Enriching and cleansing land data is not solely the responsibility of management agencies; it requires the participation of the entire political system and the public – Illustrative image.
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In response to concerns that requesting citizens to submit photocopies of their land certificates and ID cards might violate the provisions of Decree No. 118/2025/NĐ-CP on the implementation of administrative procedures through a single-window mechanism, Deputy Director of the Land Management Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) Mai Van Phan stated: “This is not an administrative procedure but a collaborative effort to enhance the national land database, facilitating land-related procedures and benefiting both citizens and businesses.”
Data collection is a crucial step in the 90-day intensive campaign to enrich and cleanse the national land database, jointly implemented by the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, and local authorities nationwide from September 1 to November 30, 2025.
To ensure the campaign’s success, the participation of land users and property owners in providing and verifying information is essential. This collaborative effort between the government and citizens is vital for perfecting the national land database, streamlining administrative procedures, and enhancing online public services.
Explaining the need for land certificate copies in the campaign, Mr. Mai Van Phan noted: “Land registration and certification have undergone various phases with different regulations. In some periods, land certificates only listed the head of the household without an ID number or relied on temporary maps…”
Additionally, citizen IDs have been issued in different formats over time, from 9-digit IDs to 10-digit IDs and the current 12-digit chip-embedded IDs. Many land users have transferred or changed land use purposes without completing inheritance procedures, leading to inconsistent data.
In some regions, natural disasters, particularly floods and landslides, have damaged land records, complicating information verification and authentication.
Thus, collecting land certificate copies is essential for reviewing, cross-checking, and enhancing land data. This task requires the involvement of not only management agencies but also the entire political system and the public.
However, Mr. Phan acknowledged that some areas lack specific guidelines, leading to confusion in implementation or rigid approaches that leave citizens unclear about the campaign’s purpose and methods. These issues primarily stem from organizational shortcomings.
Addressing public concerns about being asked to notarize land certificates, Mr. Mai Van Phan clarified: “Citizens only need to provide copies of their land certificates and IDs when requested by task forces, without notarization.”
A feature will be developed on the VNeID app for citizens to submit land certificate information
The Land Management Department representative also announced that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is collaborating with the Ministry of Public Security to develop a feature on the VNeID app, allowing citizens to submit and verify land certificate and ID information.
Mr. Mai Van Phan noted that during the campaign, some land owners reside outside the area, have mortgaged their land, or are abroad, making data collection challenging.
To address this, the Land Management Department is working with the Digital Transformation Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) and the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order (C06, Ministry of Public Security) to develop a VNeID app feature enabling citizens to declare land information without submitting physical copies of certificates and IDs.
The campaign aims to establish an accurate, comprehensive, clean, dynamic, unified, and shared land information system, supporting transparent and efficient state management while facilitating land-related administrative procedures for citizens and businesses on the National Public Service Portal.
– 15:24 22/10/2025
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