Integration of industrial cluster development plan into provincial planning in Vietnam in 2020

According to Clause 2 Article 1 of Decree No. 66/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, “industrial cluster development plan” means the rational arrangement or allocation of space for industrial clusters, which must be associated with policies and solutions for synchronous management and construction of technical infrastructure facilities of a province in each period and ensures environmental protection, economical and efficient use of land and other local human and natural resources.

The industrial cluster development plan is an integral part of, formulated and integrated with, the provincial planning in accordance with regulations of the Law on planning.

According to Clause 4 Article 1 of Decree No. 66/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, each provincial Department of Industry and Trade shall play the leading role and cooperate with relevant provincial departments, agencies, district-level People’s Committees, and relevant units in formulating and completing the provincial industrial cluster development plan in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 hereof, and then submitting a report on the plan to the provincial People’s Committee.

The provincial People’s Committee shall direct the provincial planning agency to process and integrate the industrial cluster development plan into the provincial planning, and get opinions about such provincial planning (which includes the industrial cluster development plan) in accordance with regulations of the Law on planning for completing and submitting it to competent authorities for approval. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall give its opinions about the conformity of the industrial cluster development plan with regulations on provincial planning.

The decision on approval for the provincial planning must include contents about the industrial cluster development plan and the enclosed list of industrial clusters to be developed, including name, location, area, sectors of operation and progress of construction of technical infrastructure facilities of the industrial cluster, implementation solutions and relevant contents (if any).

View more details at Decree No. 66/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from August 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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