HANOI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam needs to improve its legal framework and draft a strategy as part of the efforts to develop the agri-tourism real estate market, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.
While the business of agri-tourism is a developing economic model, there are not yet adequate provisions in the land law to push forward efficiently, according to the Department of Land under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
The improvement of legal documents and policies will create a corridor to develop this business model, according to the department.
Nguyen Van Chung, a senior specialist from the Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said farms have reportedly faced difficulties partly due to this lack of specific regulations.
Policies supporting the development of the farm economy are scattered in many documents, so it's difficult to implement them efficiently. Many outdated policies or inadequacy of documents related to land and construction have hindered the expansion of the farm's production scale, he said.
Besides that, there are no specific regulations for non-agricultural activities such as preliminary processing, preservation and crafting products, or indeed for tourism development. There have also been no specific regulations to allow farms to convert agricultural land, leading to some farms illegally developing tourism activities.
Nguyen Quang Tuyen from the Hanoi Law University said the Southeast Asian country needs to quickly review and complete the legal framework related to the real estate market and the agri-tourism real estate market segment in particular to ensure uniformity in legal documents. ■