SOLUTIONS OF MANAGEMENT OF LAND-RELATED SOCIAL CONFLICTS IN SOME NORTHWESTERN PROVINCES

Abstract

Managing and settling social conflicts over land is one of the important tasks of society to maintain political stability and achieve socio-economic development goals. Among the political and social hotspots in Vietnam today, nearly 70% of the hot spots are caused mainly by land-related social conflicts.
The Northwest region is an important area with strategic significance in the country’s scio-economic, security and defense development. Over the past years, in some Northwest provinces, there has been a land-related social conflicts, lasting for many years, causing difficulties for residential life and the management of all levels of government. Issues include the social management capacity of the management system, the legal framework for land management and land use rights; People’s awareness, land appropriation and abuse,... requiring leadership at all levels to consider land-related social conflicts in new approaches for land-related social conflict management solutions, implementing mechanisms and issuing appropriate interregional policies, in order to reach the highest efficiency.