NA Chairman meets Vietnam Urban Development Planning Association

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue underlined the importance of planning, especially urban planning during a meeting with the Vietnam Urban Development Planning Association (VUPDA) in Hanoi on July 19.
NA Chairman meets Vietnam Urban Development Planning Association ảnh 1NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and VUPDA members (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue underlined theimportance of planning, especially urban planning during a meeting with theVietnam Urban Development Planning Association (VUPDA) in Hanoi on July 19.

NAChairman Hue thanked VUPDA members for offering feedback on the revisedLand Law, the amended Housing Law, the draft revised Law on Real EstateBusiness and relevant laws such as the Law on Urban Planning and the Law onConstruction which are being considered by the legislature.

Hebelieved that a number of draft laws would be passed by the NA with highapproval rate in its sixth session.

Hue expressed his delight that over the past 25 years since itsestablishment, the VUPFA has made significant contributions to the country's sustainable urbanplanning, construction and management. It actively offeredopinions in the process of building the draft Urban Planning Law, the Law onConstruction, the Land Law, the Planning Law, the Housing Law, andin major projects such as the Hanoi Capital Region Construction Master Plan,the Master Plan for Ho Chi Minh City Construction, the Long Thanh internationalairport planning, Thi Vai and Lach Huyen international seaports, among others.

NA Chairman meets Vietnam Urban Development Planning Association ảnh 2At the event (Photo: VNA)


Itmade active contributions to the issuance of the Politburo’s Resolution 06-NQ/TW on thesustainable urban planning, construction and management in Vietnam until 2030,with a vision to 2045; and Resolution 11-NQ/TW on orientations tosocio-economic development and ensuring national defence-security in the mid-landand northern mountainous region till 2030, with a vision to 2045.

About future tasks, he asked the VUPDA to continue fullygrasping the Party and State’s policies and guidelines on urban development andplanning, especially Resolution 06.

It was assigned to continue actively joining importantprogrammes and plans to offer effective feedback during the implementation of Resolution 06 and the national planning projects that have been decided andapproved.

Hue wished that VUPDA would proactivelypropose legislative initiatives that align with its functions, and partner withpress agencies to enhance policy and legal communication in this field./.

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