Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 30 co-chaired a national urban conference in Hanoi, which aims to disseminate and roll out the Government's Resolution 148/NQ-CP on implementing the Politburo's Resolution 06-NQ/TW on planning, construction, management and sustainable development of urban areas in Vietnam to 2030, with a vision to 2045.
In the open period of 2022, the central city of Da Nang is recovering by focusing more on branded tourist real estate projects. Moreover, Da Nang continues to develop smart urban areas with the ambition to put the city into the map of a high-class living and resort urban area.
An international conference and exhibition on waste treatment solutions and technologies in urban cities in Vietnam will take place in the central city of Da Dang from August 25-26.
Competition between different localities in Vietnam needs to be avoided, specifically because preventing these connections inhibits broader socio-economic development goals.
As of June, Vietnam had 883 urban areas of all types across the country, representing an urbanisation rate of 41 percent, up 0.6 percent from the same period last year.
Hanoi's authorities are trying to plant more trees in the city, especially in urban areas, in an effort to improve the environment and reduce air pollution.
Vietnam needs an estimated 220 trillion VND (9.6 billion USD) to build about 294,600 units of social housing for low-income earners in urban areas and industrial parks in the 2021-2025 period, according to the Ministry of Construction.
Authorities of the northern province of Bac Giang have set a target to develop 20 urban areas by 2025, and due attention will be paid to infrastructure development.
Vietnam’s urbanisation ratio reached about 40.4 percent as of the end of June, with a total of 867 urban areas, according to the Ministry of Construction.
The northern province of Bac Giang is striving to develop 32 urban areas by 2030, raising its urbanisation ratio to about 32.4 percent in 2025 and 45-59 percent in 2030, according to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Duong Van Thai.
Giant property developer Novaland Investment Group Corporation (NVL) owned more than 4,894 ha of land bank by the end of 2020, with 1,394 ha in central Ho Chi Minh City and satellite urban areas, and 3,500 ha for resort projects.
The northern province of Bac Giang is striving to develop information technology infrastructure for digital transformation and also the development of smart urban areas.
The Thailand-based Central Retail Corporation Public Company Limited (CRC) plans to spend as much as 35 billion THB (1.1 billion USD) on expanding its network in Vietnam over the next five years.