Responsibility for managing urban renovation in Vietnam

According to Article 45 of Decree No. 37/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, responsibility for managing urban renovation of People's Committees is specified as follows:

- People's Committees of centrally run cities, provincial cities, towns and townships shall:

+ Conduct investigations and evaluation of the actual conditions of technical and social infrastructure, houses and public works in order to identify to-be-renovated zones in urban centers.

+ Organize collection of opinions of population communities and concerned agencies on the contents and plans of urban renovation.

+ Make a list of urban renovation projects and include them in socio-economic development programs and plans of urban centers for five-years and annual periods as a basis for allocating funds and conducting construction investment according to planning.

+ Make public annual renovation programs and plans for related organizations and individuals to implement and supervise their implementation.

- Four principles on urban renovation are specified as follows:

+ In case of rebuilding a whole zone in an urban center, land therein must be reasonably and thrifty used with synchronous technical infrastructure facilities, meeting requirements on social infrastructure, public services and environment in the zone and its adjacent zones.

+ In case of renovating and upgrading a zone for improving and increasing living conditions of people in the zone, reasonable connection of technical and social infrastructure and harmony of the space and architecture in the zone and its adjacent zones must be ensured.

+ In case of upgrading and improving technical infrastructure conditions, safely must be ensured and urban activities and environment must not be adversely affected.

+ In case of embellishing work architecture, the quality of space and landscape in the zone and urban area must be increased.

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

Nguyen Phu

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