Topic: urban areas

Total investment capital estimated at $306 million.

Urbanization rate is to reach 20.6 per cent by that time.

‘Sustainable Urban Development in Vietnam 2023’ forum focused on matters relating to the management and sustainability of Vietnam’s urban areas.

Urban areas projected to account for some 75% of national GDP by 2025.

The Ministry of Construction is formulating national urban and rural area planning for the 2022-2030 period and vision to 2050, to build and develop a harmonious and balanced urban network between regions, urban areas, and the countryside. The development of high-rise buildings will be strictly controlled in inner cities, with the concentration of hospitals and universities in central urban areas reduced and industrial facilities outside of urban areas relocated.

The Phu Yen Provincial People’s Committee has requested that the consulting unit soon complete a proposal for an urban development area along the two banks of the Ba River. An area of more than 22,000 ha in the south-central province will receive investment in the construction of highlight projects such as islands, symbolic bridges, eco-tourism, a health rehabilitation center, a wildlife sanctuary, and golf villas.

The draft national master plan for the 2021-2030 period sets a target of the population being 105 million by 2030 and 115 million by 2050. Average GDP growth will be 7 per cent in the 2021-2030 period and 6.5-7 per cent in 2030-2050. GDP per capita is to be $7,500 by 2030 and $27,000-$30,000 by 2050. By 2030, Vietnam will have 5,000 km of expressways and 9,000 km by 2050. The average residential floor space per capita in urban areas is to reach 32 sq m by 2030.

Northern Bac Giang province has approved the detailed construction planning for four new urban areas and residential areas on a total area of more than 220 ha. The central urban area in Bo Ha town, Yen The district, is the largest, on 136 ha and with an expected population of 9,500.

Northern Thai Nguyen province has adjusted and supplemented its Housing Development Plan in 2022. It will now implement 290 housing projects and urban areas on a total area of 6,680 hectares this year, 17 communal housing projects on a total area of more than 115 hectares, and 24 projects on housing for resettlement on a total area of 250 hectares.