Benefits of the 90-day land data cleansing campaign

Dong Nai is expediting the 90-day campaign to clean and enhance land data, laying the groundwork for a unified, accurate land database. The initiative is seen as a crucial step to improve transparency, streamline management, and accelerate the province’s contribution to Vietnam’s national digital transformation agenda.

Officials at the provincial Land Registration Office handle procedures related to the adjustment of land information.

The campaign also aims to enhance the effectiveness of state management, better serve citizens and businesses, and promote socio-economic development toward greater modernization, digitalization, and sustainability.

80% of landholder information matches the national population database

Cleaning land data is a key task in administrative reform and the digital transformation of the agriculture and environment sectors. The goal is to establish a centralized, unified, and synchronized land information system that serves multiple purposes and enables nationwide data connectivity and sharing.

Vietnam is advancing toward building a digital government and a digital economy, in which developing an “accurate, complete, clean, and up-to-date” land database is considered a fundamental cornerstone for realizing these goals and supporting a wide variety of transactions. In the field of public administration, reliable and precise land data helps improve urban and regional planning, construction permitting, tax collection, dispute resolution, and more effective management and control of the real estate market overall.

For citizens, a fully digitized land database enables them to complete procedures such as property transfers, registration of changes, tax payments, or issuance and renewal of land use rights certificates entirely online, without submitting any paper documents. This approach not only saves time and reduces costs, but also limits direct contact and helps prevent corruption and administrative harassment in the processing of applications.

Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, Dang Minh Duc, shared that for years, the province has consistently prioritized and allocated a substantial budget to the development of its land database. Thanks to these efforts, Dong Nai’s land data is now relatively reliable, with more than 80% of land user information fully matching the national population database. Following the central government’s nationwide campaign, the province promptly issued a detailed implementation plan, established a dedicated steering committee and task force, and is actively carrying out measures with the clear goal of thoroughly cleaning and verifying all land data by November 2025.

Director of the Provincial Land Registration Office, Le Thanh Tuan, stated that the province has so far successfully completed several key components of the campaign. The work includes reviewing and classifying land data into three distinct categories. It also involves cross-checking and verifying land user information between the land database and the national population database. In addition, land records from 95 communes and wards have been synchronized with the national land database. Finally, a unique identifier has been created for each land parcel based on its precise location, including longitude and latitude.

The public security sector indicates that standardizing land parcel identifiers associated with the electronic identification of land users enables citizens to search, update, and verify information online, significantly reducing the time required to process electronic applications. This measure also helps prevent situations where a single parcel is associated with multiple land use rights certificates, thereby reducing disputes. Moreover, it provides a solid foundation for integration with local administrative and cadastral systems of two-tier local government, as well as with other national databases, ensuring consistency and reliability across all records.

Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology, Vo Hoang Khai, emphasized that cleaning and synchronizing land data with other databases is of great importance. It contributes to the establishment of an intelligent management system and helps save time and costs across multiple sectors and industries. He proposed that the Department of Agriculture and Environment further advance the digitization of land data and integrate its software with the tax and justice authorities, as well as the National Public Service Portal, to implement an “administrative boundary-free” system. Additionally, he recommended registering a province-wide GIS (Geographic Information System) that can be shared through a common data platform, enabling multiple sectors to access and utilize the information efficiently, thereby supporting better planning, decision-making, and service delivery across the province.

After 45 out of 90 days of implementing the campaign, Dong Nai became one of 16 provinces and cities nationwide to fully synchronize its local land database with the national database. The province has over 2.5 million out of 3 million land user records matching the population database and is the first locality in the country to assign a unique identifier to each land parcel, setting a national benchmark for land data management.

Enhancing service quality for citizens and enterprises

Currently, the campaign has progressed over 50% of its planned course, with numerous tasks completed and others actively in progress. To ensure the timely enrichment and cleaning of land data by November 2025 and to enhance the reliability of the province-wide land database, the Provincial Land Registration Office has recommended that the provincial People’s Committee instruct communes and wards to strengthen public communication and guidance. Citizens should be encouraged to cooperate in providing and verifying information to ensure the accuracy of data between current land users and the issued land use rights certificates. The province has assigned the Land Registration Office to lead the updating, completion, and supplementation of the land database, and to carry out full synchronization with the national land database.  

Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Thi Hoang, emphasized that the campaign is of great importance in developing a modern, unified, and integrated state management tool. It enables various levels and sectors to access timely and accurate information for transparent and effective decision-making, direction, and administration. Moreover, the campaign contributes to improving the quality of public service delivery and significantly reforming administrative procedures in the land sector, serving citizens and businesses in an electronic environment. It also gradually eliminates paper-based records, establishes a unified and transparent digital database, and ensures integration and connectivity with other sectors and fields.

Currently, the province has yet to complete 5 of the 12 task groups, which have been clearly outlined by the Department of Agriculture and Environment. Therefore, the department should maintain implementation of these tasks and provide guidance and oversight to local authorities. For any issues or difficulties encountered, the department will compile and prepare official documents for the province to submit to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Land Administration, enabling timely resolution of problems within their respective authority.

Provincial authorities have assigned the Department of Science and Technology to integrate land information with the electronic one-stop service system, tax software, and the national population database to better serve citizens and businesses, in line with the national digital transformation initiative. During the operation of the land database, all relevant units must ensure information security, safety, and confidentiality, so that data is protected, reliable, and handled in accordance with regulations.

A nationwide 90-day campaign to enrich and clean Vietnam’s land database, led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in partnership with the Ministry of Public Security, runs from September 1 to November 30, 2025. The initiative aims to improve data quality, assign unique identifiers to each land parcel, and enable seamless integration with the country’s national land and population databases, supporting better administration, transparency, and public service delivery.

By Hoang Loc – Translated by Tam Binh, Thu Ha