Nearly 100 percent of rural communes have planning: ministry
The ratio of rural communes with their own planning has risen from 23.1 percent in 2010 to 83.1 percent in 2013 and 99.7 percent today, according to Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh.
Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh addresses the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Theratio of rural communes with their own planning has risen from 23.1 percent in2010 to 83.1 percent in 2013 and 99.7 percent today, according to DeputyMinister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh.
At a conference in Hanoi onOctober 3 to review the implementation of the criteria on planning as part ofthe National Target Programme on New-Style Rural Area Building, Sinh said the Ministryof Construction has coordinated with localities to deal with any difficultiesthey face in designing new-style rural areas.
He said that from 2010-2015,planning had focused on developing new residential areas and improving existingareas in each commune.
For the 2016-2020 period, theMinistry of Construction was assigned to help localities develop regional plans,ensuring the harmony between rural and urban development, he noted.
Planning is the first among the19 criteria in the National Target Programme on New-Style Rural Area Building,in which construction planning must be prioritised to lay the foundation forthe investment and development of socio-economic infrastructure in rural areas,ensuring sustainable rural building.
In the 2016-2020 period, theprogramme aims to modernize and industrialise agricultural and rural areas.
Vice Director of the Departmentof Construction of Lam Dong province Bui Quang Son said that it is necessary toimplement detailed planning to attract investment and create motivation foreconomic development, while applying stricter punishments for violations of landuse.
Deputy Minister of Agricultureand Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam said that as of September this year, 4,554communes, or 51.16 percent of the country’s total communes,had been recognised as new-style rural areas, while on average 15.32 criteriahave been met.
The five-year target of theprogramme has been completed two years ahead of schedule, he added.
Nam proposed revisions ofregulations and guidelines in rural planning, construction and management tosuit specific regions and meet sustainable development demands./.
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Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh addresses the event (Photo: VNA) 
