Investigation into the causes of impediment of access to land information in land market : case study in Hanoi, Vietnam
Linh Dang Thuy
The possibilities to transfer rights on land and to establish an adequate land market depends on the level of access to land information. The lack of access to land information has hindered the growth of land market in Vietnam. The aim of this paper is to investigate the causes of impediment of access to land information using as case Hanoi capital because it has the most rapidly evolving land market. This paper focuses on three main factors influencing access to land information: policy aspects, technology aspects, human resources development. It has been found that the impeding causes there are multiple including the current practices in land registration, inadequacy of land use plans and planning, shortcoming on the policy, lack of technology as well as lack of human resources. These factors have given rise to five main negative consequences accessing land information is time consuming and associated with high (informal) costs. Further more, a (potential) buyer is uncertain about claims and land use planning on the parcel. Therefore, the land information users lack the trust on the land information providing organizations and appearance of informal land market.
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