Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law (No. 10 of 1998).

Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Land Law. Amendments of the principal Law concern ownership of land by the people of Vietnam and management of land by the State (art. 1), protection of land use rights by the State (art. 3), assignment of land by the State to organizations, households and individuals (art. 4), and exemption from payment of land use levy (art. 22). Three new articles are added to the Law after article 22: they further specify when payment of land use levy is due. Four new articles are added to the Law after article 78. They specify the rights of individuals and households (art. 78a), domestic organizations (art. 78b), economic organizations that pay land use levy (art. 78 c), and economic organizations paying land rental (art. 78d) leasing land from the State and paying land use levy for that lease. Such lease permits mortgaging of properties under their ownership which is connected with the land leased, transfer of such property, mortgaging of right to use the land, etc.