This Circular guides land statistics and inventory, and making of land use status maps of the whole country and regions; provinces and centrally-run cities; rural and urban districts as well as provincial capitals and cities; communes, wards and townships.

It takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette and replaces Decision No. 375 QD/DC of May 16, 1995 and Decision No. 254/2001/QD-TCDC of August 2, 2001 of the general director of the General Land Administration.- (Summary)