Vietnam Land Administration Project

It is important to maintain and protect a land-owner’s interests and rights in their allocated land to sustain production, market value and socio-economic improvement. This Land Administration project will ultimately improve and develop the human-to-land relationship in many areas, including socio-economic standards, legal principles relating to landowner rights and the development of further spatial data infrastructure in Vietnam. There is an ongoing need to regulate and control land use planning and land allocation in Vietnam Even though this process has been undertaken for many centuries there is paramount need to improve efficiency, practicality and sustainability. The Land Law 2003, is a promising piece of legislation towards developing Vietnam’s land market value and land use control, however there are still many issues yet to be fully addressed. Although the policies have been defined, the land registry network remains weak and distorted and in need of more intelligent administration and management. As sexual discrimination is unacceptable in any modern society, policy reform and further application is needed in this area as well. A further issue, but of no less priority, is the irregularity, outdated nature and incompleteness of the spatial system (map) that covers all areas of Vietnam. Our goal is to develop ongoing support both financially and intellectually for servicing an efficient land registry network, an updated cadastral system and legal assessment of critical socio-economic factors. This goal, once achieved, should develop a more positive community response to land administration, a willingness to adopt registration practices and awareness of socio-economic dilemmas such as gender equity. Vietnam is in an era of immense change in regard to its land administration processes, ultimately leading it towards a market-orientated economy situated in a Socialist environment – a conflict of interests the world has not yet seen succeed. For this reason, the global community must take a keen interest in supporting Vietnam’s progress for the sake of preventing a global mono-culture of administrations.

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