Resolution No. 17/2026/NQ-CP: Accelerating the Streamlining and Delegation of Administrative Procedures in the Agriculture and Environment Sectors
On April 29, 2026, the Government issued Resolution No. 17/2026/NQ-CP: On the reduction, decentralization, and simplification of administrative procedures and the reduction and simplification of business conditions within the scope of management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
The Resolution aims to facilitate the public and businesses; improve the investment and business environment; increase the autonomy of local authorities; and enhance the effectiveness of state management. Administrative procedure reforms are required to be carried out in a transparent and open manner, optimizing document processing procedures, strengthening the one-stop shop and integrated one-stop shop mechanisms, and eliminating dependence on administrative boundaries.
The resolution also emphasizes that the reduction and simplification of administrative procedures must be linked to post-approval inspection, monitoring, and enforcement mechanisms by competent authorities to ensure the effectiveness of state management. The reform measures are being implemented across 15 sectors under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, including: land, environment, water resources, minerals, fisheries, forestry, biodiversity, seas and islands, climate change, crop cultivation, livestock, veterinary services, and meteorology and hydrology…
Specifically in the land sector, in Appendix V of this Resolution, the Government has issued provisions to reduce and simplify business conditions in the land sector with the aim of reducing administrative procedures and facilitating investment and business activities. Accordingly, the business condition regarding the provision of land survey and evaluation consulting services under Article 17 of Decree No. 101/2024/ND-CP on basic land surveys has been abolished; registration and issuance of land use rights certificates, certificates of ownership of assets attached to land, and the land information system, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 226/2025/ND-CP; while simultaneously repealing the provisions on business conditions for consulting services related to the preparation of land use plans and land use plans under Article 23 of Decree No. 102/2024/ND-CP.
In addition, the Government has directed and required the amendment and supplementation of certain legal provisions to harmonize decentralization and simplify administrative procedures in the land sector. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has been tasked with leading the amendment of Article 17 of Decree No. 101/2024/ND-CP, Article 23 of Decree No. 102/2024/ND-CP, and the provisions under Points a and b of Clause 16 of Article 1; Clause 2 of Article 3; and Clause 1 of Article 4 of Decree No. 226/2025/ND-CP.
Ministries and sectors are responsible for organizing the implementation, issuing, or submitting to the competent authorities for the issuance of legal documents to implement the reform measures, ensuring they take effect before March 1, 2027. Provincial People’s Committees are responsible for implementing the delegated provisions at the local level; simultaneously, within three months from the effective date of this Resolution, agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment must complete the transfer of files and administrative procedures to the competent authorities to which authority has been delegated.
This document takes effect on April 29, 2026.
