Criteria for assessment of planning implementation in Vietnam under the Law on Planning

Criteria for assessment of planning implementation in Vietnam under the Law on Planning (Internet image)

1. What is implement planning?

Implement planning is a step in the sequence of planning activities according to Article 7 of the Law on Planning 2017.

Specifically, the procedures for planning includes:

- Formulate planning:

+ Formulate, appraise and approve planning tasks;

+ Organize formulation of planning.

- Appraise planning.

- Decide or approve planning.

- Announce planning.

- Implement planning.

2. Criteria for assessment of planning implementation in Vietnam

2.1. Overall assessment of fulfillment of planning objectives in Vietnam

According to Clause 1, Article 7 of Decree 37/2019/ND-CP, carry out overall assessment of fulfillment of planning objectives according to the following criteria:

- Fulfillment of economic development objectives;

- Fulfillment of social development objectives;

- Fulfillment of objectives for sustainable use of resources, environmental protection, natural disaster management and resilience to climate change;

- Fulfillment of objectives for national defense and security assurance;

2.2. Assessment of execution of prioritized projects during the planning period in Vietnam

According to Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree 37/2019/ND-CP, carry out assessment of execution of prioritized projects during the planning period according to the following criteria:

- List of, plans for and progress in investment in public investment projects that have been executed;

- List of, plans for and progress in investment in executed projects funded by sources other than public investments;

- List of prioritized projects during the planning period, which have not yet been executed, reasons for failure to execute;

- List of projects that have been put into operation and economic, social and environmental effectiveness they achieve.

2.3. Assessment of use of resources during implementation of planning in Vietnam

Carry out assessment of use of resources during implementation of planning according to the following criteria:

- Land use; land use efficiency compared to that during the previous planning period and that in the planning objective; solutions for economizing on land and increasing land use efficiency that have been adopted during implementation of planning;

- Use of water resources, mineral resources, forest resources, marine resources and other resources; resource use efficiency compared to that during the previous planning period and that in the planning objective; solutions for economizing on resources and increasing resource use efficiency that have been adopted during implementation of planning;

- Technical and managerial solutions that have been adopted to reduce adverse effects on environment that are produced from use of land and other natural resources during implementation of planning.

(Clause 3, Article 7 of Decree 37/2019/ND-CP)

2.4. Assessment of policies and solutions for organizing the implementation of planning in Vietnam

Specifically, in Clause 4, Article 7 of Decree 37/2019/ND-CP, carry out assessment of policies and solutions for organizing the implementation of planning according to the following criteria:

- Policies and solutions for investment attraction, human resource development, science and technology development, social security assurance, environmental protection, financial resource distribution and defense and security assurance that have been introduced to implement planning;

- Effect and effectiveness of policies and solutions that have been introduced to implement planning;

- Conformity of detailed planning, urban planning and rural planning pertaining to the planning whose implementation is assessed according to the Law on Planning 2017;

- Settlement of complaints and denunciations and actions against violations related to the process of formulating, appraising, approving, implementing and adjusting planning during its implementation;

- Difficulties that arise during the process of organizing implementation of planning and proposed remedial measures.

3. Policies and solutions for planning implementation in Vietnam

According to Article 46 of the Law on Planning 2017, policies and solutions for planning implementation shall be introduced in conformity with the planning implementation plan and include the following main contents:

- Attraction of investment according to the decided or approved planning;

- Development of human resources;

- Development of science and technology;

- Social security assurance;

- Environmental protection;

- Assurance of financial resources;

- Assurance of national defense and security.

Thanh Rin

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