Vietnam: 9 contents of an urban foundation height and surface water drainage plan

According to Article 23 of Decree No. 37/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, main contents of an urban foundation height and surface water drainage plan include:

- Evaluation of the current typographic conditions, work geological and hydro-geological conditions and areas with environmental calamities (subsidence, erosion...).

- General evaluation of urban construction land for each urban zone, including identification of zones favorable and unfavorable for. and restricted and banned from construction.

- General evaluation of the urban water drainage and flood situation: frequency, areas, water depth, current conditions of the water drainage system, locations and sizes of water drainage pump stations.

- Identification of basic criteria and parameters, water drainage basins; surface water drainage and receiving sources: locations and sizes of major drainage works: and measures against disasters.

- Identification of maximum ground floor levels for each specific construction zone and major streets.

- Preliminary identification of volumes of digging and building work in all zones.

- Identification of priority investment programs and projects, preliminary total investment amount and projected implementa­tion resources.

- Strategic environmental assessment.

- A 1:10.000- l:l:25.000-scale urban foundation height and surface water drainage status and planning map.

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

Nguyen Phu

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