Vietnam: Project for Improved Land Governance and Databases (VILG)

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The development objective of the Improved Land Governance and Database (VILG) Project for Vietnam is to improve the efficiency and transparency of land administration services in the Project Provinces, through the development and implementation of the national Multipurpose Land Information System (MPLIS). The project comprises three components. The first component, strengthening the quality of land service delivery will support (a) modernization and strengthening of local land administration by simplifying standard operating procedures and guidelines and improving business processes to enable the Land Registration Offices (LROs) to provide better quality and more accessible land services, though most of these activities will be financed by the Government using its own budget; (b) training and support for public awareness raising and communication among stakeholders, including implementation of ethnic minority development plans; and (c) establishing and operating a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for land use management. The investments under this component will support quality enhancement of land service delivery by streamlining service procedures and standards, renovating facilities, and enhancing the capacity of personnel working in LROs in project provinces. The component will support unification of business standards and provide LROs with equipment and working facilities at sub-national levels. The second component, establishment and development of the multi-purpose land information system (MPLIS) and land database will provide technical assistance for the development of MPLIS and land database, finance digitization of existing maps and records on land use rights; updating and integration of cadastre data (both cadastre map users and land use information), land price data, land use plan data, and land statistics and inventory to improve the completeness and accuracy of the existing land information. The component will finance the establishment of national virtual Data Centers that would store and make available land information. The component will finance the development and pilot of electronic transactions at select LROs. It will also finance tools that will enable public and interagency engagement in land information services, including the establishment of an MPLIS land portal with different interface for the Government, private sector and general public to facilitate access to and sharing of land information. The third component, project management port overall project management and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of activities and reporting.