Hanoi to inspect violations of plots and ground sales
Hanoi authorities have requested the Department of Natural Resources and Environment strictly handle the bulldozing of hills and mountains and levelling of ponds, rivers and streams to sell land.
Hanoi authorities want to prevent the destruction of land to increase its resale value.(Photo: vov.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi authorities have requested theDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment strictly handle the bulldozingof hills and mountains and levelling of ponds, rivers and streams to sell land.
The city also called for investigations into construction on unregulatedagricultural land and a review of projects that have not yet or are slow to putland to use.
Hanoi also told the department to check if local project investors gave buyersownership certificates for houses and other assets against the implementationof land use plans, or changed land use purposes for rice cultivation in thecity.
The department was also assigned to inspect possible violations in theseparation of parcels, plots, and ground sales that disrupt the planning,affect the real estate market, land price determination, and the implementationof the auction of land use rights in the area.
The city requested a comprehensive inspection of land areas originating fromagriculture and forestry schools handed over to localities for management thatstill have difficulties and problems in land allocation, land lease, issuanceof land use rights certificates, ownership of houses and other assets attachedto land; aggregate proposed reporting authority considers regulatory treatment.
Regarding the registration and issuance of certificates of land userights, ownership of houses and other assets attached to the land, the municipalPeople's Committee requested the department to arrange and rationally arrangethe receipt of dossiers of administrative procedures for people; do not letoverload prolong the time of receiving and resolving documents give rise tonegatives.
At the same time, the department needed reviewing and advising onamending and abolishing unreasonable procedures, prolonging the implementationtime, and causing trouble for people and businesses when carrying out landtransactions.
In addition, the city said: "It is necessary to correct theregistration and issuance of certificates, review and make full statistics onoutstanding cases where land has not been registered, or certificates have notbeen issued; at the same time clarify the causes and have specific plans andmeasures to solve these cases definitively."
The City People's Committee also requested the construction of the landdatabase be urgently completed, with resources focused on ensuring thecompletion of national land databases and information systems and providingonline public services to shorten the time to carry out administrativeprocedures./.
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Hanoi authorities want to prevent the destruction of land to increase its resale value.(Photo: vov.vn) 
