How Vietnam manages its scare land resources is also important. Assuring secure land rights for farmers, more flexible use of agricultural land, strengthening the land use rights of vulnerable groups such as women, the poor, and ethnic minority communities, creating more transparent and equitable arrangements for land acquisition and compensation by the State and limiting the circumstances in which compulsory land acquisition may occur, and improving the effectiveness of land planning management systems within an overall enhanced framework for land governance will all be critical for the efficiency and inclusiveness of Vietnam’s future development. We hope that these considerations will be reflected in the new Land Law to be adopted in 2013.
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