HCM City (VNA) – Administration ofpublic lands should be tightened to increase Ho Chi Minh City’s revenues, acity People’s Council meeting heard recently.
“There are too many agencies managing public landsand this leads to poor management,” Nguyen Toan Thang, director of theDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment, said.
He said the city should have only one agency,which would be fully responsible for the management and commercialisation ofpublic lands.
“This will prevent the situation, which has beenoccurring for a very long time, of huge public buildings and lands being wastedand causing a great loss to the city.”
Many agencies occupy largelands paying a nominal lease or nothing, and in most cases theyleave the lands unused or sublet it at much higherrates than they pay, he said.
“Many businesses place their own interest abovethe common interest. Despite their ineffective use of land, they insist onkeeping it at their disposal.”
Encroachment of public land, related disputesand illegal sales of public lands to private individualsare rife even as many build-transfer (BT)projects stall due to lack of lands to be handed over to contractorsas payment for their work, he said.
Vo Cong Luc, director of the HCM City Land FundDevelopment Centre, said: “These situations mean it isdifficult for the city to take back lands or even pay largesums as compensation.”
To resolve the problem,the Government recently instructed all localities to stoptransfer of public lands and focus on reviewing theirwasteful use.
In HCM City, as of the end of last yearauthorities had planned to retrieve 213 hectares ofland from public firms and agencies and auction them, but havemanaged only 204ha.
It has under its control 960 plotsof land.
A Department of Financeofficial said public agencies found wasting lands would bedispossessed and the lands would be handed over to the HCM City LandFund Development Centre.
The city would work with central agencies toreview their land holdings in HCM City, and takeover management in case of poor management, he said. - VNA
“There are too many agencies managing public landsand this leads to poor management,” Nguyen Toan Thang, director of theDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment, said.
He said the city should have only one agency,which would be fully responsible for the management and commercialisation ofpublic lands.
“This will prevent the situation, which has beenoccurring for a very long time, of huge public buildings and lands being wastedand causing a great loss to the city.”
Many agencies occupy largelands paying a nominal lease or nothing, and in most cases theyleave the lands unused or sublet it at much higherrates than they pay, he said.
“Many businesses place their own interest abovethe common interest. Despite their ineffective use of land, they insist onkeeping it at their disposal.”
Encroachment of public land, related disputesand illegal sales of public lands to private individualsare rife even as many build-transfer (BT)projects stall due to lack of lands to be handed over to contractorsas payment for their work, he said.
Vo Cong Luc, director of the HCM City Land FundDevelopment Centre, said: “These situations mean it isdifficult for the city to take back lands or even pay largesums as compensation.”
To resolve the problem,the Government recently instructed all localities to stoptransfer of public lands and focus on reviewing theirwasteful use.
In HCM City, as of the end of last yearauthorities had planned to retrieve 213 hectares ofland from public firms and agencies and auction them, but havemanaged only 204ha.
It has under its control 960 plotsof land.
A Department of Financeofficial said public agencies found wasting lands would bedispossessed and the lands would be handed over to the HCM City LandFund Development Centre.
The city would work with central agencies toreview their land holdings in HCM City, and takeover management in case of poor management, he said. - VNA
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