Evaluating the Current Status of Land Use and TheBorder Gate Economic Zone Dong Dang -Lang Son Development Plan

The study evaluated the current status of land use and the development plan implementation of the Border Gate Economic Zone Dong Dang - Lang Son with the purpose of finding out the disadvantages in land use and in the implementation of planning types that affect the development of the Border Gate Economic Zone. The research methods involvedcollecting secondary data and primary data, processing data by Excel and SPSS, and evaluating the development plan implementation of the Border Gate Economic Zone Dong Dang - Lang Son. Results showed that the current status of non-agricultural land use was extremely low, especially the land use for infrastructural facilities, production - business establishments and industrial zones. By 2017, several land use indicators of functional areas were delayed, so the plan goals were not achieved as initially set. The factors that influenced the plan goal implementation included: policy of attracting investors has been limited and difficulty in fund mobilization and change in land use purpose. According to the evaluation from land users, the plan was not well implemented due to slow process of planning and implementation, and there was no close linkage between the Border Gate Economic Zone development plan and the New Rural Construction plan.