by HK, April 28, 2017
Dozens of independent civil society groups, including Defend the Defenders, and hundreds of activists have signed a petition requesting the Vietnamese government to “urgently reform its land policy.”
The petition formulates two major demands for the country’s legislative body, the National Assembly, as well as the government and the Communist Party of Vietnam: (i) “recognize and protect the private ownership of land and houses”; and (ii) “make compensation in accordance with the value” when local authorities seize land from the people to make way for construction projects or other investment.
The petitioners also demand that whenever a dispute arises in a land grabbing case that cannot be settled bilaterally, there must be an independent verification process and disputes must be settled by the court.
They also ask both Vietnamese and foreign real estate developers to reach agreements with local people residing on or using the land before implementing their for-profit projects.
Another key point of the petition is a request to “ban the armed forces from partaking in land eviction” and to “strictly handle officials violating land policy.”
This petition was initiated only a few days after the land dispute standoff in Dong Tam commune in the outskirts of Hanoi ended.
All land in Vietnam belongs to the state and citizens have only the right to use it. Authorities can seize land for socio-economic development or simply allocate it to property and industrial developers without paying adequate compensation for its users.
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April 28, 2017
Vietnamese Civil Society Groups Seek Signatures for Petition on Land Reforms
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
by HK, April 28, 2017
Dozens of independent civil society groups, including Defend the Defenders, and hundreds of activists have signed a petition requesting the Vietnamese government to “urgently reform its land policy.”
The petition formulates two major demands for the country’s legislative body, the National Assembly, as well as the government and the Communist Party of Vietnam: (i) “recognize and protect the private ownership of land and houses”; and (ii) “make compensation in accordance with the value” when local authorities seize land from the people to make way for construction projects or other investment.
The petitioners also demand that whenever a dispute arises in a land grabbing case that cannot be settled bilaterally, there must be an independent verification process and disputes must be settled by the court.
They also ask both Vietnamese and foreign real estate developers to reach agreements with local people residing on or using the land before implementing their for-profit projects.
Another key point of the petition is a request to “ban the armed forces from partaking in land eviction” and to “strictly handle officials violating land policy.”
This petition was initiated only a few days after the land dispute standoff in Dong Tam commune in the outskirts of Hanoi ended.
All land in Vietnam belongs to the state and citizens have only the right to use it. Authorities can seize land for socio-economic development or simply allocate it to property and industrial developers without paying adequate compensation for its users.