In this paper, we compared the evolution of the inheritance systems in Vietnam and North Korea and attempted to understand the current status of North Korea's inheritance system. After the end of World War II, Vietnam and North Korea prioritized socialist values of joint production and joint distribution and took a negative stance on individuals' private property and inheritance. As the economy retreated and people's livelihoods became difficult, Vietnam and North Korea enacted family laws and inheritance laws, reorganizing the scope of personal ownership and inheritance-related systems. In Vietnam, inheritance was legally codified through the adoption of the Marriage and Family Act in 1959 and the Inheritance Act in 1990, and in North Korea, the Family Act in 1990 and the Inheritance Act in 2002 were adopted. North Korea adopted family law and inheritance law more than 10 years later than Vietnam, and land use rights are not included in the scope of inherited property. In contrast, Vietnam is achieving economic development by reorganizing the inheritance-related system, including specifying the categories and inheritance of land use rights in 1995 and revising it once in 2005.