On November 20, 2018, the National Assembly enacted Law No. 35/2018/QH14 amending and supplementing a number of Articles of 37 Laws related to planning 2018. The Law takes effect from January 1, 2019.
Accordingly, Law No. 35/2018/QH14 stipulates the principles of land use planning and planning must comply with the law on planning and the following principles:
– National land use planning must ensure the specificity and association of regions; District-level land use planning must reflect the contents of commune-level use;
– Strict protection of land specializing in rice cultivation, protective forest land, special-use forest land;
– Ensuring the balance between the demand for land use of sectors, sectors, localities and national land availability and capability in order to use land economically and effectively;
– Rational exploitation of natural resources; adapting to climate change;
– The contents of land allocation and use in the national planning, regional and provincial planning must comply with the national land use planning.
In addition, the Law stipulates that land use planning must comply with the following principles:
– Consistent with the strategy, plans for socio-economic development, defense and security;
– The land use plan must conform to the land use planning of the same level already approved by a competent state agency; for provincial-level land use plans, they must be compatible with land allocation and zoning plans in the provincial plannings;
– Using land economically and effectively;
– Rational exploitation of natural resources and environmental protection; adapting to climate change;
– Protecting and embellishing historical-cultural relics and scenic spots;
– Plans of branches, domains, and localities with land use must ensure compatibility with land use plannings and plan already decided and approved by competent state agencies.
Thus, the addition of the principle of land use planning is an important legal basis for state agencies in approving the appraisal of suitability to the social and environmental economics in the current situation.