This view was expressed by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue when commenting on completing the draft Law on Urban and Rural Planning, at the National Assembly Standing Committee meeting on the morning of April 22.
There should not be strict regulations on building heights in the inner city
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue requested the drafting agency to review and clarify the relationship between urbanization and new rural construction. He pointed out the fact that some district-level units have not yet completed new rural areas. Planning for the district will be easier than those that have completed new rural areas.
“If any commune will be promoted to a ward, which district will be promoted to a district, what principles, criteria, and planning orientations will be implemented in the future? It is necessary to review the regulations in this law,” Mr. Hue said.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue spoke at the meeting (Photo: Pham Thang).
The relationship between urbanization and urban economic development is also an issue that National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue requested to clarify when developing this bill. According to him, if we only talk about urban areas without talking about urban economics, it is very difficult to manage sustainable urban development.
“What parts are in this law and what parts are in the Urban Development Management Law need to be reviewed and clarified,” Mr. Hue suggested.
The next issue, he noted, planning must adapt to climate change. This is a very important issue because our country is one of the countries most severely affected by climate change.
A new and inadequate problem, pointed out by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, is the criteria and standards of urban planning associated with population density and infrastructure, in order to calculate balance. between extensive urban development and compact urban development according to the TOD model.
“Regarding the height of the building, I’ve seen it debated many times but I’m not clear on this point. When we worked with the Ministry of Construction last term, we realized one thing: the height of the building is only due to security issues. , it’s just flight safety, no one prohibits the construction of high-rise buildings in the inner city,” Mr. Hue said.
The important issue, according to Mr. Hue, is how to handle the infrastructure given the height of this building. In fact, the Ministry of Construction also does not regulate the issue of building height.
Referring to the planning scope, Mr. Hue cited Hoan Kiem district, the planning scope is only 5km2, if considered according to population criteria and standards, a lot of people must be drawn.
“But then, we changed our thinking. We proposed to take all four old inner-city districts, including Hoan Kiem, Dong Da, Ba Dinh, Hai Ba Trung, into one master plan to balance and solve the problem. solve the problem of population and infrastructure,” Mr. Hue said.