Land plays a very important role for farmers, especially ethnic minority farmers -
whose living resources mainly based in agriculture. During the implementation of
Innovation since 1986, the development and implementation of land policies to match
with the conditions of the market economy and the process of industrialization and
modernization of the country is considered a breakthrough in Vietnam. In this context,
many land policies have been issued, with separated or related provisions for ethnic
minorities (Vuong Xuan Tinh, 2007). The policy was reflected in legal documents, such
as Land laws, resolutions, decisions, decrees, circulars of the National Assembly,
Government and Ministries related to land use.
One important content of land policies is land use planning. It is the
concretization of general policies into practice, implemented from central to local levels.
Thus, the success or failure of land policies depends substantially on the construction and
implementation of land use planning.
This report will analyze the legal basis of land use planning related to ethnic
minorities in Vietnam. The content of the report is a review of the national legal
documents, and within certain range there will have examples of Central Highlands area
serving for the activities of the Vietnam UN - REDD Programme.