Abstract
In recent years, as a result of urbanization and the development of tourism and services, land market in Vietnam has been blooming. This has made land management in general and financial management of land in particular become more important than ever. Based on GIS technology, the present study has built a database with full details of each land parcel in order to support financial management of land in Quat Lam, a coastal tourist town in Nam Dinh Province. The database also provides land users and managers with sufficient information on transportation, hydrology and service systems, which influence land price. The database allows land managers to carry out financial management related tasks such as: Searching for land parcel information; calculation of registration fees, calculation of income tax from the transfer of land use rights, compensation for ground clearance upon land acquisition; search of land parcels according to financial capability; development of specialized thematic maps regarding land prices, financial obligations and legal status of land, etc. The established database is practically valuable for land managers as well as land users as it facilitates the process of change updates, data analysis, processing and sharing, and consequently improving the efficiency in financial management of land.