A plot of land for sale in Dong Nai. Photo: DINH SON

Accordingly, Decree No. 35 of the Government amends and supplements a number of articles of Decree No. 11 on urban development investment management, allowing the Provincial People's Committee to specify the areas where land use rights can be transferred in the form of dividing plots and selling land to people to build their own houses according to the detailed planning of the approved project, meeting the legal regulations on land, housing, and real estate business without having to consult the Ministry of Construction.

To be divided into lots and sold, the project must be consistent with urban planning levels; have completed infrastructure investment for the entire project or according to approved investment phases; housing construction must ensure compliance with approved project content and progress.

At the same time, the area being divided into lots and sold is not located in a place with high requirements for landscape architecture management, the frontage of regional-level roads or higher and the main landscape roads in the urban area; the central area and around the works are architectural highlights in the urban area.

Provincial People's Committees shall base on urban planning, urban development programs of each urban area, approved architectural management regulations and national technical standards on planning to specify areas where land use rights can be transferred in the form of dividing plots and selling land to people to build their own houses.

Previously, in Decree No. 11, the Provincial People's Committee specifically stipulated areas where land use rights that have been invested in infrastructure can be transferred to people to build their own houses according to the detailed planning of the approved project, after receiving written consent from the Ministry of Construction.