Accordingly, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently signed and promulgated Official Telegram No.360/CD-TTg dated May 2, 2023 on the results of the implementation of the assigned land use plan norms, the use norms that need to be adjusted in the land use plan up to 2030 and the land use scheme up to 2025.
According to the Official Telegram, upon implementation of Resolution No.39/2021 of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister issued Decision No.326 allocating national land use quotas for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 and the land use scheme for 5 years 2021-2025.
However, up to now, a number of provinces and centrally-run cities have written requests for adjustment of land use planning norms to 2030 and proposed adjustment of land use plan norms to 2025, focusing on in the target of using land for industrial parks, land for traffic, land for physical training and sports, land for energy projects, land for high-tech parks, land for rice cultivation, land of three types of forests, defense land, and security land.
Besides, according to Article 15 of Resolution No.81/2023 of the National Assembly on the national master plan for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, it is required that the plans in the national planning system approved by competent authorities in line with the provisions of the Law on Planning must be reviewed and adjusted accordingly, ensuring consistency with the national master plan.
In order to ensure the land fund for investment attraction, socio-economic development to meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization of the country, developing a synchronous infrastructure system and promoting resources from the land, the Prime Minister requested the work to be done to ensure the land fund for investment attraction, socio-economic development and infrastructure system development and mobilization of resources from land.
Firstly, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces, districts and cities urgently direct functional agencies to include land use targets in provincial planning, submit them for appraisal and approval in accordance with laws. They shall take full responsibility for aggregate data, the proposal to include land use targets in the planning, and the efficient and economical exploitation, use of the land fund must be performed in accordance with the plan.
Programming for approval of the provincial 5-year land use plan 2021-2025; reviewing and adjusting the district-level annual land use master plans and plans to serve as a basis for land allocation or land lease, and for granting permits to changes of land use purposes to meet the needs of socio-economic development.
Evaluation is performed on the performance results on the basis of allocated land use norms (including occupancy rates of industrial parks, clusters, economic zone, high-tech parks; land use rates for other production and business goals, infrastructure development, etc.)
In case the need for land use arises compared to the allocated land norms, localities must send it to be reported to the Prime Minister.
Second, after summarizing reports on land use need of localities, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries in reviewing and advising the Government to submit to the National Assembly for consideration, review and adjustment of the national land use plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 and the national land use plan at the upcoming October meeting.
Thirdly, the Ministers of Planning and Investment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Construction, Transport, Ministers and Heads of the Government Office and relevant ministries and sectors shall cooperate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to report the Government, submit to the National Assembly for consideration and adjustment of the national land use master plan and plan to 2030.
Finally, the ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the agencies under the Government, the chairmen of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities are accountable to the Prime Minister and the law for organizing the implementation.