Decision problems. Lesson 4

The fact that Da Nhim – Ham Thuan – Da Mi Hydropower Joint Stock Company signed a water surface lease contract and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Binh Thuan signed a land lease contract and granted a land use right certificate to the company according to regulations for energy land in 2009 and now wants to return part of the area is a new situation, the province needs to have a direction to discuss and resolve thoroughly to resolve in the soonest time.

htb-2-.jpg.jpg — A corner of Ham Thuan lake.

Sketch for Da Mi to go to town

Last July, the People's Committee of Ham Thuan Bac district issued a decision approving the task of the zoning plan for the construction of Ham Thuan Lake Tourist Area, Da Mi commune. The goal of the planning that the district identified is to promote the potential and advantages of Da Mi commune to develop tourism. Thereby, gradually shaping tourist areas and routes in the spirit of the Resolution of the 12th District Party Congress, term 2020-2025; Plan 67-KH/HU dated March 22, 2022 of the District Party Committee to implement Resolution No. 06-NQ/TU dated October 24, 2021 of the Provincial Party Committee "on tourism development to 2025 and orientation to 2030". At the same time, it also concretizes the orientation of the master plan for tourism development in Binh Thuan province with a vision to 2030.

Ham Thuan tourist area belongs to region 4, which is the northwest tourist area of the province. The plan here is to build an eco-tourism resort service area, picnic tourism, sightseeing and lake sightseeing, agricultural tourism, natural landscape conservation combined with recreational and adventure tourism services. In addition, develop functional areas to serve residential clusters according to the planning orientation. In this pristine place, the zoning plan is built, making many people interested in the technical infrastructure system. Because that is one of the requirements of the main content of the zoning plan that decides to turn Da Mi into a city.

The specific tasks that the planning must achieve are the urban technical infrastructure system arranged to the regional road network, including contents such as determining the construction level for each block; determining the traffic network, cross-section, red line and construction boundary; determining and specifying the general planning on the location and scale of the station, parking lot (above, above ground and underground); public transport routes; technical trenches and tunnels (if any). In addition, it also determines the demand and water supply; location and scale of factory works, water pumping stations; water supply pipeline network and specific technical parameters; demand for use and energy supply (electricity, gas); location and scale of distribution stations, gas stations; medium voltage line network and lighting system; determining the demand and passive telecommunications infrastructure works... All will outline the level of Da Mi into a city.

It is worth noting that the total planning area is only about 483.08 hectares with the boundary on three sides bordering forest land, agricultural land, existing asphalt roads, and the east bordering Ham Thuan Lake. According to regulations, Ham Thuan Lake is energy land, so it is impossible to build any construction, no matter how small or temporary, to serve tourists. Therefore, it can be imagined that in this zoning plan, the bordering Ham Thuan Lake, if approved for implementation in the future, is understood that investors will only build tourism facilities on land, but are not allowed to go down to the water surface, even if it is adjacent. Therefore, it also means that visitors can only stand on the shore looking out at the lake, admiring the lake view, but cannot go down to the water's edge. With the spirit of sharing the land, even though the sandbanks in the middle of the lake are managed by Ham Thuan Bac district, the lake water surface is managed by Da Nhim - Ham Thuan - Da Mi Hydropower Joint Stock Company, the construction of a wharf for visitors to visit the fruit gardens in the sandbanks in the middle of Ham Thuan lake, which currently has spontaneous tours, is not simple. Therefore, the need for lake water to develop rural tourism in Ham Thuan Bac is more urgent than ever at this point.

Situation to be resolved

The fact that Da Nhim - Ham Thuan - Da Mi Hydropower Joint Stock Company signed a water surface lease contract and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Binh Thuan signed a land lease contract and granted a land use right certificate to the company according to the regulations for energy land in 2009 and now wants to return a part of the area is a new situation, which needs to be discussed and resolved thoroughly to resolve in the shortest time. Because it is a direction that is beneficial for both parties. The company also follows the production and business policy of Vietnam Electricity Group, and the locality also has more opportunities for socio-economic development from the path of rural tourism development.

Working with the functional departments in the province shows that problems have emerged. Specifically, if the lake surface area is adjusted to reduce, the investment policy must be adjusted, the project scale must be reduced. Or according to the new regulations with specific norms for each MW of hydropower, the area of Ham Thuan and Da Mi lakes must be recalculated. If there is a surplus, it must be returned to the locality. From here, if the planning is adjusted to develop tourism, the Ham Thuan Bac District People's Committee must first propose and propose to the competent authority to remove the adjusted lake surface area from the energy land planning, transfer it to commercial and service land and update it in the planning, land use plans and other related plans. After that, the investor has a basis to apply for the project investment policy, apply for licenses for activities...

According to Decision 2190/2022 on promulgating the list of administrative procedures and internal procedures for handling administrative procedures for newly issued administrative procedures in the field of dam and hydropower reservoir safety under the management scope of the Department of Industry and Trade of Binh Thuan province, issued by the Provincial People's Committee on October 18, 2022, there is content on licensing for activities related to water tourism. Specifically, in the list of provincial administrative procedures, in the field of dam and hydropower reservoir safety, there are 8 administrative procedures. Of which, licensing for activities within the protection scope of dams and hydropower reservoirs in the area is under the licensing authority of the Provincial People's Committee (except for dams and hydropower reservoirs specified in Point a, Clause 3, Article 22 of Decree No. 114/2018/ND-CP). Activities related to tourism are also clearly regulated here. Specifically, in case of granting licenses for activities: tourism, sports, scientific research, business, services; aquaculture; blasting and other activities: 15 working days. In case of granting licenses for activities: inland waterway vehicles, motor vehicles, except motorbikes, motorbikes, rudimentary inland waterway vehicles: 7 working days... Place of receiving and returning results at the Provincial Public Administration Center and the handling agency: Department of Industry and Trade, Provincial People's Committee.

According to regulations, after the locality updates the lake surface area into the planning, investors who want to invest in this area will be considered for selection. Depending on the nature of the project, depending on the location... the form of auction, bidding... will be applied.

Lesson 1: The highlands call

Lesson 2: Da Mi's dilemma

Lesson 3: The side that does nothing, the side that desires

Lesson 5: It would make a difference if…

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