Vietnam has set a goal of building a land management system which is as modern as those in developed countries by 2020, a senior Vietnamese official said on Friday. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) Pham Khoi Nguyen said the land management system will be built with an aim of higher contribution to the country's socio-economic development and poverty reduction, as well as promoting democracy and social quality. Nguyen made the remarks at a seminar held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, which drew government officials, representatives and experts of land management bodies from Sweden, the Netherlands, South Korea, China, and the World Bank. Participants at the seminar discussed and exchanged experience on land issues. Swiss representatives talked about land registration, assessment, and information-sharing system in Sweden. Representatives from the Netherlands shared their experience on digital technology application into land management. Representatives from the Republic of Korea introduced land use and compensation practice in its country. Chinese representatives shared their experience on challenges, measures and trends of land planning. Nguyen said Vietnam highly appreciated the fruitful experience of land management that international representatives shared. Deputy Head of Vietnam's General Department of Land Administration under MNRE Phung Van Nghe said at the seminar that it is urgent for Vietnam to transfer its current land management system from an administrative manner to an economic manner. In 2009, Vietnam's total revenue from sales of land-use rights contributed 40 trillion Vietnamese dong (about 2.05 billion U.S. dollars) to the nation's budget, up 10 times in compared to that figure in 2003, said Nghe. 