Urban areas contribute 70% of GDP, but related regulations are still fragmented.

According to the Ministry of Construction, by 2030, with a vision to 2045, the number of urban areas needs to increase by more than 1.5 times compared to the current average. However, many regulations on urban planning still lack consistency and strictness.

According to the Ministry of Construction, by 2030, with a vision to 2045, the number of urban areas needs to increase by more than 1.5 times compared to the current average. However, many regulations on urban planning still lack consistency and strictness.

In a summary report on the Urban Development Management Law Project sent to the Government Standing Committee, the Ministry of Construction emphasized that the birth of the law is extremely necessary in the context that urban areas contribute more than 70% of the country's GDP. Even by 2030, with a vision to 2045, the urban development goal will require accelerating the urbanization rate, with the number of urban areas needing to increase by more than 1.5 times compared to the current average.

However, the current regulations related to urban development are still fragmented. Many regulations on urban planning lack consistency and coherence. The goals and results of urban development have not been evaluated according to the levels, levels of development and the nature and model of urban development. In addition, the management of the development of technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, underground space, and urban open space still lacks relevant regulations.

Previously, the Ministry of Construction received and accepted opinions from 98 units with 108 documents commenting on the draft law. Photo: Thanh Vu

“Developing civilized, modern, green and sustainable urban areas is a major policy of the Party and State, clearly demonstrated in the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress... Based on the above political, legal and practical bases, promulgating laws to regulate urban development is extremely necessary,” affirmed the Ministry of Construction.

Previously, on February 24, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting with leaders of the Ministry of Construction and relevant ministries and branches on the draft law. After listening to opinions, the Ministry of Construction studied, absorbed, and revised the draft law. In the appendix of the submission, the Ministry outlined four pillars in the orientation of urban development.

Firstly, ensuring urban quality is specified in regulations on criteria, standards for assessment and classification of urban areas.

Second, ensuring smart urban development and application of scientific and technological advances is specified by requirements for smart urban development, digital transformation in management through building a database on GIS (geographic information system) and assigning the Government to issue regulations, standards, and guidelines to monitor, evaluate, and recognize levels of maturity in smart cities.

Third, ensuring sustainable urban development orientation, specified in general principles; specific requirements for green urban development, climate change response; regulations on synchronous urban infrastructure development; regulations on underground urban development to limit urban expansion.

Fourth, ensure the effectiveness in exploiting urban development resources through regulations on building urban development programs and plans with focus and key points, clearly defining tasks and priorities, limiting rampant and spontaneous development, as well as promoting the participation of the community and businesses in urban development.

In addition, the Ministry of Construction has added a framework regulation for the development of urban areas with outstanding functions in innovation, education and training, industry, aviation, cultural heritage or with a special location associated with the public transport system (TOD), border gates, islands, offshore islands or other new development models.

Not only that, the draft law also identifies urban architecture as an important factor in creating spatial images, reflecting the level of development of construction science and technology, and at the same time expressing aesthetic, cultural and historical values. Accordingly, urban architecture will be a very important part in assessing urban quality.

In addition, the Ministry of Construction has revised and supplemented many other regulations such as regulations on urban classification, renovation of existing urban areas, decentralization and delegation of power to provincial authorities, removing the word "management" in the law's name...

A notable detail in the submission is that the law drafting unit has made efforts to cut administrative procedures in the draft.

“Thoroughly implementing innovation in law-making, the draft law only stipulates contents under the authority of the National Assembly. Therefore, the draft law has cut one administrative procedure compared to the step of proposing to make the law, leaving only one procedure on the handover of technical infrastructure and social infrastructure works,” said the Ministry of Construction.

The draft law also simplifies procedures by integrating infrastructure development, urban renovation and development area determination into the general plan, instead of separating them into separate procedures.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/batdongsan/do-thi-dong-gop-70-gdp-nhung-cac-quy-dinh-lien-quan-con-roi-rac-d251929.html