Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The United Kingdom’s experience inland registration and land information system (LIS) was shared at a seminarco-hosted by the Vietnam General Department of Land Administration and the UKEmbassy in Vietnam on August 31.
In her opening remarks, Deputy Minister of Natural Resourcesand Environment Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa said that the implementation of the LandLaw 2013, land registration work and the building of the LIS have so far gainedpositive results.
More than 70 percent of the nation’s surface area has beenmeasured and mapped, while 96.9 percent of land that requires certification ofland ownership certified.
A total of 117 out of the 713 administrative units at thedistrict level in 32 cities and provinces have officially put land-relateddatabases into use. The databases of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the northern cityof Hai Phong, the central city of Da Nang, and Binh Duong, as well as BaRia-Vung Tau and Vinh Long provinces have been connected to the Vietnam GeneralDepartment of Taxation, Hoa said.
Victoria Abbott, a representative from HM Land Registry ofthe UK, shared that her office has only one land registration system with 14bureaus across the country.
Maintaining the system is complicated work, as landregistration is related to ensuring the upkeep of land use rights. Along withobeying legal regulations, land planning and withdrawal may depend on politicalpriorities, she said.
The official stressed that the registration of land-userights aims to balance and protect people’s rights related to land, within thelegal framework.
Joy Bailey, also from the UK’s land registry office, saidthat the Vietnam General Department of Land Administration could considerapplying a similar approach.
LIS may have bureaus across the nation, but is controlled byonly one office to ensure consistency, she added.
At the seminar, participants also made recommendations ondevelopment orientations for land administration in general, and on landregistration and the building of LIS in particular. –VNA
In her opening remarks, Deputy Minister of Natural Resourcesand Environment Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa said that the implementation of the LandLaw 2013, land registration work and the building of the LIS have so far gainedpositive results.
More than 70 percent of the nation’s surface area has beenmeasured and mapped, while 96.9 percent of land that requires certification ofland ownership certified.
A total of 117 out of the 713 administrative units at thedistrict level in 32 cities and provinces have officially put land-relateddatabases into use. The databases of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the northern cityof Hai Phong, the central city of Da Nang, and Binh Duong, as well as BaRia-Vung Tau and Vinh Long provinces have been connected to the Vietnam GeneralDepartment of Taxation, Hoa said.
Victoria Abbott, a representative from HM Land Registry ofthe UK, shared that her office has only one land registration system with 14bureaus across the country.
Maintaining the system is complicated work, as landregistration is related to ensuring the upkeep of land use rights. Along withobeying legal regulations, land planning and withdrawal may depend on politicalpriorities, she said.
The official stressed that the registration of land-userights aims to balance and protect people’s rights related to land, within thelegal framework.
Joy Bailey, also from the UK’s land registry office, saidthat the Vietnam General Department of Land Administration could considerapplying a similar approach.
LIS may have bureaus across the nation, but is controlled byonly one office to ensure consistency, she added.
At the seminar, participants also made recommendations ondevelopment orientations for land administration in general, and on landregistration and the building of LIS in particular. –VNA
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