Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law (No. 10 of 1998). Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo No. 2, 15 January 1999, pp. 19-22.; Unofficial translation. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land reform Land tenure Agricultural land Tax/levy Lease Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes The Law takes effect on 1 January 1999. Abstract Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law. Amendments of the principal Law concern ownership of land by the people of Vietnam and management of land by the State (art. 1), protection of land use rights by the State (art. 3), assignment of land by the State to organizations, households and individuals (art. 4), and exemption from payment of land use levy (art. 22). Three new articles are added to the Law after article 22: they further specify when payment of land use levy is due. Four new articles are added to the Law after article 78. They specify the rights of individuals and households (art. 78a), domestic organizations (art. 78b), economic organizations that pay land use levy (art. 78 c), and economic organizations paying land rental (art. 78d) leasing land from the State and paying land use levy for that lease. Such lease permits mortgaging of properties under their ownership which is connected with the land leased, transfer of such property, mortgaging of right to use the land, etc. Full text English References - Legislation Amends Land Law. Legislation | Viet Nam | 1993 Keyword: Land tenure, Right of use, Lease, Public land, Urban land, Agricultural land, Land valuation, Policy/planning, Survey/mapping Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decree No. 04/2000/ND-CP on enforcement of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2000 Keyword: Land reform, Land tenure, Agricultural land, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Public land, Right of use, Subdivision of land, Tax/levy Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Order No. 23/2003/L-CTN on the promulgation of Land Law No.13/2003/QH11. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2003 Keyword: Basic legislation, Land tenure, Right of use, Lease, Survey/mapping, Land valuation, Expropriation, Cadastre/land registration, Dispute settlement, Land-use planning, Classification/declassification, Agricultural land, Use restrictions, Subdivision of land, Tax/levy, Registration, Urban land, Foreign land tenure, Transfer, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Traditional rights/customary rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive No. 05/2004/CT-TTg on organizing the implementation of the 2003 Land Law. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2004 Keyword: Land commission, Land consolidation, Land reform, Land tenure, Land-use planning, Land valuation, Lease, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Cadastre/land registration, Certification, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Policy/planning, Registration, Right of use, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil rehabilitation, Subdivision of land, Survey/mapping, Tax/levy Source: FAO, FAOLEX