Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Permit for the Conversion of Agricultural Land
Type of formality	Other
Date of last modification	08.01.2018
Responsible Authorities	Agriculture and Forestry Department
LSIC	All sectors
Who should complete this business formality?	Any individual or legal entity that intends to convert the agricultural land (land defined to be used for agriculture, livestock, and agricultural research including irrigation) for other purposes.
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	1. Having a legitimate letter of authorization on lands
Additional Comment	For issuing the permit, the authorities will request the opinions from the district mayor through the District Office of Agriculture and Forestry, related government offices as well as from the village office where the land locates. The authorities need to request the opinion from the district mayor in order to do a report and map for approval.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Law on Agriculture	01/98/NA	10.10.1998	Article 5 and article 13
Law on Land	70/NA	21.06.2019	Article 25	""
Order on the Determination and Management of Land for Agriculture and Forestry in Vientiane Capital	0250/VCPG	29.03.2017	Article 13

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Application form	Confirmative act
Address Certification	Confirmative act
Power of Attorney (in case the applicant appoints the attorney to proceed with the application)	Confirmative act
Agreement from the Neighbour	Confirmative act
Copy of ID/Family Book	Confirmative act
Land Title	Confirmative act	Copy

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

LIST OF ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR FIRST TIME APPLICATION
Type of document	Document Name
Example of resolution	Example of resolution
Department Order	ໜັງສືແຈ້ງຕອບ

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Agriculture and Forestry Department, Vientiane Capital
Processing Time (Day(s))	21	The process shall take around 14 to 21 working days after the application is submitted at the Single Window Service of Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Vientiane Capital. Once the authorities receive the application, they will request the comments from the district mayor through the District Office of Agriculture and Forestry, related government offices as well as from the village office where the land locates. After gathering comments from related offices, the authorities will take around 5 working days for issuing the permit (refers to the Decision of Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Vientiane Capital, No. 207/DAF.VTE, dated 17 January 2011)

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	NO
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	0
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	0.00	50000.00	60000.00	110000.00
Comments	Refer to the Decision of Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Vientiane Capital, No. 207/DAF.VTE, dated 17 January 2011.

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Comments

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Application form
Address Certification
Power of Attorney (in case the applicant appoints the attorney to proceed with the application)
Agreement from the Neighbour
Copy of ID/Family Book
Land Title	Copy

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016	17	0
2017	87	0
2018	372	0
2019	383	0
2020	266	0