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The National Assembly adopted Resolution No. 254/2025/QH15 on December 11, 2025, which will officially take effect from January 1, 2026.
Resolution No. 254/2025/QH15 is promulgated to remove major bottlenecks in the implementation of the 2024 Land Law, particularly in the areas of land recovery, compensation and resettlement, land allocation and land lease, land valuation, land-related financial obligations, and land registration and management.
The subjects of application include state agencies, land users, and relevant organizations and individuals.
With respect to land recovery, compensation, and resettlement, Resolution No. 254/2025/QH15 provides the following mechanisms:
1. Expansion of cases where the State may recover land
Land recovery for the construction of drug rehabilitation facilities managed by the armed forces.
Land recovery for the implementation of projects in free trade zones and international financial centers.
Permission to recover the remaining land area where agreements have been reached on more than 75% of the land area and with more than 75% of land users.
2. Relaxation of conditions for land recovery prior to completion of compensation and resettlement
Applicable to nationally important projects and urgent public investment projects.
Land recovery may be carried out in advance, where a majority of affected people agree or where resettlement is arranged along the project alignment.
Provincial-level People’s Committees are authorized to decide on temporary accommodation, as well as the duration and funding for such temporary accommodation.
3. More flexible compensation mechanisms
Land prices for compensation and resettlement are determined based on the land price table and adjustment coefficients, without waiting for specific land prices.
Land users are entitled to compensation for any difference if the compensation amount is lower than the average agreed land price.
Project investors are allowed to include advance compensation payments in project costs
