Implementation plan for the planning of Lao Cai Province for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 in Vietnam

Implementation plan for the planning of Lao Cai Province for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 in Vietnam (Image from the internet)

On July 27, 2024, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam issued Decision 718/QD-TTg on the Implementation plan for the Planning of Lao Cai Province for the period 2021-2030, vision to 2050.

Implementation plan for the planning of Lao Cai Province for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 in Vietnam

(1) Regarding public investment projects

- Focus on implementing infrastructure projects that create significant spillover effects, especially the province's strategic transport infrastructure, ensuring synchronization, interconnection, modernization, promoting regional linkage associated with economic development corridors (Kunming - Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh economic corridor; Lang Son - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh economic corridor); especially the routes connecting provinces in the northern midland and mountainous regions, routes creating new development spaces, routes connecting transportation with regions and localities having a positive impact on the province's socio-economic development (especially Hanoi city)... Open new and upgrade provincial roads, interchanges connecting with the Hanoi - Lao Cai expressway.

- Invest in completing the tourism technical infrastructure system, meeting the criteria for areas recognized as national tourist areas, provincial tourist areas; restore, renovate, and promote the value of special national monuments, national monuments, provincial-level monuments; invest in important cultural and sports institutions; support investment in physical facilities for public health, public vocational education institutions that have not yet autonomized in investment; strengthen physical facilities for the field of standardized education and training; invest in public social protection facilities; addiction treatment facilities; support investment in physical facilities for the fields of science and technology; water supply and drainage projects; projects collecting and treating domestic waste water, solid waste; industrial zone infrastructure; electricity projects;...

- List of important projects expected for investment: According to the Attached Appendix.

(2) Investment projects utilizing other sources of funds besides public investment funds

- Attract investment in industrial development towards improving productivity, quality, efficiency, utilizing fewer resources and energy, friendly to the environment. Develop some industries, such as: Renewable energy industry; high-tech agricultural processing and manufacturing industry; with a priority of attracting deep-processing agricultural and forestry product projects; industries serving agriculture and rural areas; mining and deep processing industries, high-end construction materials;... Continue developing mineral processing industries, focusing on stages creating high added value associated with high-tech, automated production processes.

- Strongly develop urban service - logistics, financial - banking services, postal and telecommunications services with focus; attract large-scale investment projects in Lao Cai Border Gate Economic Zone, Sa Pa National Tourism Area and tourism areas identified as provincial-level tourism areas; form provincial-level integrated service zones. Develop tourism combined with resorting, scientific and technological activities, high-value health care services;... focus on developing experiential tourist products, tourism combined with conferences, seminars, events (MICE), resorting, ecology with accompanying services such as hotels, restaurants, entertainment, adventurous sports.

- Develop agriculture towards forming specialized agricultural production zones as a basis to concentrate, attract business investment in agriculture and high-tech application in production, increase the depth of local agricultural production value, create high added value.

- Encourage and attract partners with national and global brands, with financial capacity, stable and long-term investment capability, having connections and attracting auxiliary product manufacturing investment.

- Research, issue policies encouraging businesses to implement investment projects according to local development orientation, prioritizing businesses investing in industrial zones, clusters infrastructure; issue mechanisms for businesses in the area to connect with foreign-invested enterprises to join in the production value chain.

- List of important projects expected for investment: According to the Attached Appendix.

(3) Land use plan

- Land use plan for Lao Cai Province in the 5-year period 2021 - 2025:

Implement according to the Decisions of the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam: Decision 326/QD-TTg dated March 9, 2022, on the national land use allocation for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050, national land use plan for the 5-year period 2021 - 2025 and Decision 227/QD-TTg dated March 12, 2024, on adjusting some land use indicators until 2025; Decision 95/QD-TTg dated November 16, 2023, approving the land use plan for security during the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050; Decision 47/QD-TTg dated May 9, 2024, approving the national defense land use plan for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050, and other related regulations.

- Develop the land use plan for the 5-year period 2026 - 2030:

+ Implement according to the provisions of the land law based on development needs, ensuring feasibility, efficiency, sustainability, and suitability with national land use orientations, regional planning, 10-year socio-economic development strategy 2021 - 2030, and the 5-year socio-economic development plan of the whole country, Lao Cai Province planning for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050; ensuring compliance, continuity, inheritance, stability, hierarchy.

+ Reasonably reserve land funds prioritizing commercial service and tourism development; developing and expanding concentrated industrial zones and clusters; residential areas. Promote synchronized infrastructure construction, especially inter-regional traffic infrastructure connected to the formation of industrial, tourism, service zones, and expanding urban and rural residential areas.

+ Allocate sufficient land for cultural, sports, health, education and training, energy, postal and telecommunications, scientific research purposes.... to meet the objectives of socio-economic development and improve the material and spiritual lives of the People.

+ Protect and develop the forest area, especially special-use forests, upstream protective forests; ensuring forest cover rate (about 60% and above) to protect the environment.

+ Land exploitation and use must pay attention to national defense and security; protect landscapes and ecosystems to utilize land stably and sustainably, in line with the province's and region's economic development strategy and goals.

More details can be found in Decision 718/QD-TTg which comes into force in Vietnam from July 27, 2024.

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