Chairman Nguyen Van Giau of the National
Assembly (NA) Economic Committee on Tuesday proposed the NA amend the Land Law
soon in a bid to protect the interests of farmers given the rapid
industrialization.
“NA should
consider revising the law towards extending the term of farmland allocation,
expanding farmland use limits, setting stricter and more specific regulations
on rice farming land protection, farmland recovery, compensation and support
for farmers whose land is recovered to switch to other fields and stabilize
their living,” said Giau.
Farmland
use restriction stipulated in Article 70 of the Land Law hinders the process of
farmland accumulation to create large-scale intensive farming zones applying
advanced technology to improve output and quality of farm produce.
In
addition, regulations concerning site clearance are full of shortcomings.
Therefore, it is difficult to satisfactorily settle the relationship between
land ownership and land use right, between the rights of citizens and the
rights of the State when recovering land for national purposes, public benefits
and economic development.
The use
terms of certain types of land will expire soon, but the Government has yet to
give any specific policy or decision, thus farmers are hesitant to make
investment, Giau told the NA meeting on Tuesday.
The
proposal of the chairman was strongly supported by NA deputies.
Delegate
Tran Van Tan of Tien Giang suggested NA should grant long-term land use rights
to farmers.
The
Land Law was proposed for amendment in the next NA sitting as it has exposed
many inadequacies, especially in protecting rights of rice farmers from the
invasion of industrial projects.
It is
estimated that 70% of the complaints nationwide is related to land and land
compensation.
In the
2006-2011 period, investment for agriculture, farmers and rural areas totaled
over VND432.7 trillion, accounting for nearly 50% of the total development and
investment capital sourced from the State budget and government bonds. However,
such a figure only met 55-60% of the demand for investment, said a report
delivered by Chairman Giau on Tuesday.
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