Under the current Land Law, the assistance provided by the State when land is recovered only includes support for stable living and production for land users; support for vocational training, career conversion, and job search for land users; resettlement support; and other forms of support depending on each specific case. (Article 83 of the 2013 Land Law)
However, the 2024 Land Law has specified and added some additional support for people whose land is recovered. The 2024 Land Law will come into effect on January 1, 2025.
Accordingly, Article 108 of the 2024 Land Law has amended the regulations on support provided by the State when land is recovered, including: Support for stable living; support for stable production, business; support for relocating livestock; support for demolition, removal, relocation as prescribed; support for vocational training, career conversion, and job search.
Resettlement support is provided in cases specified in Clause 8 of Article 111 of this Law (cases where individuals whose residential land is recovered have to move their residence and are compensated with residential land or resettlement houses but the compensation amount for residential land is not sufficient compared to the value of a minimum resettlement unit will be supported by the State with the amount needed to be allocated a minimum resettlement unit).
In addition to the current support for stable living and production; vocational training, career conversion, job search…, the 2024 Land Law further supplements other support for people whose land is recovered:
– Support for relocating livestock;
– Support for demolition, removal, relocation for construction works attached to land under construction permits with a limited period under construction laws that have expired at the time the land is recovered.
Furthermore, the 2024 Land Law has removed the requirement for the working age of individuals directly engaged in agricultural production when providing vocational training, career conversion, and job search support.
It also adds provisions on vocational training, career conversion, and job search support for individuals who are social support beneficiaries, monthly social allowance recipients, war veterans, disabled veterans, and families of martyrs.
Regarding vocational training, career conversion, and job search support for households, individuals whose land is recovered, Article 109 of the 2024 Land Law stipulates that support shall not exceed 5 times the price of the same type of agricultural land in the local land price table for the entire area of agricultural land recovered, but not exceeding the limit of agricultural land allocated at the local level for the following entities:
Households, individuals directly engaged in agricultural production using agricultural land allocated, received by assignment, inheritance, donation, recognized land use rights when the State recovers land and there is no land for compensation, they have been compensated with money;
Individuals who are social support beneficiaries, monthly social allowance recipients, war veterans, disabled veterans, and families of martyrs when the State recovers agricultural land and there is no land for compensation, they have been compensated with money;
Households, individuals using land received by land assignment for agricultural, forestry, aquaculture purposes (excluding special-use and protective forests) from state-owned agricultural and forestry farms or agricultural and forestry companies converted from state-owned agricultural and forestry farms directly engaged in agricultural production and have a stable income from agricultural production on that land…
Households, individuals using land received by land assignment from agricultural production corporations, agricultural cooperatives directly engaged in agricultural production and have a stable income from agricultural production on that land.
The specific level of support shall be prescribed by the provincial People’s Committees based on the actual conditions of the locality.
