January 18, 2012
After decades spent on reclaiming wasteland, farmers reacted violently to authorities seeking to revoke land Police officials and soldiers checking for mine at on the farmland of Doan Van Vuon in Hai Phong City’s Tien Lang District. Vuon’s relatives reportedly set mines and shot at police officials and soldiers revoking their farmland under a [...]
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November 27, 2010
A scavenger of recyclable items wanders through an industrial zone in central Vietnam. A recent foreign-backed study of Vietnam’s land system found what the people already know: it’s a disaster. A recent study has found that land management corruption has become a “source of social instability” in Vietnam. Experts warn that corruption within Vietnam’s land [...]
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February 5, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Production Services Import-Export Joint Stock Company (Haprosimex) has been denounced for leasing out public land to illegally earn billions of dong. Haprosimex signed a contract on leasing the building to NEM Fashion Company for 34 yearsThe Hanoi Department for Natural Resources and the Environment has submitted a report on the [...]
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January 16, 2010
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has rejected an information that parishioners of the Dong Chiem Parish were suppressed. Hanoi Big Church in Nha Tho Street in Hoan Kiem district (Photo: VNA)“Local authorities did not suppress Dong Chiem parishioners,” VNA said in its announcement released on January 15. It also said, “the wrongful information was produced [...]
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July 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to introduce the one title deed for both land use rights and house ownership as of October 1 this year. The new document would replace the current red and pink books for land-use and house ownership certificates.The new document would replace the current red and [...]
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June 18, 2009
National Assembly deputies on June 18 approved the revised bills on cinematography, cultural heritage housing and land, and the bills on Vietnamese representative offices abroad and State responsibility toward compensation. VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies at the current National Assembly session on June 18 approved the revised bills on cinematography, cultural heritage housing and land, and [...]
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June 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Overriding concerns that making it easier for overseas Vietnamese to purchases homes in Vietnam could lead to money laundering or speculation, the National Assembly has approved Government-proposed changes to the Housing Law and Land Law. Many deputies asked the NA to consider if allowing more overseas Vietnamese to purchase houses would cause a [...]
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June 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The National Assembly has backed proposed changes to the Housing Law and Land Law which would allow more Viet kieu or overseas Vietnamese to buy houses in the country. Many deputies asked the NA to consider if allowing more overseas Vietnamese to purchase houses would cause a real estate market fluctuation and have [...]
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May 23, 2009
Issues of house ownership by overseas Vietnamese were discussed by the National Assembly on May 22, including an expansion of the list of overseas Vietnamese entitled to own houses in Vietnam and compensation for them in case of land acquisition. There are as many as three million Vietnamese living abroad, but after three years since [...]
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April 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The National Assembly Standing Committee discussed proposed changes to the Housing Law and the Land Law yesterday intended to make living and doing business in Viet Nam easier for Viet kieu, or overseas Vietnamese. A view of the twin tower of The Manor apartment building in Ha Noi. Lawmakers are considering was to [...]
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