Chương VI Nghị định 43/2014/NĐ-CP: Chế độ sử dụng các loại đất

Chapter VI

REGIME ON USE OF LAND OF DIFFERENT TYPES

Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 38. Use of state-allocated land by economic organizations for creating capital for infrastructure construction under projects or use of land originating from winning at the auction of land use rights before July 1, 2004

1. Economic organizations that are currently using land allocated by the State for a long and stable term for creating capital for infrastructure construction under the land law before July 1, 2004, may continue using such land for a long and stable term.

2. Economic organizations that are currently using land originating from winning at the auction of land use rights before July 1, 2004, for which the use term has not been determined, may continue using such land for a long and stable term.

Article 39. Transfer of investment capital being the value of land use rights

1. Foreign-invested enterprises may acquire investment capital being the value of land use rights transferred from enterprises that are currently using land originating from the allocation by the State with land use levy or lease by the State with full one-off rental payment for the entire lease period while the value of land use rights has been included in the capital of enterprises, except transfer of investment capital being the value of the rights to use agricultural production land or forestland.

2. When transferring investment capital, enterprises or owners of enterprises shall determine the capital amount being the value of land use rights in the total transferred capital amount, and fulfill tax, charge and fee obligations in accordance with law.

Article 40. Conditions for transfer or donation of land use rights of ethnic minority households and individuals that use land allocated by the State under the support policy

1. Ethnic minority households and individuals that use land allocated by the State under the support policy may only transfer or donate land use rights 10 years after land allocation decision is issued if the commune-level People’s Committee of the locality where the land is located certifies that they no longer need to use the land because they move from the commune, ward or township where they reside to other places or they shift to do other trades or they no longer have working capacity.

2. Organizations and individuals may not acquire or be donated land use rights from ethnic minority households or individuals that use land allocated by the State under the support policy if the latter do not fall in the cases eligible for transfer or donation of land use rights as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 41. Conditions for transfer of land use rights under investment projects on construction of houses for sale or for combined sale and lease

1. Conditions for investment projects on construction of houses for sale or for combined sale and lease to transfer land use rights in the form of dividing land parcels for sale include:

a/ The projects comply with district-level annual land use plans;

b/ Project investors shall complete the construction of infrastructure facilities including service, technical and social infrastructure facilities under the approved 1:500 detailed master plans, ensuring the connection with the common infrastructure systems of the areas before transferring land use rights to people for building houses, and ensuring the provision of essential services of electricity and water supply, water drainage and garbage collection;

c/ Projects investors shall fulfill all financial obligations related to the projects’ land, such as land use levy and land rental; and land-related taxes, charges and fees (if any);

d/ The projects are implemented in areas or urban centers of the types eligible for transfer of land use rights in the form of dividing land parcels for sale as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. Investors of projects on construction of houses for sale or for combined sale and lease may transfer land use rights in the form of dividing land parcels for sale in the areas outside the inner districts of special urban centers; areas with strict requirements on landscape architecture, central areas, and around buildings that are prominent architectural points in urban centers; the frontages of regional- or higher-level roads and main landscape roads in urban centers.

3. Households and individuals that acquire land use rights for building houses shall build houses strictly according to the construction permits as well as approved detailed master plans and urban designs.

4. The Ministry of Construction shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in, detailing this Article.

Article 42. Conditions for transfer of land use rights associated with the transfer of part or the whole of investment projects on construction and trading of houses

The transfer of land use rights associated with the transfer of part or the whole of investment projects on construction and trading of houses must satisfy the following conditions:

1. All the conditions prescribed in Clause 1, Article 188 of the Land Law;

2. The investors fulfill all financial obligations related to the projects’ land, such as land use levy and land rental; and land-related taxes, charges and fees (if any).

3. Transferees of land use rights associated with part or the whole of investment projects on construction and trading of houses conduct relevant business lines and satisfy the conditions prescribed in Article 58 of the Land Law and Articles 13 and 14 of this Decree.

Article 43. Handling of land use rights of state enterprises upon equitization

1. State enterprises that are currently using land allocated or leased by the State and are equitized may be allocated land by the State with land use levy under Clauses 2 and 4, Article 55 of the Land Law, or leased land with annual land rental payment or with full one-off rental payment for the entire lease period under Article 56 of the Land Law.

2. The value of land use rights upon equitization shall be handled under the Government’s regulations on equitization of state enterprises, ensuring adherence to the principle that the land price used for determining the value of land use rights is the specific land price decided by provincial-level People’s Committee as prescribed in Clause 3 and Point d, Clause 4, Article 114 of the Land Law.

3. Upon equitization of state enterprises, provincial-level People’s Committees shall review land areas currently used by the enterprises, handle such land areas and grant certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets under Article 102 of the Land Law and Article 25 of this Decree.

Section 2. AGRICULTURAL LAND

Article 44. Quotas for acquisition of agricultural land use rights of households and individuals

Quotas for acquisition of land for cultivation of annual crops, land for cultivation of perennial trees, land for planted production forests, land for aquaculture and land for salt production for each household or individual for agricultural purposes are applicable to the cases of transfer or acquisition of land use rights or debt handling as agreed in land use rights mortgage contracts, specifically as follows:

1. Land for cultivation of annual crops, land for aquaculture or land for salt production:

a/ Not exceeding 30 ha for each type of land, for provinces and centrally run cities in the southeastern region and the Mekong delta region;

b/ Not exceeding 20 ha for each type of land, for remaining provinces and centrally run cities.

2. Land for cultivation of perennial trees:

a/ Not exceeding 100 ha, for delta communes, wards and townships;

b/ Not exceeding 300 ha, for midland and mountainous communes, wards and townships.

3. Land for planted production forests:

a/ Not exceeding 150 ha, for delta communes, wards and townships;

b/ Not exceeding 300 ha, for midland and mountainous communes, wards and townships.

4. In case a household or an individual acquires agricultural land use rights in more than one province or centrally run city, the total area eligible for acquisition within quota for each type of land (land for cultivation of annual crops, land for cultivation of perennial trees, land for planted production forests, land for aquaculture or land for salt production) equals the quota eligible for acquisition of land use rights in the province or centrally run city in which the highest quota eligible for acquisition of land use rights is applicable.

5. In case a household or an individual acquires agricultural land use rights of different types of land (land for cultivation of annual crops, land for cultivation of perennial trees, land for planted production forests, land for aquaculture and land for salt production), the quota for acquisition of agricultural land use rights for this household or individual shall be determined for each type of land as prescribed in Clauses 1,2 and 3 of this Article.

6. Households and individuals that have used agricultural land in excess of the quotas for acquisition of land use rights prescribed in Clauses 1 thru 5 of this Article and had registered to transfer land use rights before July 1, 2007, may continue using the over-quota land areas like agricultural land within the quotas eligible for acquisition.

7. Households and individuals that have used agricultural land in excess of the quotas for acquisition of land use rights prescribed in Clauses 1 thru 5 of this Article and had registered to transfer land use rights between July 1, 2007, and before July 1, 2014, may continue using such land and shall shift to lease land from the State only for the over-quota land areas.

Article 45. Land for rice cultivation

1. Persons who are allocated or leased land specialized in wet rice cultivation by the State for use for non-agricultural purposes shall pay a sum of money for land reclamation and rehabilitation and investment in local infrastructure.

2. The determination and use of the sums of money specified in Clause 1 of this Article must comply with the Government’s regulations on management and use of land for rice cultivation.

Article 46. Management and use of land of agricultural and forestry companies after they are reorganized, renovated and developed to raise their operation efficiency

1. In the course of reorganization, renovation and development to raise their operation efficiency, agricultural and forestry companies that currently use land shall:

a/ Review the current land use status in terms of location and boundary for land management and use; land area used properly; land area used improperly; unused land area; land areas which are currently contracted, leased, lent, encroached upon, occupied, used for joint venture or investment cooperation and are under dispute;

b/ Propose land use plans based on the approved plans on reorganization, renovation and development of agricultural and forestry companies; local land use master plans and land use status.

A land use plan must indicate the location and boundary of land use; land area proposed to be retained for use by type of land, form of land use and land use term; and land area to be handed over to the locality.

c/ Report on land use plans to the natural resources and environment agency for appraisal before submitting them to the provincial-level People’s Committee for approval;

d/ Organize the implementation of the approved land use plans.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall consider and approve land use plans of local agricultural and forestry companies; direct the determination of boundaries, placement of land use boundary landmarks under approved plans, making of land allocation and lease dossiers, and grant of certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land- attached assets to the companies; and decide to recover the land areas handed over to localities under the approved land use plans.

3. The land areas retained by the companies for use under the approved land use plans which are illegally leased or lent; are encroached upon or occupied; or unlawfully used for joint venture or investment cooperation shall be handled as follows:

a/ For the land area which is illegally leased or lent or used by the companies for joint venture or investment cooperation, the companies shall terminate such illegal lease or lending or unlawful use and use the land area for proper purposes;

b/ The land area currently encroached upon or occupied shall be definitely handled and put to use.

4. For the land area handed over to localities, provincial-level People’s Committees shall make plans on its use in the following order of priority:

a/ Building public facilities;

b/ Allocating or leasing to local households and individuals that have no land or lack production land;

c/ Allocating or leasing to current land users if they so wish, provided that such use of land complies with local land use master plans.

Article 47. Inland land with water surface located in different provinces and centrally run cities

1. The use of inland land with water surface located in different provinces and centrally run cities must comply with approved land use master plans and plans and water resources master plans as well as the law on water resources.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees or district-level People’s Committees shall lease inland land with water surface to economic organizations, households or individuals for investment in aquaculture, agricultural production or for combined agricultural and non- agricultural purposes according to their competence defined in Article 59 of the Land Law.

3. Land lessees defined in Clause 2 of this Article shall protect the environment and landscape and ensure that their land use does not affect the main purposes of facilities using inland land with water surface.

Article 48. Riparian and coastal alluvial land

1. District-level People’s Committees shall investigate, survey, monitor and assess the areas of riparian and coastal alluvial land that are regularly deposited or affected by landslide in order to make plans for land exploitation and use.

2. Competent state agencies shall consider and decide on lease of riparian and coastal alluvial land that are regularly deposited or affected by landslides to persons who need such land.

3. The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment shall detail the use of riparian and coastal alluvial land.

Section 3. NON-AGRICULTURAL LAND

Article 49. Use of land for construction of condominiums

1. Land for construction of condominiums or condominiums for combined residence and use as offices or trade and service establishments (below referred to as condominiums) includes land for construction of condominiums, land for use as yards and for planting flowers and trees around condominiums, and land for construction of infrastructure facilities.

2. Investors of condominium construction projects shall be allocated or leased land and granted certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets for the land area under these projects according to the following provisions:

a/ For the area of land for construction of condominiums and land for construction of infrastructure facilities used by investors for commercial purposes under the projects and approved detailed master plans, the investors shall be allocated or leased such land by the State and shall pay land use levy or land rental; they shall also be granted certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets;

b/ For the area of land used for roads and other infrastructure facilities serving people living in and outside the condominiums which is not used by investors for the provision of services under the investment projects, the investors shall be allocated or leased such land by the State for management and construction of facilities and do not have to pay land use levy or land rental; they shall not be granted certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets; the investors shall hand over such land to localities for management after completing the construction under the investment projects, detailed construction master plans and land allocation or lease decisions of competent agencies.

3. Land use rights and the grant of certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets under projects on construction of condominiums for sale or for combined sale and lease must comply with the following provisions:

a/ Investors shall hand over the land area under common use rights of owners of apartments, offices and trade and service establishments in the condominiums (below referred to as apartments), covering the area of land for construction of condominiums, land for use as yards and for planting flowers and trees around the condominiums and land for construction of infrastructure facilities outside the condominiums which directly serve the condominiums, to apartment owners for management and use under the investment projects. Investors shall clearly determine the locations, boundaries and land areas under common use rights under the investment projects, detailed construction master plans and layout designs for submission to competent agencies for approval; and in house purchase and sale contracts and as-built drawings for carrying out the procedures for grant of certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets to the purchasers.

b/ Land use rights mentioned at Point a of this Clause are common use rights which cannot be divided. The ratio of land use rights shall be the ratio of the area of an apartment to the total floor area of all apartments in a condominium. The use and disposition of land use rights in a condominium shall be decided by the majority of persons representing the ratio of land use rights but must serve the common interests of the community and comply with law;

c/ Apartment owners shall be granted certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets for the land area under common use as prescribed at Point a of this Clause for a long and stable term; the area of apartments shall be determined based on apartment purchase and sale contracts;

d/ Upon grant of certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land- attached assets to apartment purchasers, the certificates already granted to investors prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article shall be adjusted to the form of common use for the land area specified at Point a of this Clause.

The land area under housing development projects outside the areas specified at Point b of Clause 2 and Point a of this Clause shall come under the use rights of investors, for which investors shall be granted certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets.

Article 50. Land for national defense or security purposes

1. Users of land for national defense or security purposes are defined as follows:

a/ Units under the Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of Public Security shall be users of land for military barracks, except the case specified at Point c of this Clause; land for military bases; land for national defense works, battle fields and special works of national defense and security; public-duty houses of people’s armed forces; and land in the areas allocated by the Government exclusively to the Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of Public Security for management, protection and use;

b/ Units directly using land are land users for land used for military railway stations and ports; land for industrial and science and technology facilities directly serving national defense and security; land for warehouses for people’s armed forces; land for shooting grounds, training grounds, and weapon testing or weapon destroying sites; land for construction of schools, hospitals and sanitaria of the people’s armed forces; land for detention and re-education institutions managed by the Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of Public Security;

c/ Military commands of provinces or centrally run cities; military commands of districts, towns or provincial cities; public security departments of provinces or centrally run cities; public security offices of districts, towns or provincial cities; public security offices of wards or townships; and border guard stations are users of land for construction of their offices.

2. Land for national defense or security purposes shall be properly used. For unused or improperly used land areas, provincial-level People’s Committees shall notify land users to put the land to proper use; 12 months after receiving such notification, if land users fail to put the land to proper use, provincial-level People’s Committees shall recover such land for allocation to others for use.

3. If wishing to change the land use purpose within the national defense or security land areas under approved master plans or plans on use of land for national defense or security purposes, land users shall submit written requests for permission for change of the land use purpose to provincial-level Natural Resources and Environment Departments, enclosed with written opinions of the Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of Public Security.

4. Land currently managed and used by people’s armed force units but not under approved master plans on use of land for national defense or security purposes shall be handed over to localities for management and handled as follows:

a/ For land areas already allocated for households of officers and soldiers of the people’s armed force units for building houses under approved land use master plans or plans, the land users shall be granted certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land- attached assets and shall fulfill all financial obligations prescribed by law;

b/ For land for non-agricultural production and business purposes which is currently used by national defense or security enterprises, these enterprises shall shift to lease such land under production and business plans approved by the Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of Public Security;

c/ For land areas not specified at Points a and b of this Clause, provincial-level People’s Committees shall decide to recover them for allocation or lease for use in accordance with law.

4. Competent state agencies shall definitely handle disputed land areas for identifying land users.

Article 51. Land for industrial parks, export-processing zones and industrial clusters

1. The use term of land in industrial parks, export-processing zones and industrial clusters must correspond to the term of investment projects.

In case the term of an investment project is longer than the remaining use term of land of the industrial park, export-processing zone or industrial cluster, the enterprise that builds and commercially operates infrastructure of such industrial park, export-processing zone or industrial cluster shall seek permission from a competent state agency for adjustment of the land use term as appropriate, provided that the total land use term must not exceed 70 years, and it shall pay land use levy or land rental for the area eligible for use term extension.

2. Self-financed public non-business units that are assigned by competent agencies to build and commercially operate infrastructure of industrial parks or industrial clusters and are leased land by the State may sublease such land after having invested in infrastructure facilities therein.

3. Annually, enterprises that build and commercially operate infrastructure of industrial parks, export-processing zones or industrial clusters shall report to provincial-level People’s Committees and publicize the land areas not yet leased or subleased in such industrial parks, export-processing zones or industrial clusters on the websites of the enterprises and localities.

Article 52. Land for hi-tech zones

1. The use term of land for implementing projects on production and trading of hi-tech products; hi-tech research, development and application and training of human resources in hi-tech zones must comply with Articles 125 and 126 of the Land Law.

2. Land management responsibilities of hi-tech zone management boards are prescribed as follows:

a/ To coordinate with organizations in charge of compensation and ground clearance in providing compensation, support and resettlement;

b/ To submit to provincial-level People’s Committees for decision land use levy or land rental exemption and reduction for each project;

c/ To recover the leased land from land users that commit violations of the land law as prescribed at Points a, b, c, d, e, g and i, Clause 1, Article 64 of the Land Law; or from land users that terminate land use under law or voluntarily return land as prescribed at Points a, b, c and d, Clause 1, Article 65 of the Land Law; to manage the recovered land areas prescribed at this Point;

d/ To decide to allocate land without land use levy to users of land in hi-tech zones in the cases prescribed in Clauses 2 and 3, Article 54 of the Land Law;

dd/ To establish the order and administrative procedures related to land in hi-tech zones;

e/ To send land allocation, land lease or land use term extension decisions and extracts of cadastral maps or extracts of cadastral measurements of land areas to the land registration office for registration in the cadastral records and updating of the land database, and submit dossiers to competent agencies for grant of certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets.

3. Inspection, and settlement of land-related complaints, denunciations and disputes in hi-tech zones must comply with the laws on complaints, denunciations and land.

4. For hi-tech zones established and allocated land under decisions of provincial-level People’s Committees before July 1, 2014, the land management and use must comply with the following provisions:

a/ Hi-tech zone management boards shall comply with Points a, c, d, dd and e, Clause 2, of this Article; and may continue implementing the approved construction master plans;

b/ Hi-tech zone management boards may decide on land rental rates provided that the land price used for land rental calculation is not lower than the land price in the land price table prescribed by the provincial-level People’s Committee; and decide on land rental exemption and reduction for each project according to the Government’s regulations.

Article 53. Land for economic zones

1. Land management responsibilities of economic zone management boards are prescribed as follows:

a/ To coordinate with organizations in charge of compensation and ground clearance in providing compensation, support and resettlement;

b/ To decide on land use levy and land rental rates provided that the land price used for land use levy or land rental calculation is not lower than the land price in the land price table prescribed by the provincial-level People’s Committee; and on land use levy or land rental exemption and reduction for each project in case of land re-allocation or lease according to the Government’s regulations;

c/ To recover the re-allocated or leased land from land users that commit violations of the land law as prescribed at Points a, b, c, d, e, g and i, Clause 1, Article 64 of the Land Law; or from land users that terminate land use under law or voluntarily return land as prescribed at Points a, b, c and d, Clause 1, Article 65 of the Land Law; to manage the recovered land areas prescribed at this Point;

d/ To establish the order and administrative procedures related to land in economic zones;

e/ To send land allocation, land lease or land use term extension decisions and extracts of cadastral maps or extracts of cadastral measurements of the land area to the land registration office for registration in the cadastral records and updating of the land database, and submit dossiers to competent agencies for grant of certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets.

2. Inspection and settlement of land-related complaints, denunciations and disputes in economic zones must comply with the laws on complaints, denunciations and land.

3. The management and use of other land outside the functional areas of economic zones and other tasks related to the management of land in economic zones shall be performed by administrative agencies at all levels in accordance with the land law.

Article 54. Land for implementation of build-transfer (BT) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects

1. The State shall allocate land areas to investors for implementing BT projects; investors are not required to pay land use levy or land rental during the construction of facilities under approved projects and shall preserve the land areas allocated to them for management and use strictly according to the purposes indicated in the projects.

The transfer of facilities and land areas under these projects shall be conducted within the time limit written in approved investment projects or the extended time limit for transfer as permitted by competent state agencies. Past the time limit for transfer, if the investors fail to transfer, they shall lease land from the State, with the time of land lease starting from the end of the time of construction of facilities under the approved projects.

2. The State shall allocate or lease land to investors for implementation of BOT projects; investors are entitled to exemption from or reduction of land use levy or land rental under the Government’s regulations.

3. Persons who are transferred facilities for use and operation shall be allocated or leased land by the State or assigned to manage land areas with such facilities in accordance with the land law.

Article 55. Land for civil airports and airfields

1. Based on approved detailed master plans on airports and airfields, the Ministry of Transport shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of National Defense in, directing the determination of boundaries of areas exclusively used for civil activities and areas commonly used for civil and military activities under civil management.

2. Land used for the purposes specified at Points a and b, Clause 1, Article 156 of the Land Law shall be allocated for a stable and long term; land used for the purposes specified at Points c and d, Clause 1, Article 156 of the Land Law shall be leased for a term not exceeding 50 years. Upon the expiration of the land lease term, the current users may be considered for extension of the land lease term if they wish to continue using land.

3. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall decide on rent rates for land in airports and airfields in accordance with the land law.

4. For land areas allocated by provincial-level People’s Committees, airport authorities shall:

a/ Manage and use land properly and effectively;

b/ Examine the use of land and the fulfillment of land-related financial obligations by organizations and individuals that are allocated or leased land by the airport authorities;

c/ Decide to recover land from those that are allocated land by the airport authorities that fall in the cases specified at Points a, b, e, g and i, Clause 1, Article 64, and Points a, b, c and d, Clause 1, Article 65, of the Land Law. Decide to terminate land lease contracts with those breaching the contracts.

5. Inspection and settlement of complaints, denunciations and disputes related to land of airports and airfields must comply with the laws on complaints, denunciations and land.

6. The Ministry of Transport shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in, detailing this Article.

Article 56. Land for construction of public facilities with safety protection corridors

1. For land for safety protection corridors of public facilities under decisions of competent state agencies while such facilities do not use surface land, land shall be leased only during the construction of the facilities.

2. Pursuant to competent state agencies’ regulations on the scope of safety protection corridors of facilities, organizations directly managing facilities with safety protection corridors shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with People’s Committees of localities where the facilities are built in, drawing plans on placement of boundary landmarks to specifically determine safety protection corridors and submit such plans to provincial-level People’s Committees of localities where the facilities are built, for approval; and at the same time, to notify People’s Committees at all levels of localities where the facilities are built, for coordination in the protection of their safety corridors.

3. Within 30 working days after having plans on placement of boundary landmarks to specifically determine safety protection corridors approved by provincial-level People’s Committees, organizations directly managing facilities with safety protection corridors shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with district-level People’s Committees and commune-level People’s Committees of localities where the facilities are built in, publicizing boundary landmarks of facilities protection corridors and place boundary landmarks in the field, then deliver such boundary landmarks to commune-level People’s Committees of localities where the facilities are built, for management.

4. Organizations directly managing facilities with safety protection corridors shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with commune-level People’s Committees and district-level Natural Resources and Environment Divisions of localities where the facilities are built in, reviewing the land use status within their safety protection corridors in order to propose handling measures to competent state agencies according to the following provisions:

a/ In case the use of land affects the safety protection of facilities or in case the operation of facilities directly affects the life or health of land users, agencies in charge of state management of such facilities shall appraise the level of impacts, and, if land recovery is needed, propose competent People’s Committees to decide on recovery of such land. Persons having land recovered are entitled to compensation and support for land and land-attached assets which already exist before the facilities’ safety corridors are publicized, and to resettlement in accordance with law.

In case the use of land affects the safety protection of facilities, their owners and land users shall take remedies. Facility owners shall take responsibility for such remedy; if they are unable to take remedies, the State shall recover land and persons having land recovered are entitled to compensation, support and resettlement in accordance with law;

b/ In the cases of land use not specified at Point a of this Clause, current users of land within facility safety protection corridors may continue using such land according to the set purposes and shall comply with regulations on facilities safety protection;

c/ Certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets shall be granted for land within facility safety protection corridors in case the conditions for grant of such certificates are fully met in accordance with the Land Law, unless land recovery notices of decisions have been issued.

Persons who are granted certificates of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets may only use the land under Point b of this Clause.

5. Agencies and organizations directly managing facilities with safety protection corridors shall take main responsibility for the safety protection of the facilities. In case the safety protection corridors are encroached, occupied or illegally used, they shall promptly report the case to commune-level People’s Committees of localities where exist such corridors, for handling.

6. Chairpersons of People’s Committees at all levels of localities where facilities with safety protection corridors are located shall:

a/ Detect and promptly handle cases of encroaching upon, occupying or illegally using land areas within the safety protection corridors; promptly stop the illegal building of facilities on the land of the safety protection corridors; and force violators to restore the original status of land;

b/ Coordinate with agencies or organizations directly managing the facilities in disseminating regulations on safety protection of facilities and in publicizing boundary landmarks of the facilities’ safety protection corridors;

c/ Chairpersons of People’s Committees at all levels shall take joint responsibility for the cases of encroaching upon, occupying or illegally using land areas within the safety protection corridors of facilities in their localities in accordance with law.

7. The temporary use of land for construction of public facilities with safety protection corridors shall be agreed upon by construction units and land users in accordance with the civil law.

Article 57. Use of land for construction of underground facilities

Based on land use master plans and plans, master plans on space for urban underground construction and other relevant master plans approved by competent state agencies, provincial- level People’s Committees shall decide to allocate or lease land for the construction of underground facilities according to the following provisions:

1. Economic organizations, overseas Vietnamese and foreign-invested enterprises may be leased land by the State with annual land use levy or full one-off rental payment for the entire lease term if they use land to construct underground facilities for commercial purposes.

2. Economic organizations, overseas Vietnamese and foreign-invested enterprises may be allocated land by the State without land use levy if they use land to construct underground facilities not for commercial purposes.

3. The use of land for the construction of underground facilities in the form of BT or BOT projects must comply with Article 54 of this Decree.

Section 4. MANAGEMENT OF UNUSED LAND AND PUTTING OF UNUSED LAND TO USE

Article 58. Management of unused land

1. Unused land includes unused flatland, unused hilly and mountainous land and rocky mountains with no forests.

2. Annually, commune-level People’s Committees shall report on the management and exploitation of unused land areas to district-level People’s Committees.

Article 59. Measures to put unused land to use under approved land use plans

1. The State shall adopt policies on infrastructure investment in border, island, deep- lying, remote and highland areas, areas having much land but sparsely inhabited, and areas with difficult natural conditions in order to put unused land to use; and to exempt or reduce land use levy or land rental for cases of allocation or lease of unused land for use.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall use revenues collected from the change of land under wet rice cultivation into land used for other purposes and other lawful funding sources for the reclamation, rehabilitation and use of unused land.