Vietnam to replace paper land records with digital data
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Vietnamese authorities are developing a national land information system to replace paper records with digital data.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment recently completed a draft amendment to the Land Law. This new draft specifies the construction of a national land information system and assigns legal value to electronic data. Each land plot will receive a unique identification code for use nationwide. This code will help link information about the same plot across national and specialized databases.
The draft law establishes that data within the national land database will have official legal standing, meaning original digital records will carry the same weight as paper documents. The government intends to avoid requiring citizens and businesses to resubmit information already available in the database. Government agencies will be responsible for accessing existing data when processing requests. If the system cannot access the data or if the information is incomplete, citizens can still use paper documents.
As of May 15th, the country had already created nearly 69.7 million unique land plot identification codes. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has requested that citizens and businesses have easy and equal access to publicly available land information. Several central agencies also suggest that data should be created once, updated regularly, and shared between systems, with clear responsibility for maintaining its accuracy. The draft Land Law is scheduled for review by the National Assembly in October.
