integrate the annual read iustmcnt ar'id supplement J)lans of the provinces and ccntra!ly-rnn cities and report thcrn to the G0\1ernrnen1. 2. The Ministry of Defe11sc·and-thc Ministry of Public Sccuri tv shall. clabo rate the fivc~vcar I and use plan for defcns·e arid security purposes tbrsubmission to the Government. · · · 3. The Land Adm inistrat101i Services shal I assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with tl1e Services of Planni11g and lnvcstin0nt, Finance, Construction. li1dti strv. Commun i c,{tions and Transport, Agriculture ~~nd R.ur.if Development Aq uati t Products and other ·. con cc n1ed agencies in claborati11g the five-yc,ir land:usepfan, the annual plan of re-;v.liuslment and snpp\etne'nt.of the provinces and centrally-run cities, report to the· Provincial People's Committees for submission to the People ·s Councils of the same level for approval before submission to the Government for ratification. 4 The district-level Land Administration agencies shall assume thcprirne responsibility and coordinate with the concerned agencies in elaborating the annual Jan d u sc plans in the districts, provincial to\ s or cities and report to the district-kn::! People ·s Committees for submission to the district People's Councils for approval before submission to the provincial-level People's Committees for ratifiec1tion. 5. The People's Committees of tbG communes, wards 01· district townships shall claborc1te the annual hind u sc p Jans of their respective localities for su hrn1::;s io11 to the People's Counci Is of the sarnc level for approval before submission to the district--lcvc) People's Committee~ for ratification. OFFICIAL Gi\/,ETTE No. 41 (08- l 1-200 I) Article 14.- Time for submission of land use plans l . Tl 1 e ti me for submission of the fi \'e-year and annual land use plans shall coincide with the time for submission of the socio--econornic development plans. 2. The a1rnually n::ad j ustcd and suppk:mcntcd land use plans shall be submitted for approval in the last six months of each year Chapter JV .. .. RATIFICATION OFTHE:LANO USE PLANNINGS AND'PLANS . .. Article 1 5. - Doss'iel's for ratification 1. A dossier fo~/ rAtifica~bn of the pla1mi1ig :and five-year plan fo{landc'u'se. includes: a/ The rcpof't-oftb:e·'Pcoplc·s Committee and·tJ-ie··· Rcsolution'ofthciP,e61)!i~'s Cou1icil of the same fovel app rovingd1c, I,iu\d"iise' pla1111i11g ai1d the five,j1earJand use plai1;- ·" -, bl The rQpcf1t-e'-;p(fiiru11g We laµd use plaririing, the five-year lai1d::usc pl~il opdthc:att~died 'app,cndices, cl The map or'a,cttial lllha:l,#e/:'thimap ofth; fond use planning, the map- 0f"ftj.;l,Stlar land i1sc a,n d specialized, r11aps. · ·---- ---- · · · · 2. A dossierforratific::.i:tien otthe anm,ialla11d use plan of the Peot>lc's:C61mmttefr6ftho.comrillme, imrd or district towns)lip;or cifthc People's,·co'm111ittee of the d istnct, provincjaltown: 01: city inch1dcs: a/ The rcpo1t ofthc Pt0ple;s 'Committee aiid the resolution oftl1c Pc--ople's Com1ci! of tl1e .~a.me level apprm·ing the annual land use plan; list of key projects proposed for readjustment and supp lcmcn t and m cas u res to carry out the readjustment and/or supplement plan. Article 16.·· Pub1icization ofland use planni11g and plan Within 30 days after the land use planning and plan are ratified by the competent State agency, the land ad1111 nistration agency shall have to publicize the land use planning and plan and the land use of the investment projects at the land administration office , 9f provincial,and:di'strict-h::vcl and at the office of the commuJJ~-'lc'11f;:l People 's,,Com1nittec. Article 17.---E~pendifrireifo( 9laboration of land use planning and pfon , • -- - · .... . ·. · .. ·/ < :': :. ·: :.-:.·· .,· >" ~ . ~-.--<:..,, ..... · 1. Expenditures for -cNtfor,~!/Oil: "pf the Jan d use pla11nirig anci pfah shal I be-pigvi~e~!bS,}bt State b1,1dgct arid sh al! be assigned asJ◊!fpy,'St \ , -)' \ ·.. . : . . \--;,.··.!;~-.-.;:; 1 ..... 1 ·:.'/·{''.,\ ·; ·:· a/ Expenditures for c!i'ibof;Jti~it~ffl\~'µ1;1.tional land ~i; !~:1~1~1:n~ns~J:t:C£'tttl~v£J~~~li~fe:~~t1:.~; bu d :i°~xpeiidit~t1f <◊s1An9 J$tg{;IW~'~j(d P Ian m theprov111ccs .. distni;:ts,,qi;rd,~9mn1nnes: shaUbe coverd ·· \V 1 'i'1;1:r;~~::i: i~(\t a119•~&>~6ner,l Land Administration -shall:f sS'ue the :no'trt1sr,gf 'expenditures for the elqbor<lti9~:if"\tQ11Y-r:~i~J~~~P~ and plan. . . . . . . . ., -~ :· .-:·,-·.·.-·· ; : . .. :·: · .,. Gf1µptef~:0>,,( · .i~· b/ Tht: report explaining tlt'e 0 anmial land usepln11; ,- • c/ The List of the projects plai~ned forconstrncti~n- . in the plan year. < MANAGEMEN'f-6F THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND USE fLANNI~G~-AND PLANS . . . . ' Artidtl 18.- Responsibilities of the People's Councils and People's Committees at all levels 3. The dossier for ratification of the plan of readjustment of and/or Sllpplement to the annual !and use plan of the-People's Committee of the province or centra!ly-rnn city inclm!c:s: a/ The report of the People's Committee of the province or centrally-nm city; b/ The report explaining the readinstmcnt a11d/or supp lcrncnt p ! an, including the report on the implementation of the land use plan in the year, the J The People's Councils at all levels shall have to supcrvi sc the implementation of the land use plarn1ings and plans in their localities. 2. Tht: People's Committees at all levels slrnJJ have to organize, direct, inspect and promote the implementation of the land use plannings and plans already ratified by the competent State agencies. Article 19. - Responsibilities of tht: land administration agencies at all levels No. 1tl (08--J l -2001) UFFJC1AL GAZi.'.TfE [. To guide the tmplementatio11 of and s1.1pp\y information rcfotcd to, land use plannings and pbns to the organizations, households and indivi<llla\s. 2. To propose supplements to and readjustments ofland use planmngs mid plans to make them surtable to each period of soc10-econo1111c development. 3. To inspect the implementation of land use planning and plans, to detect and hand\c according to their competence or to propose to the competent State agencies to h:mdk violations of land use planni11gs and plans. 4. The prnvincial-!evel People's Conimiltees shall have to report annually lo the General Land Administration on the implementation of the land use plans in their respective localities . . Chqpter VI· . . ORGANlZATlON UF IMPLEMENTATION . . Arti~·le 20.-Qr~aoization ofin1µleinentation i. The Generaf LandAdm1i1istratfon shall have to guide the implement;6on ~fthisDeeree: . .. . . 2. The ministers: the heads of the mini steria I-level agencies, the head; of the ·:a:genci~s attached to the Government and: the Prcside1itS of the· People's Committees of the provihces }rid centrallfnm cities shall have to gn ide the in1plen1e116ition ot'.this Decree. 3. The Mii1istry of Defense andthe Ministry of Public Security shall make concrete stipulations for the elaboration of land use pla1wiihgs and plans for defonse and security purposes in conformity with the provisions of this Decree and thi>GovermnentDecree No. 09/CP of Fcbrnary 12, 1996 on theregirhc of management a11d use of land for defense andse<.:Uiity purposes. Article 21.- Impkmentation effect T11is Decree takes effect from October L 2001. All earlier stipulations contrary to this Decree are licreby annulled. On behafl of the C,'m•ernnwnt Ptime Afinister PI-IAN VAN KHAI