On April 3, 2023, Decree 10/2023/ND-CP (Decree 10) was issued to amend and supplement several articles of Decrees providing guidelines for implementation of the Law on Land, which will take effect from May 20, 2023. Decree 10 introduces notable amendments and supplements regarding investment projects regulated by Decree 43/2014/ND-CP, as amended and supplemented by Decree 01/2017/ND-CP, as follows:
(i) Amending and supplementing provisions on land recovery in case of terminating investment projects as prescribed in laws on investment;
(ii) Supplementing regulations on granting ownership certificates for construction works developed to serve tourism accommodation purposes;
(iii) Supplementing conditions and criteria for granting permission to change the use purpose of land for rice cultivation, protection forest or special-use forest to implement investment projects.
