Vietnam: Regulations on contents of the national comprehensive planning

Vietnam: Regulations on contents of the national comprehensive planning (Internet image)

1. What is national comprehensive planning?

According to Clause 2, Article 3 of the Law on Planning 2017, a national comprehensive planning means the national and strategic planning towards zoning and interconnecting regions of a territory, including mainland, islands, archipelagoes, territorial waters and airspace; urban and rural systems; infrastructure; use of natural resources and environmental protection; natural disaster management, climate change resilience, assurance of national defense and security and international integration.

2. Contents of the national comprehensive planning

Specifically, in Clause 2, Article 22 of the Law on Planning 2017, the national comprehensive planning in Vietnam includes the following main parts:

- Analysis and assessment of natural conditions, national development, national and international development trend, major development policies and orientations, relevant planning and plans, and resources; scientific and technological development trends; national defense and security areas; nature reserves; areas that need to be preserved or rehabilitated, historical-cultural relics, scenic beauties and subjects already inventoried; areas where extraction and use are restricted and areas where development is encouraged in accordance with relevant regulations of law.

- Viewpoints and objectives for development;

- Forecasting of development trends and developmental scenarios;

- Orientation for socio-economic space development;

- Orientation for marine space development;

- Orientation for national land use;

- Orientation for airspace exploitation and use;

- Orientation for zoning and regional interconnection;

- Orientation for development of national urban and rural system;

- Orientation for development of national social infrastructure;

- Orientation for development of national technical infrastructure;

- Orientation for use of natural resources, environmental protection, natural disaster management and climate change resilience;

- List of nationally important projects and their execution in order of priority;

- Solutions and resources for planning implementation.

3. Procedures for national comprehensive planning formulation in Vietnam

Procedures for national comprehensive planning formulation in Vietnam specified in Clause 1, Article 16 of the Law on Planning 2017, are as follows:

- The planning authority shall take charge and cooperate with Relevant Ministries, ministerial authorities and local governments in determining planning tasks and submitting them to the Government for approval.

- The planning authority shall select a planning consultancy; take charge and cooperate with relevant Ministries, ministerial authorities and local governments in formulating planning; analyze, assess and forecast factors, conditions, resources, development situation, assess national socio-economic development, propose viewpoints, objectives and prioritized development orientations serving as a basis for planning formulation;

- Relevant Ministries, ministerial authorities and local governments shall select a consultancy to develop the parts of the planning contents and appraise such parts before they are submitted to the planning authority;

- The planning authority shall take charge and cooperate with Relevant Ministries, ministerial authorities and local governments in considering and addressing common, inter-regional and inter-provincial issues to ensure uniformity and effectiveness of the planning; propose adjustments to contents of the planning developed by relevant Ministries, ministerial authorities and local governments;

- Relevant Ministries, ministerial authorities and local governments shall adjust and complete parts of the planning and send them to the planning authority;

- The planning authority shall complete the planning and send it for enquiry as prescribed in Article 19 of this Law;

- The planning authority shall respond to opinions, complete the planning and submit it to the planning appraisal council;

- The planning authority shall complete the planning according to the conclusion of the planning appraisal council, report it to the Prime Minister of Vietnam, who will submit it to the National Assembly.

Thanh Rin

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