Responsibility for state management of planning in Vietnam

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Responsibility for state management of planning in Vietnam is specifically stipulated in Article 55 and Article 56 of the Law on Planning 2017 as follows:

Responsibilities of the Government, Ministries and ministerial authorities for state management of planning in Vietnam

(1) The Government shall uniform state management of planning; unveil plans, policies and solutions for and provide resources for implementation of the national comprehensive planning, national marine spatial planning and national land use planning.

(2) The Prime Minister shall unveil plans, policies and solutions for and provide resources for implementation of the national sector planning, regional planning and provincial planning.

(3) The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall be in charge of assisting the Prime Minister in performing state management of planning and have the following tasks and powers:

- Promulgate legislative documents on planning or request a competent authority to promulgate them and organize implementation of such documents;

- Request a competent authority to unveil plans, policies and solutions and provide resources for implementation of the national comprehensive planning and regional planning.

- Request the Prime Minister to establish a national comprehensive planning and regional planning appraisal council;

- Instruct Ministries, ministerial authorities and People’s Committees of provinces to formulate and organize implementation of planning;

- Issue norms for planning activities;

- Take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities in international cooperation in planning;

- Take charge and cooperate in providing and managing training for human resources, researching and applying science and technology to planning;

- Cooperate with relevant authorities and organizations in disseminating the law on planning.

(4) Ministries and ministerial authorities shall, within their power, cooperate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment in performing state management of planning and have the following tasks and powers:

- Request the Prime Minister to unveil plans, policies and solutions for and provide resources for implementation of the national sector planning to the Prime Minister; establish the national sector planning appraisal council;

- Organize implementation of the national sector planning and development of the contents specified in the national comprehensive planning, national marine spatial planning, national land use planning and regional planning within their power;

- Carry out inspections, settle complaints and denunciations and take actions against violations of the law on planning;

- Reward organizations and individuals for their achievements in planning.

(5) The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has the tasks and powers specified in (4) and the following ones:

- Take charge and cooperate with Ministries, ministerial authorities and People’s Committees of provinces in submitting the land use plan to a competent authority to implement the national planning and regional planning;

- Request the Government to unveil plans, policies and solutions and provide resources for implementation of the national marine spatial planning and national land use planning;

- Request the Prime Minister to establish a council to appraise the national marine spatial planning, national land use planning and national planning for national defense or security land.

(6) The Ministry of Finance has the tasks and powers specified in (4) and the following ones:

- Take charge and cooperate with Ministries, ministerial authorities and People’s Committees of provinces in submitting plans and solutions for assurance of financial resources to the Prime Minister to implement planning;

- Promulgate regulations on prices of planning services.

Responsibilities of the People’s Committees of provinces for state management of planning in Vietnam

The People’s Committees of provinces shall, within their power, perform state management of planning within their provinces and have the following tasks and powers:

- Unveil plans, policies and solutions for implementation of the provincial planning within their power or request the competent authority to unveil them and provide resources for implementation of the provincial planning;

- Organize implementation of the provincial planning;

- Cooperate in formulating the national planning and relevant regional planning;

- Organize dissemination of planning law;

- Carry out inspections, settle complaints and denunciations and take actions against violations of the law on planning;

- Reward organizations and individuals for their achievements in planning.

Mai Thanh Loi

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