Procedures for formulation of the provincial planning and contents of the provincial planning in Vietnam

Procedures for formulation of the provincial planning in Vietnam

Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 16 of the Law on Planning 2017, the procedures for formulation of the provincial planning are as follows:

- The planning authority shall take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities, the People’s Committees of districts in determining planning tasks, reporting them to the People’s Committees of provinces, which will submit them to the Prime Minister for approval;

- The planning authority shall select a planning consultancy; take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities and the People’s Committees of districts in formulating planning; analyze, assess and forecast factors, conditions, resources, development situation, assess local socio-economic development, propose viewpoints, objectives and prioritized development orientations serving as a basis for planning formulation;

- Relevant authorities and the People’s Committees of districts shall propose the contents to be included in the planning under the their management and send them to the planning authority;

- The planning authority shall take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities and the People’s Committee of the district in considering and addressing common and inter-district issues to ensure uniformity and effectiveness of the planning; propose adjustments to the contents of the planning developed by authorities and People's Committees of districts;

- Relevant authorities and People’s Committees of districts shall adjust and complete the 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 the Law on Planning 2017;

- 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 and submit it to the People’s Committees of provinces;

- The People’s Committee of the province shall submit the planning to the People's Council of the province, which will submit it to the Prime Minister for approval.

Procedures for formulation of the provincial planning and contents of the provincial planning in Vietnam (Internet image) 

What are the main contents of the provincial planning in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 27 Law on Planning 2017, the provincial planning includes the following main parts:

- Analysis and assessment of and forecasting of factors, special development conditions of the province; assessment of socio-economic development, land use, and urban and rural systems;

- Viewpoints, objectives and plans for development;

- Orientation for development of important sectors within the province; plans for organization of socio-economic activities;

- Schemes for urban system planning, including national and regional urban areas already specified in the regional planning within the province; plans for development of provincial capitals, cities and towns within the province; plans for distribution of economic zones; industrial parks; export-processing zones, hi-tech parks; tourism areas; research and training areas; sports complexes; nature reserves, areas that need to be preserved or rehabilitated, historical-cultural relics, scenic beauties and subjects already inventoried and specified in the national planning and regional planning within the province; plans for development of industrial clusters; plans for spatial organization of rural areas and development of centralized agricultural production areas; plans for distribution of residential areas; determination of military and security zones; plans for development of disadvantaged and extremely disadvantaged areas and key areas;

- Plans for development of transport network, including the network of expressways, national highways and railways; inland waterways and sea routes; seaports, international and national airports; inter-provincial road and waterway networks already specified in the national planning and regional planning within the province; provincial road network;

- Plans for development of electricity supply network, including electricity supply works and transmission network already specified in the national planning and regional planning within the province; transmission network and distribution grid;

- Plans for development of telecommunications network, including international, national and inter-provincial telecommunications already specified in the national planning and regional planning within the province; plans for development of passive telecommunications infrastructure; important telecommunications works related to national security and telecommunications works of provinces;

- Plans for development of irrigation and water supply networks, including regional and inter-provincial irrigation and water supply networks already specified in the national planning and regional planning within the province; inter-district irrigation and water supply networks;

- Plans for development of waste treatment areas, including regional and inter-provincial hazardous waste treatment areas already specified in the national planning and regional planning within the province; inter-district waste treatment areas;

- Plans for development of social infrastructure, including national, regional and inter-provincial social infrastructure projects already specified in the national planning and regional planning within the province; culture, sports and tourism institutions, trade centers, fairs, exhibitions and other social infrastructure of provinces;

- Allocation and zoning of land by purpose and type of land up to district level;

- Schemes for inter-regional and inter-district construction planning;

- Plans for environmental protection, extraction, use and protection of natural resources, biodiversity, natural disaster management and climate change resilience within the province;

- List of provincial projects and their execution in order of priority;

- Solutions and resources for planning implementation.

Mai Thanh Loi

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