Implementing the programs, schemes of the Government about urban development planning, in the past time, the People's committee has been focused on directing renewal and improvement of the urban construction planning work quality to push up the occupation pace and defining sources executing the planning for the basis to make plans for investment and management of projects on urban construction investment....
Implementing the programs, schemes of the Government about urban development planning, in the past time, the People's committee has been focused on directing renewal and improvement of the urban construction planning work quality to push up the occupation pace and defining sources executing the planning for the basis to make plans for investment and management of projects on urban construction investment....
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| A corner of Ecopark urban area (Van Giang district) |
Thanks to investment of the central departments and the province, the infrastructure of Van Giang district is constantly improved and expanded. The cityscape has seen remarkable changes and step by step become the key economic area of the province with the multi-sector and multi-field growth, modern and synchronized service infrastructure. In the 2021-2020 period, the district has deployed 51 projects on urban infrastructure development as planned. Mr. Chu Quoc Hieu, Chairman of Van Giang District People's Committee said: Many urban development investment projects have been implemented in the district, which has accelerated the speed of urbanization, giving the district a new look like : Investment project to build technical infrastructure of Van Giang commercial - tourist urban area; Dream City Ecological Urban Area Project; Dai An urban area… In the coming time, the district will focus on mobilizing investment resources to build a transport system to create favorable conditions for connecting areas.
On February 14, the Prime Minister issued the Decision ref 86/QĐ-TTg about the approval of General planning of Van Giang urban area towards 2040. Accordingly, Van Giang urban area has been approved for planning to be an economic center, an important traffic and exchange hub of the Hanoi Capital region, the Northern key economic region, and the Red River Delta region. water with the planning area including the entire natural area of Van Giang district (over 7.1 thousand hectares). The population is expected to reach 363 thousand people towards 2040. The land for urban construction towards 2040 is projected at 5.657 hectares.
Mr. Cao Quang Hung, Director of Department of Construction said that in order to satisfy the demand for socio-economic development in the province, the Department consulted the provincial people's committee about directing the People's committees of localities to related departments and sectors to make, appraise and approve the construction planning of provincial zone, district zone, and general planning of urban area construction, planning of subdivision and detailed planning of functional zones in the urban areas. In 2012, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 268/QD-UBND approving the construction planning of Hung Yen province, determining the scale of spatial development to 2030 and vision to 2050. building the provincial area, the urban network in the province is oriented to develop according to key areas and takes the core as the core urban areas as the basis for development.
Up to now, Hung Yen province has completed the work of elaboration, appraisal and approval of construction plannings in the province, district and urban areas in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Construction and the Law on Urban Planning. Pursuant to the provisions of the 2017 Planning Law, the Provincial People's Committee has assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to organize the formulation of the Hung Yen Provincial Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, and submit it to competent authorities for appraisal.
In 2022, the Provincial people's committee approved the program of urban area development in Hung Yen province for the 2021-2030 period, with the vision to 2030. The short-term objective to 2025 is expected that the urbanization rate will reach over 48%, and that until 2030 will be 60%. Regarding the urban scale to 2030, the whole province is projected to have 19 urban areas, of which Hung Yen city meets the criteria of the class- 1 urban area; My Hao town is certified as the class- 2 urban area (expected to form My Hao city); two class- 3 urban areas are Van Giang urban area (expected to establish Van Giang town) and Van Lam urban area (expected to establish Van Lam town). There are also 7 class-4 urban areas and 8 new class-5 urban areas across the districts.
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| Cityscape of Hung Yen city |
Implementation of urban area projects is becoming increasingly appropriate with the planning orientation and basically meeting the requirements and set goals to build the large space of urban areas. With the efforts of levels, sectors and localities, now urbanization pace of the province is basically on schedule. The province has attracted and implemented various new urban areas such as Van Giang trade and tourism urban area (Ecopark), Dream city ecological urban area, the North of National road 5 urban area under Pho Noi-Hoa Phat urban area, the South of the national road 5.
According to the regulations of the urban area planning, in the coming time, the Department of Construction will intensify instruction on making the planning of zoning and detailed planning of urban areas; ensure the planning making and adjustments in the province in compliance with regulations; publicize and provide information of planning right after being approved. At the same time, the department should update the information about the verified planning schemes on the web portal to call for investments of infrastructure in urban areas, projects of development of commercial housing and housing in urban areas.
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