DECISION

APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON CONSTRUCTION OF CAN THO CITY UP TO 2025

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Construction Law;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 08/2005/ND-CP of January 24, 2005, on construction planning;
At the proposals of the Construction Minister in Report No. 35/TTr-BXD of June 12, 2006, and of the People's Committee of Can Tho city in Report No. 61/TTr-UBND of December 16, 2005, regarding the approval of the master plan on construction of Can Tho city up to 2025,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To approve the master plan on construction of Can Tho city up to 2025 with the following principal contents:

1. Scope and scale:

The master plan covers the whole administrative boundaries of Can Tho city with a total area of 139,000 hectares.

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3. Population size:

- By 2015: The population of the whole city shall be around 1,300,000, of which the population of the inner city shall be around 700,000;

- By 2025: The population of the whole city shall be around 1,600,000 - 1,800,000 of which the population of the inner city shall be around 1,000,000 - 1,100,000;

4. Construction land area:

- By 2015: The urban construction land area shall be around 14,750 hectares with a norm of 200 - 210 m2/person, of which the land area for civil use shall be 4,296 hectares with a norm of 65 - 70 m2/person.

- By 2025: The urban construction land area shall be around 22,000 - 23,000 hectares with a norm of 220 - 230 m2/person, of which the land area for civil use shall be 8,300 - 8,500 hectares with a norm of 80 - 85 m2/person.

5. Orientations for spatial development and urban arichitecture and landscape:

a/ The city's main development directions shall be as follows:

- To the northwest along Hau river: To develop Thot Not urban - industrial - service zone, an urban - hi-tech zone north of O Mon canal and a heavy-industry zone attached to the port south of O Mon canal;

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- To the southwest: To develop an ecological urban center attached to water nature conservation zones and orchards.

- To the west: To develop suburban agricultural belts.

b/ Functional quarters:

- Residential quarters (on a total area of around 5,400 - 5,800 hectares) include:

+ The existing residential quarters which need to be renovated, embellished and strictly managed in terms of planning, architecture and protection of historical relics and valuable landscape architectures, covering the central urban area (with an area of 1,000 hectares and a populaiton of around 250,000), including quarters already built in the wards of Binh Thuy and Ninh Kieu districts in the inner city and along Hoa Binh, April 30, February 3 and Tran Hung Dao roads and national highways 91 and 91 B; and the existing population quarters in Cai Rang, O Mon and Thot Not (with an area of 450 hectares and a population of around 150,000).

+ Newly developed quarters which shall be built under urban development projects with synchronous infrastructure systems and modern architectures, including:

* The residential quarters along national highway 91B, north of Cai Khe islet and in Binh Thuy district (with a total area of 1,200 - 1,300 hectares and a total population of around 200,000), which require the exploitation of land strips along Hau river bank and the building of high-rises as vanishing points in the new faade of the city by Hau river;

* The residential quarters along Can Tho city and the quarter south of new national highway 1A in Cai Rang district (with an area of 700 - 800 hectares and a population of around 120,000 - 150,000), which shall be largely located in Hung Phu, Hung Thanh and Phu An wards; and to develop residential low-rises suitable with particular conditions of riverside areas in combination with a number of high-rises as vanishing points in the center and along Can Tho and Hau rivers;

* The residential quarter of O Mon urban and heavy-industry zone shall be located to the south of O Mon river and the southeast of national highway 91 (with an area of 850 hectares and a population of around 120,000 - 150,000), where residential high-rises combined with low-rises shall be developed;

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* The residential quarter of Phong Dien ecological urban center shall be located on Can Tho river bank in My Khanh, Giai Xuan and Nhon Nghia communes (with an area of 350 hectares and a population of around 70,000); where residential low-rises shall be developed;

* The residential quarter in Thot Not - Lo Te area (with an area of 600 hectares and a population of around 100,000 - 120,000).

- Industrial, warehouse and port zones (on a total area of 3,000 - 3,800 hectares), include:

+ Hung Phu 1 and Hung Phu 2 industrial parks attached to Cai Cui port (on an area of around 600 - 700 hectares);

+ O Mon industrial and port zone: To develop heavy-industry associated with power and cement plants (on an area of around 800 - 900 hectares);

+ Northern O Mon hi-tech park (on an area of around 400 hectares);

+ Thot Not industrial - port warehouse zone on Hau river banks and along Cai San canal (on an area of around 1,000 - 1,200 hectares);

+ The port and goods warehouse system consisting of an international port in Cai Rang, a port for industrial parks in Tra Noc and Thot Not; and a tourist port in Ninh Kieu (on a total area of around 300 hectares).

There shall also be a total reserve land area of around 4,000 hectares in Hau river and Co Do agricultural farms for industrial and urban development when necessary.

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+ Regional centers (on a total area of around 400 - 500 hectares), including:

* Financial, insurance, banking, commercial and tourist service centers (on a total area of around 150 hectares), which shall be located in the centers of Ninh Kieu and Binh Thuy districts; and in new urban centers to the south of Can Tho river and Hau river islets;

* A regional sport center (on an area of around 120 hectares), which shall be located along national highway 91B in Binh Thuy district;

* Tay Do cultural center (on an area of around 120 hectares), which shall be located in new urban center south of Can Tho river in Cai Rang district;

* Regional commercial centers, which shall be located in Cai Rang, Ninh Kieu and Thot Not districts;

* A regional health center, which shall be located along national highway No. 91B, combined with the building of specialized hospitals in hi-tech urban centers;

* Eco-tourist resorts, which shall be located in Binh Thuy and Phong Dien districts.

+ Administrative, cultural, commercial service centers (on a total area of around 120 hectares), which shall be located in Ninh Kieu district and a new urban center south of Can Tho river.

+ Central areas of urban centers (on a total area of around 100 - 120 hectares), which shall be located in southern Can Tho urban center, O Mon urban and heavy-industry zone, O Mon urban and hi-tech zone, Thot Not urban, industrial and service zone and Phong Dien ecological urban center.

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- Greenery and water surface areas and parks (on a total area of around 3,000 hectares), including:

+ Urban parks (on a total area of around 700 - 800 hectares), which shall be located along Hau and Can Tho riverbanks and in urban centers;

+ Con Au, Con Son and Tan Loc island eco-tourist resorts (on a total area of around 1,300 hectares);

+ An eco-tourist resort consisting of orchards, lakes, rivers and canals (on an area of around 250 - 300 hectares) shall be located in Phong Dien ecological urban center;

+ Golf courses (on a total area of around 500 - 600 hectares), which shall be located in O Mon, Cai Rang and Binh Thuy districts.

There shall also be a greenery and park system within eco-tourist resorts and islands.

+ Suburban areas, which shall function as areas for development of satellite towns, buffer zones, ecological zones, and for tourist development, include:

* Establishments for research and trial production of rice, cash crops, fruit trees, and poultry, cattle, shrimp and fish breeds (on a total area of around 200 hectares);

* Townships being district centers and vicinities of Vinh Thanh and Thanh An townships (Vinh Thanh district); Co Do and Thoi Lai townships (Co Do district).

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- Areas for conservation of architectural heritages, historical and cultural relics and areas where development is restricted (the inner city): To reduce the construction density, increase the greenery areas and raise the average height of construction works; to conserve and embellish valuable architectural works; to protect landscapes along Hau and Can Tho rivers, and Cai Rang, O Mon, Binh Thuy and Tra Noc canals.

- Newly built areas: To develop modern and high-rise architectures in combination with green spaces along national highways 91, 91B, Mau Than - Tra Noc airport road and in new residential quarters.

- Areas for landscape protection: Not to construct works. It is necessary to conserve nature and ecological areas, and conserve ecological garden areas near rivers and canals and combined with agricultural belts.

- Landscapes along Hau river: To organize greenery and water surface areas in combination with a number of high-rises as vanishing points of the city.

6. Planning orientations for technical infrastructure development

a/ Communication

- Major targets:

+ The total land area reserved for communication shall be around 4,090 hectares, of which the area for outbound roads shall be around 2,210 hectares and the area for urban communication shall be around 1,880 hectares.

+ The ratio of urban communication land shall be 20 - 22%, of which the area for stationery communication shall be around 3 - 4%.

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+ The urban communication land norm shall be 19 - 21 m2/person.

- Outbound communication

+ Road communication: Roads shall include national highway 1A (the section running through Can Tho city, which shall be 80 m wide); national highway 80 (the sections running through population quarters, which shall be 45 m wide); national highway 91B extended southward (the section south of Hau river, which shall be 80 m wide); and an expressway linking national highway 80 and road N2 running through An Giang province (of a width of 95 m).

+ Waterways shall include an international waterway navigation route on Hau river; and regional waterway navigation routes, including Cai San canal, Can Tho river, Xa No, O Mon and Thot Not canals.

+ Railways: To build railways on the bridge spanning Hau river in O Mon district, the flyover crossing national highway 91C, running to Long Xuyen, Ca Mau and linking with Cai Cui port.

+ Airways: Tra Noc airfield shall be upgraded and expanded into an international airport.

- Intra-municipal communication

+ Roads:

* Urban main axes:

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Transversal axes: To renovate and complete the existing main axes, such as Hoa Binh boulevard, April 30, Tran Phu, Hung Vuong, Tran Hung Dao and February 3 roads (of a width of between 30 m and 40 m); to build the extended section of Nguyen Van Cu road (of a width of 34 m) and transversal axes (of a width of between 51 m and 53 m).

Regional main axes linking urban functional quarters (of a width of between 30 m and 35 m).

* Crossings between outbound communication axes, expressways, railways and urban main axes shall be grade crossings.

At traffic junctions between main urban thoroughfares: To expand level crossings or design traffic roundabouts.

* To build a new car terminal of the city in the area of the crossing between national highway 1A and expressway, expected to be in Cai Rang district (on an area of around 15 - 20 hectares). The existing car terminals in the inner city shall be converted into bus stations. To build in such new urban centers as O Mon, Thot Not and Lo Te T-junction inter-provincial car terminals-cum-bus stations.

* To locate parking lots at the city's public places.

+ Waterways: To dredge canals to ensure smooth navigation of waterway means of transport with a tonnage of 5 tons or more. The main passenger ship landing stage shall be located in the existing Can Tho ferry landing area. The tourist ship landing stage shall be located in Ninh Kieu wharf. To renovate the existing cargo and passenger ship landing stages and build new ones on the city's main river fairways and in riverside and canalside urban population quarters.

b/ Ground-leveling:

- For the existing urban centers: The elevation of construction ground shall be suitable to each area or each urban functional quarter, including the inner city, areas near rivers where surface water is well drained, ground is not inundated and no landslide occurs. The minimum ground slope shall be 0.4%.

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- Materials for embankments shall be sand exploited from Hau river; to excavate earth to build lakes and dredge lakes, rivers and canals.

c/ Rainwater drainage:

- System: Separate rainwater drainage systems shall be built.

- Basins: Rainwater shall be drained to small basins connected to the system of canals.

- Boundaries of riverbank protection corridors shall be compliant with regulations on management of waterway boundaries.

d/ Water supply

- Water consumption demand:

+ Total water volume supplied for daily life shall be 200,000 - 250,000 m3/day.

+ Total water volume supplied for industrial use shall be 80,000 - 90,000 m3/day.

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+ To use surface water sources of Hau and Can Tho rivers. To use underground water sources for areas far from surface water sources.

+ Major projects include Can Tho water plant I (of a capacity of 40,000 m3/day); Can Tho water plant II (of an increased capacity of 60,000 m3/day); Tra Noc water plant (of an increased capacity of 60,000 m3/day); Thot Not water plant (of an increased capacity of 20,000 m3/day). To build Hung Phu water plant (of a capacity of 60,000 m3/day), Hung Thanh water plant (of a capacity of 40,000 m3/day) and Thuan Hung water plant (of a capacity of 40,000 m3/day). In the future, when Thot Not area is developed on an industrial area of 1,000 hectares, one more water plant of a capacity of 40,000 - 50,000 m3/day shall be built.

e/ Power supply:

- The power load shall be 530,200 kW by 2025.

- Power sources: Power shall be supplied from the national power grid through Tra Noc and O Mon power plants and from the southern high-voltage power grid.

- Power networks: To maintain the existing 22 kV and 0.4 kV power distribution networks; to renovate, upgrade and lay underground power transmission lines in new urban centers and the inner city.

f/ Wastewater drainage and environmental sanitation

- Daily-life wastewater:

+ In the inner city: To build one treating station in Hung Phu area for discharge to Hau river and another in Long Tuyen commune for discharge to Binh Thuy river.

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+ In hi-tech urban centers: To build separate treating stations.

+ In ecological garden urban centers: Depending on different terrains, to apply the measure of excavating lakes for biological treatment.

+ In townships: To build stations for treating daily-life wastewater before discharging it into canals.

- Industrial wastewater:

+ Wastewater of plants and factories located in the city must be locally treated to reach the B-limit hygiene standards before being discharged into urban water drainage system.

+ In industrial parks: Wastewater must be locally treated in each factory and in the concentrated clarifying station to reach the A-limit hygiene standards before being discharged into the environment.

+ Hospital wastewater shall be locally treated and sterilized before being discharged into the urban water drainage system.

- Environmental sanitation:

+ Regarding daily-life solid waste: To locate the treating facilities in service of the inner city in Truong Thanh commune (15 km from the city center, on an area of 120 hectares, which may be subsequently expanded to 200 hectares). To locate the treating facilities in service of suburban districts in Thanh Loc commune, Thot Not district (on an area of 20 hectares, which may be subsequently expanded to 50 hectares).

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7. Measures to protect the environment and the riverside landscape:

- To strictly control daily-life and industrial wastewater before it is discharged into rivers and canals;

- To plant and protect greenery strips along rivers and canals, creating open spaces for the city;

- To control the exploitation of different types of eco-tourism in the estuary and islet areas.

8. The first-stage construction planning and programs and projects prioritized for investment:

a/ Major infrastructure investment projects:

- Upgrading and expansion of Tra Noc airfield into an international airport;

- Building of an archwise section linking national highway 1A with national highway 80;

- Building of Can Tho - Xa No - Vi Thanh road;

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- Building of Tay Do cultural center;

- Building of the national sport training center;

- Building of Can Tho central general hospital;

- Building of Can Tho medicine and pharmacy university;

- Building of embankments of Cai Khe islet;

- Building of a girdle dike of Tan Loc islet;

- Building of a road in and a bridge leading to Khuong islet;

- Building of Mau Than - Tra Noc airport road;

- Building of Bon Tong - Mot Ngan road;

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b/ The inner city:

- To commence the construction of urban technical infrastructure projects, including building of outbound traffic routes, and upgrading of inbound traffic routes; technical preparation, water supply, wastewater drainage and environmental sanitation in the inner city;

- To renovate the existing urban centers, especially the city center, and concurrently develop new urban centers along national highway 91 B.

c/ The new urban center south of Can Tho river:

- To build Tay Do cultural center;

- To develop Cai Cui port and Cai Cui industrial park;

- To execute projects on housing development.

d/ Urban and heavy-industry zone:

- To develop Tra Noc industrial park, phase II, and new urban centers attached to the industrial park.

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f/ Phong Dien ecological urban center:

- To upgrade the archwise roads and extended Nguyen Van Cu road;

- To study and elaborate a detailed planning and projects on development of ecological tourist resorts.

g/ Thot Not urban, industrial and service zone:

- To expand and develop Thot Not industrial park and commercial center in Lo Te T-junction;

- To form a new urban center attached to the industrial park.

h/ Suburban areas:

- To renovate and upgrade infrastructures of district capitals and other townships of suburban districts, creating conditions for connecting rural areas and urban centers;

- To renovate and upgrade population quarters and clusters.

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1. Publicize the master plan on construction of Can Tho city up to 2025 so that all organizations and individuals can know and implement it; and organize the implementation of the master plan according to the provisions of law.

2. Promulgate the Regulation on construction management under the approved master plan on construction of Can Tho city up to 2025.

3. Organize the elaboration and approval of detailed plannings and investment projects according to the provisions of law.

4. Coordinate with the Transport Ministry in determining locations, directions and sizes of outbound communication works in the city.

5. Strictly manage the construction land fund and work out land use plans suitable with capital sources and capabilities of investors, avoiding the situation of occupying and using land for improper purposes and ensuring the efficient exploitation of the city's development land fund; manage and use land in strict compliance with the provisions of land law.

Article 3.- This Decision shall take effect 15 days after its publication in "CONG BAO."

The president of the People's Committee of Can Tho city, the Construction Minister, other ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, and concerned organizations and individuals shall have to implement this Decision.