According to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (TNMT), under Article 4 of the 2024 Land Law, land users include organizations and individuals, meaning that households are no longer considered land users as they were under the 2013 Land Law.
Regarding the draft decision’s land allocation limits for individuals, the TNMT stated that these are maximum limits, and actual allocations may be lower depending on local circumstances. Prior to land allocation, detailed 1/500 planning must be ensured to fit local realities and construction standards.
Housing density in Ho Chi Minh City’s inner city areas is already high (Photo: Van Son)
On July 22, 2024, the TNMT issued a document seeking feedback from relevant departments, agencies, and the People’s Committees of districts, counties, and Thu Duc City. The full text of the proposed proposal and decision was also posted on the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee’s and TNMT’s electronic portals for feedback from agencies, organizations, and individuals as per regulations.
The feedback received largely agreed with the draft’s allocation limits. The department is currently consolidating feedback, finalizing the draft, and sending it to the Department of Justice for expedited review, with plans to submit it to the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee for approval in August.
The TNMT proposed reducing land allocation limits and narrowing the scope of administrative units corresponding to each allocation limit due to the following reasons: Districts 2, 9, and Thu Duc have merged to form Thu Duc City; there is now a limited amount of land available for allocation to individuals; and Districts 7, 12, Binh Tan, and Thu Duc City are rapidly urbanizing, with housing development patterns similar to those in Districts 6, 8, Go Vap, and Binh Thanh.
Additionally, the density and land fund for housing construction in planned urban areas in Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Nha Be, and Can Gio counties are comparable to, if not higher than, those in the township areas of these counties. Meanwhile, the demand for residential land to build houses is extremely high across the city, but the amount of unallocated residential land is low.
- For Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, Go Vap, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, Tan Binh, Tan Phu, Binh Tan, and Thu Duc City: the limit is up to 160 square meters per household.
- For townships in Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Nha Be, and Can Gio counties, and planned urban areas in these counties: the limit is up to 200 square meters per household.
- For rural residential areas in the communes of Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Nha Be, and Can Gio counties: the limit is up to 250 square meters per household.
