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Issue No. 22
Access to land
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 21
The state capital
investment corporation
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 20
Streamlining the
business startup process
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 19
Effective Implementation of the new Enterprise and Investment Laws
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 18
Starting a business in Vietnam
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 17
Streamlining
Business Licensing
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 16
Women's entrepreneurship
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 15
Private Credit Bureaus
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 14
Efforts in improving business environment
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 13
Corporate governance
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 12
The common investment law
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 11
Private sector firms
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 10
The unified enterprise law
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 9
Investment incentives
in Vietnam
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 8
Business Environment in Vietnam - Overview 2004
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 7
Business Development Services
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 6
Local governance
& Economic growth
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 5
SOE Valuation
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 4
Corp. Social Responsibility
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 3
Trademark protection
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 2
The stock market
:: Article  :: Viewpoints
 

Issue No. 1
The revised draft Land Law
:: Article  :: Viewpoints

VIEWPOINTS
 

Other changes
that positively affect business environment...

The draft Law also contains new stipulations that may help promote a healthy real estate market and create a better business environment, including:

• Regular periodic public announcement of State land-use plans and prices;

• Land that is used for infrastructure purposes in industrial zones will not be charged a land-use fee;

• More businesses will be able to apply for land allocation from the State. The current Law only allows businesses operating in infrastructure and residential construction projects to be allocated land; companies in other sectors must lease land. The revised draft Law allows for businesses of all types to choose between applying for land allocation [and paying a land-use fee] or leasing land on an annual basis.

• The revised Draft Law allows foreigners and overseas Vietnamese who have invested in Vietnam or who intend to reside long-term in Vietnam to obtain land-use rights or lease rights on terms and conditions that are almost on par with Vietnamese businesses.

• The limits on the amount of land for agricultural purposes that an individual or company may lease (in excess of allocated land) are lifted in the new draft Law. This new stipulation enables businesses and individuals to operate large agricultural and farming businesses.

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• Mechanisms to determine pricing of Land Use Rights (LUR)

• Stipulations on ownership of land

• Rights of land users under different leasehold terms

• Land-lease tenure

• Site clearance costs and rent

• Land planning, allocation, lease, pricing and LUR revocation

• Capital-gains tax

• Other specific recommendations