Provinces and cities across Vietnam have to date granted 41.6 million certificates of ownership to a total land area of 22.9 million hectares, which accounted for 94.8 percent of the used area that requires the certification.

According to deputy head of the Land Management General Department Le Thanh Khuyen, up to now, all of the country’s 63 localities have completed their planning on land use up to 2020.

In 2014, the department helped the localities deal with difficulties in land clearance and compensation and resettlement, especially those related to key projects.

It also intensified inspection over land use and management in order to avoid law violations, while simplifying administrative procedures involved.

The office’s head Nguyen Manh Hien, who is Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, said that in the following year the office will continue perfecting legal documents guiding the enforcement of the revised Land Law, and speeding up communication activities to increase public awareness of land-related laws and policies.

It will also establish a modern land data system to serve the State management and use and provide adequate information to develop the property market, he added.-VNA