LAND POLICY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM: OPPORTUNITY OR CHALLENGE?

Innovation in economic thinking contributed transition from centrally planned economy to socialist-oriented market economy and creating a new image for the country and people in Vietnam today. Starting from converting the policies and laws of the agricultural land in rural areas is marked from Directive no.100 in 1981. The important breakthrough in the land policy has brought great achievements in agriculture and rural development and economic growth in Vietnam over the past 30 years. However, the actual implementation of the policy could not avoid many shortcomings. Under these circumstances, with the support of the project "Analysis of policies to build land policy to serve economic and social development" sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme, expert group of the Center for Agricultural policy, Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development has involved collaboration with the John F.Kenedy public administration, Harvard university (USA) and many experts and foreign consultants carried out a series of thematic studies. From completed studies, the authors have compiled a book: "The land policy for development in Vietnam: Opportunities and challenges". The study used the approach: "Law and Economics", the application of economic principles to legal issues to assess the social impact of economic policies on land for the rural development and proposed 10 recommendations to adjust policy in the future.

Author:

Dang Kim Son

Nguyen Do Anh Tuan

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