Dao Trung Chinh, Director of the Department of Planning and Land Resource Development under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, talks to the Natural Resources and Environment magazine about results of the consultation on the draft revised Land Law.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested related agencies to make replies to the people’s opinions on the draft revised Land Law so as to ensure the draft’s compliance with reality and guarantee harmonious interests of the State, the people and enterprises.

Presiding over a meeting with relevant ministries and sectors on collecting people's opinions on the draft Land Law (amended) last Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said the work must be done with the right subjects and the recommendations for policy changes must be practical.

On June 16, 2022, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee adopted Resolution 18-NQ/TW on “continuing to renew and improve institutions and policies to raise the effectiveness and efficiency of land management and use, creating a momentum for Vietnam to become a high-income developed country” with many new breakthrough ideas.

On June 16, 2022, the fifth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee adopted Resolution 18/NQ-TW on continuing to renew and improve institutions and policies to raise the effect and efficiency of land management and use, creating the motive force for our country to become a high-income developed country. Below are excerpts of the Resolution.

Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees would decide to organize open bidding to select investors for implementation of golf course projects if there are two or more investors meeting preliminary requirements on capacity and experience.

Secured transactions play a vital role in securing the legitimate interests and reducing risks between the parties in transactions. Security assets are an important part of secured transactions. They are governed by Civil Code 91/2015/QH13 dated November 24, 2015 (the Civil Code), Government Decree 21 dated March 19, 2021, guiding the implementation of the Civil Code’s provisions on secured transactions (Decree 21) and other relevant legal texts. This article is confined to provide an overview of the current laws and regulations on security assets, focusing on new points of Decree 21.

The Law on Investment, adopted on June 16, 2020, represents a remarkable effort of the Government in improving investment policies and is likely to have materially beneficial impacts on cross-border merger and acquisition transactions in Vietnam, especially transactions involving the use of land. In this article, the writers will discuss some new points of the 2020 Law on Investment with regard to M&A activities over land-using investment projects.

Charge over future assets was first recognized in Government Decree 165/1999/ND-CP dated November 19, 1999, on secured transactions. Since then, charge over future assets has become more and more popular and show its important position in financial activities. This is the aim of this article to provide an overview about this special type of charges.