A corner of Ha Long city in Quang Ninh province (Photo: baoquangninh.com.vn)Quang Ninh (VNA) - The Government has issued a resolution toadjust the land use planning of northern Quang Ninh province until 2020.
According to the planning, the province will have a total natural land area of617,779ha, nearly 75 percent of which is agricultural land.
Among 461,951ha of agricultural land, forest land for production is the highest(37.95 percent), besides areas for paddy fields, perennial trees and aquaticproduction.
The resolution orders the provincial People’s Committee to review the planningof sectors in accordance with land planning adjustment. The adjustment must berelevant with and meet the requirements of socio-economic development as wellas ensure local security and defence.
The province has been ordered to identify locations and publicise areas of riceplanning, protective forest areas and forest areas with special use that needprotection.
Local authorities must regulate the distribution of sources, especially Statebudget, between urban areas of industrial development and service and areasgrowing rice and having forest land protection.
They have been requested to launch policies and take measures to reduceproduction costs, increase income for farmers and attract investment in socialand technical infrastructure.
The resolution also asks the province to kick offconstruction of local industrial parks following the Government’s project todevelop industrial parks until 2015 with a vision to 2020. However, industrialparks are not allowed to be built on the current disputed area between Quang Ninhprovince and Hai Phong City.
The authorities are not allowed to switch the land use purpose of naturalforests, except for security purposes or for projects serving socio-economicdevelopment, both of which will be determined by the Prime Minister.
The resolution says any efforts to switch forest use purposes, especially formineral exploitation and tourism service projects, must be closely monitored.
The Government has also urged the province to hold auction for land use rightsand closely monitor land funds used for urban development, industrial parks,industrial clusters and non-agricultural land used for production andbusinesses so that land is used effectively and economically.
Violations on land use and management, including using land for wrong purposes,must be fined strictly, the resolution says.
Local authorities are not allowed to hand over, lease or retrieve land orswitch the land use purpose for areas not in the list of land use planning. - VNA
According to the planning, the province will have a total natural land area of617,779ha, nearly 75 percent of which is agricultural land.
Among 461,951ha of agricultural land, forest land for production is the highest(37.95 percent), besides areas for paddy fields, perennial trees and aquaticproduction.
The resolution orders the provincial People’s Committee to review the planningof sectors in accordance with land planning adjustment. The adjustment must berelevant with and meet the requirements of socio-economic development as wellas ensure local security and defence.
The province has been ordered to identify locations and publicise areas of riceplanning, protective forest areas and forest areas with special use that needprotection.
Local authorities must regulate the distribution of sources, especially Statebudget, between urban areas of industrial development and service and areasgrowing rice and having forest land protection.
They have been requested to launch policies and take measures to reduceproduction costs, increase income for farmers and attract investment in socialand technical infrastructure.
The resolution also asks the province to kick offconstruction of local industrial parks following the Government’s project todevelop industrial parks until 2015 with a vision to 2020. However, industrialparks are not allowed to be built on the current disputed area between Quang Ninhprovince and Hai Phong City.
The authorities are not allowed to switch the land use purpose of naturalforests, except for security purposes or for projects serving socio-economicdevelopment, both of which will be determined by the Prime Minister.
The resolution says any efforts to switch forest use purposes, especially formineral exploitation and tourism service projects, must be closely monitored.
The Government has also urged the province to hold auction for land use rightsand closely monitor land funds used for urban development, industrial parks,industrial clusters and non-agricultural land used for production andbusinesses so that land is used effectively and economically.
Violations on land use and management, including using land for wrong purposes,must be fined strictly, the resolution says.
Local authorities are not allowed to hand over, lease or retrieve land orswitch the land use purpose for areas not in the list of land use planning. - VNA
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