The launching ceremony of a project to upgrade Tam Bac river of Hai Phong (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approvedadjustment tasks for master planning of the northern port city of Hai Phonguntil 2035 with a vision to 2050.
The scale of the amendments is the whole administrative area of HaiPhong, a total area of 156,176 hectares.
The planning aims to improve the position of the city in the region andthe world, making it a civilised, modern and smart port city with unique identityand development towards green growth and climate change adaption.
The city is expected to become the leading maritime economic centre ofthe country and a hub of service, high technology, tourism, education-training,science-technology and health care of the northern coastal region.
Major requirements of the planning’s amendments include reviewing themaster planning’s contents which were approved in 2009, as well as the realityof urban development of Hai Phong, along with the review of development plansof urban areas, land stock, land use planning, the scale of functional areasand conformity with the development trends of the city.
At the same time, the assessment of the strategic environment, theresponse to climate change and sea level rise, as well as publictransportation, urban underground spaces, lighting and decoration system isalso necessary, together with proposing indications to control urbandevelopment using scientific methods.
The Hai Phong city planning evaluates social infrastructure in allfields including administration, health care, education, culture, sports,tourism and entertainment.
It also defines problems in social infrastructure system, whileproposing the supplementation and upgrading of some works.
The Deputy PM requested that the planning sketch out orientations fordeveloping urban spaces, land use planning, and directions in buildingtechnical infrastructure framework, while creating a strategic environmentassessment.-VNA
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