Dong Nai may auction 72 land plots in 2026

On the afternoon of January 1, Ho Van Ha, Member of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee chaired a working session with the provincial Land Fund Development Center and relevant departments, sectors to review the plan for auctioning land use rights in 2026.

Le Thanh Dien, Deputy Director of the Dong Nai provincial Land Fund Development Center reports at the working session. Photo: Hoang Loc

Reporting at the working session, Le Thanh Dien, Deputy Director of the Dong Nai provincial Land Fund Development Center said that: in 2025, the province successfully auctioned 6 land areas, bringing in a total sum of over VND 11.2 trillion. Among them, nearly VND 10 trillion was paid into the state budget, and the Center will coordinate efforts to collect the remaining amount in January 2026.

Regarding the 2026 land auctioning plan, the provincial Land Fund Development Center has developed a draft and is currently gathering feedback. According to the draft, 72 land areas, plots could be put up for auction in 2026. Among them, 8 land areas, plots are carried over from 2025; 43 land areas, plots require concentrated efforts to complete procedures for auction; and 21 land areas, plots require land recovery and allocation so they could be auctioned this year or in 2027

Land plot in Long Thanh commune successfully auctioned in 2025. Photo: Hoang Loc

The provincial Land Fund Development Center proposed that the Provincial People’s Committee assign the Department of Construction and the Department of Finance to promptly complete the dossiers for approval of the investment policy and submit them to the Provincial People’s Committee for approval by January 10, 2026, regarding the formulation of investment policies for the two land plots to be auctioned for housing projects. For the remaining land areas to be auctioned for housing projects that are currently being publicly announced, the Provincial People’s Committee assigned the Department of Construction and the Department of Finance to promptly complete the dossiers for approval of the investment policy and submit them to the Provincial People’s Committee for approval by January 10, 2026. The Provincial People’s Committee instructed relevant departments, sectors and localities to provide their comments on the draft 2026 land auction plan and send them to the provincial Land Fund Development Center for consolidation by January 7, 2026.

Diep Truong Vu, Deputy Director of Dong Nai Department of Agriculture and Environment reports on land procedures. Photo: Hoang Loc

Delivering his concluding remarks at the working session, Ho Van Ha, Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, assessed that: in 2025, land auction activities were directed with strong determination and achieved certain results, however, they still fell short of the set targets. In 2026, this task needs to be carried out with greater determination and efforts.

The provincial leadership requested the provincial Land Fund Development Center to review the 2026 legal framework related to land auction, particularly regulations on investment, land, planning, housing, and on that basis, develop a land auction plan in line with the new rules.

The center must anticipate land plots to be auctioned on a quarterly basis and estimate the potential revenues to be generated for submission to the Provincial People’s Committee for consideration.

In terms of solutions, the center was required to complete the land auction procedures; group auction areas by land use purpose (commercial and service, housing) to carry out the relevant legal procedures; clearly designate lead departments, sectors responsible for site clearance, planning, preparation of investment policies, land price determination and related tasks; and establish a rapid-response task force on land auctions.

The Department of Finance was tasked with reviewing the public land fund, including surplus land of government office headquarters following administrative restructuring, to ensure more efficient land use.

By Hoang Loc – Translated by Thu Hien, Thu Ha