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The Law includes 146 articles divided into seven Chapters: General Provisions (I). State's rights to land and State management over land (II), divided into the following Sections: Compilation and management of administrative boundary dossiers and assorted land-related maps (1); Land use planning, plans (2); Land assignment, land lease, change of land use purposes (3); Land recovery (4); Registration of land use rights, compilation and management of cadastral dossiers, granting of land use right certificates, land statistics and inventory (5); Land related finance and land prices (6); Land use rights in the real estate market (7); Organizing land management Agencies (8). Regime of using land of assorted categories (III), divided into four Sections: Land use duration (1); Agricultural land (2); Non-agricultural land (3); Unused land (4). Rights and obligations of Land Users (IV), divided into the following Sections: General provisions on rights and obligations of land users (1); Rights and obligations of land-using organizations (2); Rights and obligations of land using households, individuals, population communities (3); Rights and obligations of overseas Vietnamese, foreign organizations and individuals that use land (4). Administrative procedures for land management and use (V). Inspection, settlement of land disputes, complaints, denunciations and handling of violations of land legislation (VI), divided into the following Sections: Land Inspection (1); Settlement of land related disputes, complaints, denunciations (2). Implementation Provisions (VII).The provisions of the Law apply to State Agencies dealing with the management and use of lands, to land users both national and non nationals, individuals or households or companies/organizations and all other entities dealing with land management and use. They cover all the rights, traditional, customary or acquired of land users, their obligations, complaints and offences. Management of land includes prioritization in order to enhance and support less favoured areas and individuals, the expropriation and compensation, the rational use of land resources, the variation of destination of use, land use planning and administrative and legal proceedings.
Implemented by: Decree No. 188/2004/ND-CP on methods of determining land prices and assorted-land price brackets. (2004-11-16)
Implemented by: Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP on collection of land use levies. (2004-12-03)
Implemented by: Decree No. 182/2004/ND-CP on sanctioning of administrative violations in the land domain. (2004-10-29)
Implemented by: Decree No. 105/2009/ND-CP on the sanctioning of administrative violations in the land domain. (2009-11-11)
Implemented by: Directive No. 05/2004/CT-TTg on organizing the implementation of the 2003 Land Law. (2004-02-09)
Implemented by: Decree No. 181/2004/ND-CP on the implementation of the Land Law. (2004-10-29)
Implemented by: Circular No. 117/2004/TT-BTC guiding the implementation of the Government's Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP on land use levy collection. (2004-12-07)
Implemented by: Decree No. 197/2004/ND-CP on compensation, support and resettlement when land is recovered by the State. (2004-12-03)
Amended by: Order No. 10/2009/L-CTN on the promulgation of the Law amending and supplementing article 126 of the Housing Law and article 121 of the Land Law. (2009-06-29)
Amended by: Order No. 10/2008/L-CTN on the promulgation of the Law on Compulsory Purchase and Requisition of Property. (2008-06-19)
Repealed by: Land Law No. 45/2013/QH13. (2014-07-01)
Repeals: Land Law. (1993-07-14)
Repeals: Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law (No. 10 of 1998). (1998-12-02)
Repeals: Decree No. 66/2001/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 04/2000/ND-CP on the enforcement of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law. (2001-09-28)
