Archive for the ‘Laws, policies and regulations’ Category
February 2nd, 2012
Vientiane Times, February 2, 2012
The Land Natural Resources Information Research Centre is reviewing the effectiveness of land use policies, to ensure that both project investors and local communities benefit from industrial plantations and other concessions. The land policies to be reviewed include the ‘2+3′ system in which an investor provides the funding, materials and technical and marketing support required to grow a specific crop, while farmers provide the necessary land and labour. In such a system, the project investor buys the crop from the farmers who grow and harvest it.
February 1st, 2012
Asia Sentinel, Februry 1, 2012
This is the first of a three-part series on corruption in Vietnam’s land confiscation, which in many ways rivals China’s, by David Brown, a retired diplomat with the US Foreign Service who served in several posts throughout Southeast Asia.
January 27th, 2012
NAFRI, January 27, 2012
NAFRI provides a new series of Policy Briefs based on their experiences in the field. The idea is to provide short, informative analysis on some of the most pressing issues related to agriculture and natural resource management that the Lao PDR faces. The Policy Brief series provides readers with concrete options and solutions for dealing with identified issues. The Policy Brief series is available in Lao and English languages on the NAFRI website.
January 24th, 2012
Vientiane Time, January 24, 2012
Agroup of Japanese investors has urged the government to make clearer its ruling on the change of land classification fee to ensure it is effective and just.The investors want the government to amend Presidential Decree No. 03 on state service fees, particularly regarding the fee for changing land classification from agricultural land to industrial land.
January 23rd, 2012
Vientiane Time, January 23, 2012
The government will confiscate land from investors if they fail to develop the land in accordance with the agreed concession timeframe. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment made the statement at the 5th Lao-Japan Public Private Joint Dialogue held in Vientiane last month, in response to Japanese investors who asked the government to explain land concession procedures.
January 9th, 2012
Vientiane Times, January 9, 2011
The collection of land taxes and other fees will now be the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance, government officials said on Friday. Land taxes were previously collected by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Finance Minister Phouphet Khamphounvong told Vientiane Times that the move was in line with the ministry’s policy to collect taxes from different sources. “The payment of land taxes to our ministry aims to centralise national revenue to facilitate national development,” he said, saying the ministry would still follow the system set up by the National Land Management Authority (NLMA). This agency has now been merged with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. “We will follow their system and then review it. If some aspect of it is found to be inappropriate, we will invalidate it and introduce a new system to replace it.”
December 7th, 2011
 Lao National Assembly holds two annual plenary sessions. The second plenary session of the Seventh Legislature of the Lao National Assembly was opened on the 7th of December and will last until 21st of December 2011. The National Assembly Hotline will be open during the session and the Lao public are invited to submit issues of concern to the parliamentary staff who would then pass them on to the relevant government agency for clarification.
The Hotline number is: 156. Currently the hotline is operational only during the plenary sessions but there are plans to have it open all year round.
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