On June 15, at the National Training Conference on the Organization and Operations of Party, Government, Fatherland Front, and Political Societies at the Commune Level, Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy reported on the basic contents regarding the implementation of decentralization and delegation of authority in the fields of agriculture and the environment in the context of the two-level local government.
Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Do Duc Duy |
Mr. Do Duc Duy stated that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment reviewed 1,055 legal documents and clearly defined 141 competencies of the Government and the Prime Minister, 500 competencies under the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and 1,000 competencies and tasks of local governments.
Based on these results, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment submitted to the Government for issuance of three foundational decrees: Decree 136/2025 on decentralization and delegation of state management authority in the fields of agriculture and the environment; Decree 131/2025 stipulating the authority of the two-level local governments; and Decree 151/2025 related to decentralization and delegation of authority in the field of land.
In parallel, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is urgently completing and promulgating, within its competence, 18 circulars amending and supplementing the specialized circulars to decentralize authority from the Minister to local governments, especially in handling administrative procedures for organizations and individuals and prescribing dossiers and forms for implementing administrative procedures of the above-mentioned three decrees.
Minister Do Duc Duy said that Decree 131 and Decree 151 will clearly delineate the tasks between the provincial and communal levels in the context of the absence of the district level. This includes allocating 192 competencies and tasks from the district-level government to the new communal-level government and partly to the provincial level.
In addition, the two decrees redefine some common competencies and tasks, as well as specific ones, within the same level of government to align with the principles of authority delineation stipulated in the Law on Local Government Organization.
“The People’s Committee at the communal level shall not require citizens to rectify their land-related documents due to changes in local government organization at the two levels,” emphasized Mr. Do Duc Duy. “All valid land-related documents will remain in effect. Only when citizens perform administrative procedures related to land will the communal-level government simultaneously handle land variation as well as make necessary changes to land-use certificates.”
Moreover, when submitting dossiers for registration and issuance of land-use certificates, applicants can choose one of the designated submission points at the provincial level.
Minister Do Duc Duy requested that localities propagate these regulations to reassure citizens and businesses.
According to Minister Do Duc Duy, under the Land Law, citizens seeking land-use certificates were previously required to obtain confirmation of stable land use, absence of disputes, and land origin, among other things. Now, citizens applying for land-use certificates for the first time will be exempt from this process.
“The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment expects that the implementation of the two-level local government will be proactive, substantive, and effective,” the Minister emphasized, “bringing the government closer to the people and better serving the people in the country’s new stage of development.”
– 13:30 16/06/2025
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