What is planning? National planning system in Vietnam

What is planning? National planning system in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is planning?

According to Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on Planning 2017, “planning” means the spatial arrangement and distribution of socio-economic, national defense and security activities in combination with infrastructure development, use of natural resources and environmental protection in a defined territory in order to effectively use the resources of country in service of sustainable development for a definite period of time.

2. National planning system in Vietnam

The national planning system includes:

- National planning. The national plan includes:

+ National comprehensive planning: 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.

+ National marine spatial planning: the national planning that is aimed at realizing the national comprehensive planning for zoning of various fields and sectors within coastal areas, islands, archipelagoes, territorial waters and airspace that belong to sovereignty, sovereign rights and national jurisdiction of Vietnam.

+ National land use planning: the national planning that is aimed at realizing the national comprehensive planning for allocation and zoning of land used by fields, sectors and areas on the basis of land potential.

+ National sector planning: the national planning that is aimed at realizing the national comprehensive planning according to sectors on the basis of interconnection of sectors and regions related to infrastructure, use of natural resources, environmental protection and biodiversity conservation.

- Regional planning: the planning that is aimed at realizing the national comprehensive planning at regional level in terms of spaces used for socio-economic, national defense and security activities, urban system and rural population distribution, development of inter-provincial regions, infrastructure, water resources of river basins, use of natural resources and environmental protection on the basis of provincial interconnection.

- Provincial planning: the planning that is aimed at realizing the national comprehensive planning and regional planning at provincial level in terms of spaces used for socio-economic, national defense and security activities, urban system and rural population distribution, land allocation, infrastructure, use of natural resources and environmental protection on the basis of interconnection of national, regional, urban and rural planning.

- Special administrative-economic unit planning. Special administrative-economic unit planning decided by the National Assembly.

- Urban planning, rural planning.

(Articles 3 and 5 of the Law on Planning 2017)

3. Relationship between planning types in Vietnam

Relationship between planning types is defined in Article 6 of the Law on Planning 2017 as follows:

- The national comprehensive planning serves as a basis for formulation of national marine spatial planning, national land use planning, national sector planning, regional planning, provincial planning, special administrative-economic unit planning, urban planning and rural planning nationwide.

- The national sector planning shall be conformable to the national comprehensive planning, national marine spatial planning and national land use planning.

In the event that the national sector planning is inconsistent with the national marine spatial planning and national land use planning or national planning is inconsistent with each other, it shall be adjusted and implemented according to the national marine spatial planning, national land use planning and national comprehensive planning.

- The regional planning shall be conformable to the national planning; the provincial planning shall be conformable to the regional planning and national planning.

In the event that the regional planning and provincial planning are inconsistent with the national sector planning, they shall be adjusted and implemented according to the national sector planning and national comprehensive planning.

In the event that the regional planning is inconsistent with each other and the provincial planning is inconsistent with each other, they shall be adjusted and implemented according to the planning at a higher level; in the event that the provincial planning is inconsistent with the regional planning, it shall be adjusted and implemented according to the regional planning and national planning.

- The urban planning and rural planning shall be conformable to the national planning, regional planning and provincial planning.

Diem My

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