The President decrees to allocate area on the Eastern coast of the Caspian sea with defined administrative and territorial boundaries and with particular legal status with a view of creation of the national tourist area “Avaza”. Legal and natural persons shall operate in the aforesaid tourist…

This Ministerial Decree establishes liability and compensation for damages caused to soil by introducing multipliers for different soil types classified as follows: (a) urban land; (b) agricultural land; (c) forested land; and (d) pastures. Polluter pays principle shall be applicable to those…

This Law establishes that land plot ownership right shall be attested by privatization documents in case of absence of such in accordance with cadastre plan elaborated by state land survey service. Privatization documents and cadastre plan shall be the grounds for registration of ownership right…

This Act lays down basic provisions on land tenure, both rural and urban. All land in Viet Nam is the property of the State, but individual and corporate users, both domestic and foreign, can obtain from the State usufructuary rights under lease-type contractual arrangements (art. 1). Long-term…

This Regulation sets forth rules and procedures in implementation of Law No. 5685 on geothermal resources and natural mineral waters. Geothermal and natural mineral waters belong to the State and therefore a special licence is required to carry out exploration and exploitation activities. The…

This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of land reclamation, soil rehabilitation and subsequent re-utilization thereof for agricultural, forestry and other purposes. Objects of reclamation shall be disturbed land that after a complex of land reclamation arrangements shall be returned…

Touches on the Australian Governments’ overseas aid program to assist developing countries reduce poverty and its land programs in Asia.

Discusses Japan’s official development assistance in Asia on Land, agriculture and rural development.

This paper discusses the country strategies and program frameworks of three intergovernmental agencies, the European Com mission (EC), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank (WB), as related to land access and rural development in Asia. It focuses on six…

This Presidential Decree amends the Law on Land expropriation.Minor amendments have been made to article 3 and 12.Article 13 has been substituted with a new article dealing with the distribution of land plots to individuals whose lands or houses have been expropriated.Articles 16 and 17 have…

This Law regulates land expropriation for public use purposes.The Council of Minister shall expropriate land totally or partly for public purposes such as: the construction of manufacturing institutions, highways, pipelines sewerage canalizations; and mining and extraction from underground…

This Decree provides for the distribution and sale of state owned land for residential houses and for commercial or multi-storied buildings.According to the Decree, individuals who do not own any house or land may be eligible for land allocation from the state.The Decree regulates how and where…