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---
title: "Collective Ownership"
date: 2022-11-08
draft: true
lang: en
categories: [ blog ]
tags: []
translationKey: "Collective-Ownership"
---
so a few weeks back i heard of this term "collective land ownership" and i
think y'all might be interested in how it's different from or similar to law
wherever you are
## LAW
in vietnamese civil law, land (along with water, sea, sky, and other natural
resources) is a property collectively owned by the people (Article 197, Civil
Law 2015)
because if *everyone* collectively uses that however they want, as they can
with personal properties, it would be messy and chaotic, the law also states
that the State is the one and only representative owner and can exercises
ownership on these properties. (Article 198, Civil Law 2015)
ok so how do you get some land to build houses or grow a farm? the State will
assign the *permission to use* to the users of the land (Article 4, Land on Law
2013). this permission to use can be revoked at any time for various reasons,
one of which is "to improve economy and society for the national and public
benefits" (Article 16, Land on Law 2013). to my understanding, this means the
State can take your land, where you are living, to build a road or a factory or
a farm, because that is "public benefits", or even [golf courts][golf], because
it "improves economy". you will be compensated for that or assigned another
piece of land (relocation), though (Clause 3, Article 26, Land on Law 2013) but
in reality it's not always that smooth
[golf]: https://vietnamnet.vn/vuong-san-golf-dan-bo-hoang-ruong-vuon-36343.html
"this is putting too much power to the state", you're probably thinking, and i
would agree. i sure hope they don't abuse that power.
---
## HISTORY
in the 1950s, the vietnamese communist party (VCP) did a radical land reform,
taking land from landlords and assign it to the people. it is probably one of
the biggest part of the communist revolution. finally gaining ~~ownership~~^W
permission to use a piece of land of their own, people were happy, especially
farmers, who had worked like slave for landlords at insignificant wage.
however, many of them ended up selling back lands to landlords because they're
not hard-working enough (?) (according to some old people who witnessed this
era)
nowadays, it may be better than before land reform, we still have people who
don't own any land, and corporations and conglomerates that own a lot of land.
there are landlords (but we don't call them landlords) whose main income is
monthly rent, and there are workers who work on pieces of land where they do
not ~~own~~^W have permission to use
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note that i am not a lawyer so the legal terms as well as the deduction might
be inaccurate. this post is not an opposition to VCP or a suggestion to change
the law
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