Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to hasten the building of national land database amid the cabinet’s efforts to boost e-government.

Land mapping in Khanh Hoa. Photo: Bao Khanh Hoa

MONRE needs to complete the building process to make it connected by July 2021, Phuc said in a request delivered at a meeting on March 11.

The move is aimed to accelerate the digitalization that the government lists among major tasks in the face of Industry 4.0.

In another move, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung late last month urged MONRE to expedite the cadastral surveys in 2019. The ministry needs to finish taking stock of land nationwide.

As of July 31, 2020, roughly 93% of communal units have completed the surveying and 77% of bodies at district level. So far, only 10 out of 63 cities and provinces submitted the official inventory results to MONRE.

The inventory will clarify types of land for different use purposes, aiming at clearly and accurately showing the actual state of land use in communes, districts, provinces, cities, and socio-economic zones across the country.

The results of land inventory are very important to firmly grasp land resources of the whole country and each locality for the preparation of national land use planning, marine spatial planning, master plan on sustainable use of coastal resources and local development plans.