DECISION

APPROVING THE READJUSTED GENERAL PLANNING ON BUILDING HAI PHONG CITY UP TO 2020

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the Regulation on Management of Urban Planning, issued together with the Governments Decree No. 91/CP of August 17, 1994;
At the proposals of the Peoples Committee of Hai Phong city in Official Dispatch No. 58/TT-UB of December 19, 2000 and of the Construction Ministry in Official Dispatch No. 2355/BXD-KTQH of December 20, 2000,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To approve the readjusted General Planning on Building Hai Phong city up to 2020 with the following principal contents:

1. Objectives:

Determining the position and functions of Hai Phong city in its socio-economic development relations with the whole country and northern key economic region with a view to contributing to stepping up the industrialization and modernization; combining urban construction with national security and defense, renovation with new construction in order to step by step build Hai Phong city into a modern city strong with national identity, maintaining its role as an urban center of national magnitude.

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The planning scope covers the entire administrative boundaries of Hai Phong city with the area of around 1,520 sq.km and the areas in northern key economic region which affect the citys economic development, with the area of around 4,000 sq.km.

3. Character:

a/ Hai Phong city is an urban center of national magnitude; one of industrial, trade, service and tourist centers of the whole country and the northern coastal region as well;

b/ It is a port city, the northern provinces main gate to the sea; the important communication hub of the North and the whole country;

c/ It is an administrative, political, economic, cultural, scientific and technical center occupying an important position for national security and defense.

4. Population size:

By 2020, Hai Phong citys urban population will size up 1,350,000, of which 1,100,000 will live in the central city; and around 250,000 in the satellite towns of Minh Duc, Do Son, Nui Deo, An Lao, Kien Thuy, Cat Ba and other townships.

5. Land size:

a/ By 2005: Land area for urban construction will be around 7,359 ha with the norm of 103.6 sq.m/person, of which civil-use land area - around 3,202 ha with the norm of 70 sq.m/person.

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6. Orientation for spatial development and urban landscape architecture:

a/ Orientation for the city development:

To develop and renovate the inner city area on the basis of thoroughly exploiting the land funds left unused or used with less efficiency, to combine expansion with development of the city to the vicinity, especially areas north of Cam river, northwest and southeast regions, areas along National Highway 14 and coastal area east of the city.

b/ On division of functional areas:

- The population areas shall comprise:

+ Areas restricted to development, comprising old streets in the city�s heart, built before 1954; limited from To Hieu - Le Loi, Nguyen Trai Road to Cam river; part of Kien An district center.

- The construction of high-rises in these areas should be limited in order to avoid infrastructure overload; to step by step relocate a number of the polluting plants, enterprises and warehouses; to reduce population size, increase the land use norm and improve urban environment.

+ Expanded development areas, comprising 7 communes of An Hai district, south of the city, namely Trang Cat, Dong Hai, Nam Hai, Dang Lam, Dang Hai, Du Hang Kenh and Vinh Niem; those southwest of the city, including Kien An district, those northwest of the city, including 2 wards in Hong Bang district and the communes of An Hai district; the new urban area north of Cam river, including the communes of Thuy Nguyen district.

- Industrial parks and warehouses:

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+ West-Northwest Industrial Park: 363 ha, of which Nomura Park occupies 153 ha and Vat Cach Industrial Park, 210 ha, for the development of high-tech, steel and mechanical engineering industries and warehousing services.

+ Thuong Ly-So Dau Industrial Park (Hong Bang district): 150 ha, for the development of industries, port and warehousing services, wharf, building materials, petrol and oil processing, and light industry.

+ Quan Tru Industrial Park: 30 ha, for the development of foodstuff processing industry, light industry, electronic assembly, packings production, fine art articles, mechanical engineering products, textiles and garments.

+ Cong Doi-Van Trang Industrial Park: 25 ha, for the development of building materials industry and light industry.

+ Tien Hoi Industrial Park: 20 ha, for the development of building materials industry and light industry.

+ Dong Hai Industrial Park: 300 ha, for the development of export goods processing industry, mechanical engineering products, electronic assembly and chemicals.

+ Dinh Vu Industrial Park: 937 ha, for the development of industries, seaport, warehousing, and wharf services for the port.

+ Minh Duc-Trang Kenh Industrial Park (Thuy Nguyen district): 100 ha, for the development of building materials industry, chemicals industry and cement production.

+ Ben Rung Industrial Park: 405 ha, for the development of old ship-demolishing industry, liquefied gas, thermo-electricity, ship-building industry and similar products.

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+ Hai Thanh Industrial Park: 50 ha, for the development of clean industries: footwear production, electronic assembly, products in service of tourism and home appliances.

- System of centers:

+ Service center system: will be organized into different levels for daily, regular and irregular services. Irregular service works (city level) will be arranged scatteredly; regular service works will be arranged in association with central system of the urban areas (districts) and residential areas; daily service works will be arranged in association with residential quarters.

+ Administrative-political center of the city: will, in the immediate future, be arranged at the existing establishments in Hong Bang district; along Hoang Van Thu-Cau Dat-Lach Tray road; central stretch from the port to Sat market; in the future, it will be arranged in the new urban center north of Cam river.

+ Tourist, rest and recreation, and entertainment areas:

Inner city area: comprising An Bien central park of 40 ha; Dong Khe park of 100 ha; Du Hang park and northern Cam river park (Tan Duong-Vu Yen) of 600 ha; Thien Van hilly forest park (Kien An) of 100 ha.

Vicinity area: comprising 3 areas: green tree - physical training and sports - historical relics, namely Dinh Vu area; Nui Voi area (An Lao) and physical training and sports center toward National Highway 14; Hai Phong cultural village in Do Son.

Convalescence tourist sites and nature preservation areas on the outskirts, comprising: Bac Thuy Nguyen scenery area (Gia river); Do Son tourist area; Cat Ba island tourist site, in combination with Cat Ba primary forest and Ha Long Bay.

- Specialized centers:

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+ Training schools, research institutes and State agencies� headquarters: Universities shall be arranged from Nguyen Binh Khiem road to Rao bridge on Lach Tray road. Vocational and teachers� training schools shall be arranged in Kien An. Research institutes shall be arranged towards National Highway 14 (the Rao bridge - Do Son section). State management agencies, including those of national security and defense forces, should be re-arranged in order to avoid their current scatteredness along Nga Nam - Cat Bi airport road, Ho Sen road to Rao bridge No. 2 and in new urban areas.

+ Health, convalescence and sanatorium centers: Vietnam - Czechoslovakia hospital is a city-level health center, which provides hospitalization for foreigners. It will be upgraded and expanded toward the detention camp. In the future, it will be moved to other suitable location on the outskirts. A number of regional-level specialized convalescence and treatment hospitals will be built.

+ Physical training and sports centers: The existing central stadium in the old urban quarter will be upgraded and perfected for accommodating between 15,000 and 20,000 people. A regional-level sports complex up to international standard shall be formulated on an area of around 70 ha, linking to Hai Phong - Do Son road. Physical training and sports centers of between 5 and 10 ha each will be arranged in urban areas.

+ National security and defense areas: On the basis of the areas with national security and defense works, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Defense shall elaborate planning for military and security zones in line with the readjusted General Planning and the national security and defense requirements and submit it to the Prime Minister for approval.

+ It is necessary to protect the citys green belts being agricultural land area surrounding the central city for environmental protection and urban ecological balance; coastal submerged protection tree zone along National Highway 14 - Do Son route; green tree zone for the protection of urban important technical infrastructure projects such as the areas close to river-spanning bridges, National Highway 5, National Highway 10 and Cat Bi airports base-turn.

c/ On urban architecture and landscape:

- With regard to the area restricted to development (old inner city area): It is necessary to preserve and embellish cultural and historical relics and valuable architectural works; to renovate and upgrade infrastructures, expand the tree planting area and the public-facility area; it is possible to build a number of high-rises at appropriate locations, but without affecting the city�s traditional cultural picture and environment; to move to the suburban areas the polluting industrial, cottage industry and handicraft establishments and warehouses; to step by step improve the urban environment;

- With regard to the area expanded for urban development: To protect and develop the system of green trees, reservoirs and vast water surface along Cam river, Lach Tray river, Bach Dang river, coastal area, National Highway 14, Do Son town, Nui Deo, Nui Voi and Cat Ba with a view to creating vast green corridors for the city.

- To develop new and modern urban areas with synchronous and rational infrastructure system with high percentages of green tree area and prioritize land for creation of vast open space; to develop high-rises in central areas and on main roads in order to increase the percentages of above-ground floors and reduce the construction density, and at the same time to urbanize the existing villages, in association with the structure of the citys General Planning.

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7. On the communication and technical infrastructure planning:

a/ On communication planning:

By 2020, land area for communication infrastructure construction, including both dynamic and static communications, must reach the average level of 17 sq.m/person with the percentage of 11.6% of the urban construction land.

- Land roads:

+ To renovate and expand national highways to the city: National Highway 5 through Hai Phong city, from km 77+650 to Dinh Vu, into grade-I urban main street. National Highway 10, in the future, will be grade-2 delta road on the whole route.

+ To renovate, upgrade and perfect the following belt lines:

Belt line I: Thuong Ly - Bach Dang - Nguyen Tri Phuong - Hoang Dieu - Le Thanh Tong - Le Lai - To Hieu;

Belt line II coinciding with the National Highway 5 section: Thuong Ly - Du Hang Kenh - Chua Ve;

Belt line III: Minh Duc - Vat Cach - Kien An - Do Son - Dinh Vu - Minh Duc.

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+ To renovate and build the system of inner city roads according to the planning.

- Railways:

+ Basically, they are in line with Hai Phong city�s General Planning approved by the Prime Minister in 1993, including the railways connected with the port system, namely: Vat Cach, Hoang Dieu, Chua Ve, Dinh Vu, Minh Duc Industrial Park and northern Cam river new urban area.

+ Shunting station: will be arranged in Cam Lo;

+ Passenger station: remains in the existing location;

+ Railways comprising: single-track Hanoi - Hai Phong railway, land will be reserved for its expansion into double-track one when necessary; railway leading to the inner city being the one running North in parallel with Hoang Dieu road, overhead through two bridges spanning Thuong Ly and Tam Bac rivers; railway leading to the new urban area north of Cam river, across the Cam river to Minh Duc Industrial Park; railway to Do Son when Southern Do Son deep-water port is built.

- Waterways:

+ Seaways: To develop Hai Phong port clusters, in close association with Northeastern port cluster. To study the construction of a deep-water port at appropriate location for ships of 30,000-50,000 tons, meeting the economic, technical and environmental hygiene requirements, in rational association with the structure of the city�s General Planning.

To build new navigable lanes for 10,000 ton-ships entering Hai Phong port through Lach Huyen - Cai Trap channel into Bach Dang river, ensuring the water depth of 7.7 m.

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- Airways:

+ To upgrade Cat Bi airport into an international one of coastal region level with the area of 600 ha; the runway size of 3,200 m; and more than 2 million passengers/year.

+ To build tourist airports in Cat Ba and Do Son; to maintain Kien An military airport.

b/ On technical and land preparation:

- To ensure the planned foundation slanting degree of between 0.001 and 0.002 for convenient water drainage;

- Height of the construction foundation: from +4.2 to +4.7 m for old urban areas; +5.0m or more for riverside land areas where ports and industrial establishments and/or warehouses, storing yards are planned for construction.

- Rain water drainage: For old urban areas, rain water and waste water are drained together, then will be gradually drained separately when conditions permit; for new urban areas and industrial parks, rain water and waste water drainage systems shall be separated.

c/ On water supply:

- Water source to be supplied for the central city shall be the surface water source of An Kim Hai system in Vat Cach, supplied from Sai, Da Do and Gia rivers.

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d/ On electricity supply:

The electricity source from the national electricity system shall be Pha Lai electricity plant, to build Vat Cach and Dinh Vu source stations; to renovate and build transformer stations of 110KV.

e/ On information, post and telecommunications:

To modernize the information and communication network under the project of the postal service; to complete the regional network of post offices and public telephone network; to develop the advanced post and telecommunications services; to strive to reach the figure of between 22 and 24 telephones/100 persons by 2020.

f/ On waste water drainage and environmental hygiene:

- Industrial waste water must be treated for each plant of special size and characteristics, or to build a treatment station for a cluster of industrial parks, ensuring hygienic requirements set by State management agencies, before it is discharged into rivers or lakes.

- Daily-life waste water in urban centers and hospital waste water must be treated thoroughly before they are discharged into channels, ditches, rivers or lakes.

- Hygienic burial grounds for solid waste:

+ To exploit the 60-hectare-Trang Cat garbage dump the central city; to expand the existing Do Son garbage dump to 6 ha; to build new hygienic garbage burial grounds in Xuan Son (An Lao district) with the area of 10 ha; in Gia Minh in service of the new urban area north of Cam river; in Dai Ban commune in service of Northwest urban area; in the location next to Khue ferry in service of Tien Lang and Vinh Bao townships.

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Article 2.- To assign the People�s Committee of Hai Phong city:

-To ratify the design dossier of the readjusted General Planning of Hai Phong city up to 2020, publicize it for the people to know, inspect and implement; organize the implementation of the above-said Planning according to law provisions;

- To promulgate the Regulation on management of architecture and plan for the construction of Hai Phong city after obtaining the consents from the Construction Ministry;

- To study the scheme on the formation and development of a deep-water port in Hai Phong city under the guidance of the Ministry of Communications and Transport.

Article 3.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing.

The president of the Peoples Committee of Hai Phong city, the ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies and the heads of the agencies attached to the Government shall have to implement this Decision.

FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER




Nguyen Tan Dung

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