Can Land Use Planning Enable Better Landscape Governance In Dien Bien Province, Viet Nam?

Land use planning, a process by which lands are evaluated and assessed to become a basis for stakeholders’ decisions concerning land dispositon and utlizaton, is vital for effectve governance of landscapes - if done in a nuanced way, land use plans provide a basis for stakeholders to manage and govern their landscapes effectvely. The process however, is ofen regulated by laws or legal procedures that are either facilitating or impeding development of land use plans. This policy brief presents and overview of land use planning in Vietnam, and its applicaton in Dien Bien province, and provides recommendatons for improvement