Assessment of the Transfer of Land Use Rights in Pho Yen District, Thai Nguyen Province

This study was carried out to assess and determine limitations and shortcomings in the transfer of land use rights for households and individuals, thereby propose solutions to enhance the efficiency of land use right transfer in in Pho Yen district. The results showed that total transfer of land use right was 7.148 cases, including 4.082 in residential land and 3,120 in agricultural land. The transfer of land use rights is enforced by the land law, but there existed some shortcomings such as transfer status without registering with state agencies, lower transfer contract price compared with transaction price, dificulty in the search for market information,… The solutions to solve the above shortcomings are regular inspecting and supervising the transfer of land use rights, enforcing strong sanctions on use right transfers not approved by state agencies, building database for real estate market, advocating land law to the people, training to enhance knowledge and supplementing professional staff of land use right transfer.