Responsibilities of authorities formulating national comprehensive planning in Vietnam

Responsibilities of authorities formulating national comprehensive planning in Vietnam (Image from the Internet)

Pursuant to Article 9 of Decree 37/2019/ND-CP regulating the responsibilities of authorities formulating national comprehensive planning, national marine spatial planning and regional planning:

1. Take charge and cooperate with relevant organizations in determining planning tasks. To be specific:

a) Determine requirements on viewpoints, objectives and rules for formulating planning; determine planning components integrated into the planning to be formulated; determine the scope of research and specific contents of each planning component appropriate to the planning contents to be formulated; propose an authority organizing formulation of the planning components; make an estimate of costs of formulating planning and planning components in accordance with regulations of law; prepare a description of planning tasks;

b) Submit planning tasks for appraisal and approval;

c) The planning authority that is hired to give advice shall satisfy qualification requirements specified in Article 4 of this Decree to determine planning tasks.

2. Take charge and cooperate with relevant organizations in implementing the planning formulation plan according to the approved planning tasks.

3. Select a planning consultancy that satisfies qualification requirements specified in Article 4 of this Decree; if such consultancy is not available, request the Prime Minister to consider deciding to select a consultancy to give advice on formulation of the national comprehensive planning or national marine spatial planning.

4. Take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities investigating, surveying and collecting information, operating information system and national database of planning to serve formulation of planning.

5. Take charge and cooperate with relevant organizations in researching, analyzing, assessing and forecasting factors, conditions, resources and context for development, and proposing viewpoints and objectives, and the priorities serving as a basis for formulation of planning and planning components; provide the authority formulating planning components with research directions and restrict contents and scope of research into planning components.

6. Take charge and cooperate with the authority organizing formulation of planning components in integrating such components into the planning to be formulated. To be specific:

a) Review contents of planning components; determine rules and methods for integrating planning components into the planning to be formulated; determine planning contents that are inconsistent with each other, and inappropriate and unfeasible proposals during the planning period; combine and integrate contents of planning components;

b) Consider and resolve common, inter-regional and inter-provincial issues; determine areas where economic, social and infrastructural development and urbanization are prioritized, encouraged and restricted; establish criteria for determining prioritized projects during the planning period, justification for making a list of important projects and their execution in order of priority;

c) Develop and select a plan to integrate planning components into the planning to be formulated; request the authority organizing formulation of planning components to adjust the planning components to ensure uniformity, congruence and effectiveness of the planning to be formulated;

d) If there are still different opinions about integration of planning, the planning authority shall consolidate opinions, propose a plan to integrate planning components and request the authority organizing formulation of planning for to consider it; adjust the plan to integrate planning components and complete the planning according to the conclusion given by the authority organizing formulation of planning.

7. Seek opinions about the planning from relevant organizations and individuals.

8. Submit the planning for appraisal; request the Government to consider and submit national comprehensive planning or national marine spatial planning to the National Assembly for decision; submit regional planning to the Prime Minister for approval.

Above is the consulting content.