NSDI AS AN ENABLING PLATFORM FOR FACILITATION OF LAND ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS IN VIET NAM

摘要

The core functions of land administration systems include the management of information on land tenure, land value, land use and spatial development in a local public sector context. In Vietnam, the implementation of land administration functions has gradually moved towards information architecture as part of the National Spatial Data Infrastructures (NSDI). This paper evaluates the development of a NSDI in Vietnam. The approach of this paper is a structured comparison of both completed and on-going projects in Viet Nam that involves both the technical choices of data standards, systems and architectures and the specific links to land administration functions. From the evaluation we derive that currently the NSDI development allows for the improvement of land related services to public sector users as well as citizens in a secure manner. However, as the implementation of the NSDI has recently started and is still underway of construction, the evaluation also shows that despite a common view on NSDI objectives, the implementation approaches are not in sync among agencies. There are two main factors which cause this quandary: technical constraints and legal constraints. Both types of constraints are crucial bottlenecks to properly align the land administration functions with the NSDI objectives. We conclude therefore that once the implementation of the core functions of the Land administration can be technically aligned with the NSDI objectives, and once the NSDI coordination mechanism can be resolved in Vietnam, it opens the way forward to a spatially enabled society and more transparent access to land information.