Voices, opinions, and experiences from the local community and experts should be taken seriously for any policy making process.

The HCMC government has proposed the prime minister allow it to change the use purpose of 384 hectares of agricultural land in its outlying district of Hoc Mon into urban land to reduce pressure on the inner-city areas.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has warned commercial banks of the risks associated with accepting land-use rights certificates as collateral for loans.

HCM City People’s Committee this year will focus on carrying out National Assembly’s Resolution No 54 on piloting special policies on land management, investment, finance and the state budget for the city. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The land price in old quarters is quoted at nearly VND1 billion per square meter, but few plots are available for sale.

Ha Noi’s administration has yet to revoke any downtown land it gave to nine State agencies for their headquarters, despite the agencies moving into new digs in recent years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As golf has become an increasingly attractive sport here, as well as a lucrative component within the country's tourism industry, many foreign and domestic investors are rushing to build costly golf courses throughout Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Land Administration has refused to name land registration offices in Ha Noi and HCM City accused of making it difficult for residents to apply for land-use right books,

 VietNamNet Bridge –Amendments to the Real Estate Law should make the property sector more transparent, Pham Sy Liem, former Deputy Construction Minister tells the Dai doan ket (Great National Unity) Newspaper

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of thousands of fertile agriculture land in the Mekong River Delta have been left uncultivated because of the local authorities’ “industrialization dream.”

VietNamNet Bridge – People in Hanoi’s Van Loi Village are still stunned after their houses were destroyed in the lead up to Tet holiday despite hasty deadline and incomplete compensation.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taking away thousands of hectares of forests, hydropower plant developers have not paid the environment service fees and re-planted the forests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Alone on his motorcycle, Rehahn traveled more than 2,000 km in 15 days around the Northwestern region to capture the beautiful moments of nature and people here.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong Delta provinces have long vied with each other to attract foreign investments to develop industrial parks and zones, however inefficient planning has led to thousands of hectares of land lying abandoned

 The Appeal Court of the Supreme People’s Court on July 29 began the appeal trial of six defendants charged with “murder and resisting on-duty officials” in relation with a case of coercive land reclamation in the northern port city of Haiphong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being handcuffed and beaten, a pregnant woman lied on the desk of the chairman of Xuan Thien commune in Tho Xuan district, the central province of Thanh Hoa, as a protest.

Hanoi takes the lead among provinces and cities in Vietnam for the number of red books (land use right certificates) for houses and plots of land in stock.

According to the Ministry of Justice, the Government Inspectorate's conclusions about some of the contents related to the management of land in the central city of Da Nang have a legal basis.

The “gold dream” has cut tourist sites into small pieces, damaged beautiful landscapes and polluted rivers in the gold land area in Quang Nam province.