HANOI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Agricultural and forestry farms across Vietnam will undergo inspection, following concerns over inefficient management of land at state farms, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Thursday.

    One of land-use related problems is the illegal renting and borrowing of 7,700 hectares of state-run farms, out of a total of about five million hectares under state management, which has left many residents lacking land for production, the newspaper said.

    Some 130 agricultural and forestry farms will be inspected for their land use and management by June 30, Vietnamese deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said at a meeting on Wednesday aimed to reorganize land use and management at state-owned farms.

    Tan said despite owning and running as much as five million hectares of land, agricultural and forestry farms nationwide have been poorly utilizing their resource. The situation has left many farm workers struggling to make a livelihood with a monthly income of 25-31 U.S. dollars.

    After the inspection, the total area of idle land and ineffectively-utilized land would be reclaimed and put to a better use.

    A ministry report shows that agricultural and forestry farm are located in 52 cities and provinces nationwide with 46 of them already planning to reorganize and renovate state-run farms.

    In the 2006-2007 period, 314 agricultural farms and 353 forestry farms were reorganized into agricultural and forestry companies. Meanwhile, 18 agricultural farms and 11 forestry farms were dissolved due to poor management.