Access to local land use plans remains limited on a national scale despite the provisions of the 2013 Land Law and the 2016 Law on Access to Information which mandate the posting of local land use master plans and annual land use plans for public view in various forms, including on digital platforms. According to the 2021 PAPI survey, only one-fifth of respondents nationwide said they were aware of local land use plans since 2011.

This article takes initial steps in understanding causes and effects of land conflicts in Vietnam after the effect of the 2003 Land Law and its subsequent amendments. It examines institutional arrangements that govern land rights security but may have created biases toward different land users upon conflicting land use purposes. The analysis also examines the values of the two available large sample surveys in Vietnam (the citizen perception-based Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) and the firm perception-based Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI)) in informing potential different treatments toward citizens and firms as land users.

Despite an official ban on selection of sex at birth, ultrasonic and abortion services have been provided for this purpose without being sanctioned since it was difficult to detect violations.

The Government has recently issued a decree revising a number of tax-related policies, aiming to create more favorable conditions for enterprises.

Issues related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers are always at the top of the agendas of the Party and State. With more profound perceptions about the agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization process, Vietnam has adopted in time many policies suitable to each stage of national development.

Under Prime Minister Directive No. 1792/CT-TTg of October 15, nearly two thirds of investment projects approved to be funded with government bond proceeds for the next four years will not be allocated these proceeds for implementation.

The National Assembly Standing Committee commented on the draft Law on Hanoi at its 34th session held this month.

On November 15, 2004, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam made public Resolution No. 41-NQ/TU on environmental protection in the period of accelerated national industrialization and modernization