The Government has just reported to the National Assembly on the state management of land, spending a lot of time mentioning the situation of land management and use in areas expected to establish special zones such as Van Don.

This agency compiles complete statistics on the transfer and change of land use purposes in these areas and comments, after receiving information about the preparation for the establishment of special administrative-economic units.

Specifically, in Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa province (where the Van Phong Special Economic Zone is expected to be established), in 2017 there were 1,467 cases of land use rights transfer and 215 cases of change of use purpose.

Phu Quoc – one of three places expected to become a special economic zone if approved next October, has had a strong land fever recently.

In Van Don district, Quang Ninh province (where the Van Don Special Economic Zone is expected to be established), in 2016 there were 684 cases of households and individuals transferring land use rights.

In Phu Quoc island district, Kien Giang province (where the Phu Quoc Special Economic Zone is expected to be established), from the beginning of 2017 to April 30, 2018, there were 5 organizations receiving land use rights transfer with a total area of 8,000 acres.

However, according to the Government, inspections at localities show that, since the information about preparing to establish a special administrative-economic unit, there have been violations in land use across areas.

This agency said that Van Don district has a total area of 58,183 hectares of land with the following structure:

In Van Ninh district, the total area of all types of land is 56,184 hectares with the following structure:

Phu Quoc island district has a total area of 58,927 hectares of land with the following structure:

Faced with the above complicated situation, the Government said it has issued documents to rectify the situation.

Particularly in Van Don, Quang Ninh has revoked the investment policy for 13 projects that have not yet been allocated land.

Assessing that land law violations have basically been controlled, the Government believes that `underground` land transfers still take place in areas expected to establish special administrative and economic units.