Decree No. 37/2010/NĐ-CP: 04 principles of formulating urban planning in Vietnam

According to Article 14 of Decree No. 37/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, 04 principles of formulating urban planning are as follows:

Principle 1: General planning shall be formulated for centrally run cities, provincial cities, towns, townships and new urban centers in line with orientations of the master plan on the national urban system.

Principle 2: Zoning planning shall be formulated for zones within cities and towns in order to concretize general planning, serving as a basis for determining construction investment projects and formulating detailed planning.

Principle 3: Detailed planning shall be formulated for zones within cities, towns and townships when making construction investment in order to concretize general planning and zoning planning, serving as a basis for elaborating construction investment projects and licensing construction.

Principle 4: For a construction work built by a single investor on an area smaller than 5 hectares (or smaller than 2 hectares for investment projects to build apartments), a construction investment project may be elaborated without a detailed planning. General plan drawings, work architectural plans and technical infrastructure solutions in the concept design must comply with the zoning planning, ensure technical infrastructure connectivity and suit the architectural space of surrounding zones.

View details at Decree No. 37/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 25, 2010.

Nguyen Phu

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