07 Requirements on urban planning in Vietnam

07 Requirements on urban planning in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is urban planning?

According to Clause 4, Article 3 of the Law on Urban Planning 2009, urban planning is the organization of the space, architecture, urban landscape and system of technical and social infrastructure facilities and houses in order to create an appropriate living environment for people living in an urban center, which is expressed on an urban plan.

2. Requirements on urban planning in Vietnam

According to Article 6 of the Law on Urban Planning 2009, the requirements on urban planning are specified as follows:

- To realize urban and area system planning, regional planning and provincial planning; conform to socio - economic development, national defense and security strategy; conform to national planning, regional planning and provincial planning; ensure publicity and transparency, and harmony of national interests, community interests and individual interests.

(The content is amended by Clause 2, Article 29 of the Law on amendments to some articles concerning planning of 37 laws 2018)

- To make scientific forecasts, meet practical requirements and be in line with the urban development trend; to observe urban planning regulations and other related ones.

- To protect the environment, prevent catastrophes affecting the community, improve landscape, conserve cultural and historical relics and local traits through strategic environmental assessment in the course of urban planning.

- To rationally exploit and utilize natural resources, restrict the use of agricultural land, economically and efficiently use urban land in order to create resources for urban development, economic growth, assurance of social welfare, defense and security and sustainable development.

- To ensure synchronism in architectural space, system of urban social and technical infrastructure and underground space; to harmoniously develop different areas in urban centers.

- To meet the needs for houses, health, educational, cultural, sports and trade facilities, parks, trees, water surface and other social infrastructure facilities.

- To meet the needs for technical infrastructure including systems of roads, energy supply, public lighting, water supply and drainage, waste treatment, information and communication, and other technical infrastructure facilities; ensure smooth connection of technical infrastructure systems within urban centers and compatibility with regional, national and international technical infrastructure facilities.

3. Contents of state management of urban planning in Vietnam

According to Article 13 of the Law on Urban Planning 2009, the contents of state management of urban planning include:

- Formulating, and directing the materialization of, urban development orientations and strategies.

- Promulgating, and organizing the implementation of, legal documents on management of urban planning activities.

- Issuing regulations and standards on urban planning, and regulations on management of urban planning and architecture.

- Managing urban planning activities.

- Propagating, disseminating and educating in the law and information on urban planning.

- Organizing and managing the training and retraining of human resources, research and application of sciences and technologies in urban planning activities.

- Conducting international cooperation in urban planning activities.

- Examining, inspecting and settling complaints and denunciations and handling violations in urban planning activities.

4. Prohibited actsregarding urban planning in Vietnam

Prohibited actsregarding urban planning include:

- Failing to perform the responsibility to organize urban planning.

- Selecting incapable consultancy organizations for urban planning.

- Elaborating, evaluating, approving and adjusting urban planning in violation of this Law.

- Illegally intervening in urban planning activities.

- Granting planning licenses in violation of this Law,

- Granting planning certificates in areas without approved urban planning.

- Refusing to provide information, except for information classified as state secret; providing wrong information on urban planning.

- Deliberately violating approved urban planning.

- Destroying urban space, architecture and landscape.

- Place boundary markers in wrong places; destroying and displacing urban planning boudary markers.

- Obstructing and causing difficulties to urban planning and the realization of urban planning.

(Article 16 of the Law on Urban Planning 2009)

Thanh Rin

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