The conference looked into the implementation of thePolitburo’s Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW, dated January 24, 2022, on urban planning,building, management and development by 2030, with a vision towards 2045.
Thuong laid emphasis on the need to quickly build action programmes and plans on the implementation ofthe resolution, with specific roadmaps and tasks, henoted.
It is also crucial to change theoretical mindset andurban planning methods, and ensure the long-term vision, harmony and modernityof planning schemes, with people and their living standards at the centre, andurban culture and civilisation as the development foundation, Thuong said.
The official also mentioned the consolidation of thelegal system and the issuance of breakthrough mechanisms and policies to facilitatesustainable urban development and economic growth.
Urban management requires decentralisation, whileurban development needs the utilisation of both internal and externalresources, he said.
He asked the Government’s Party delegation to soon issuea programme of action on the materialisation of the resolution, which, he said,should match the reality in each locality and region.
It revealsthat as of late 2020, Vietnam counted 862 urban areas of all types across thecountry, and its urbanisation rate expanded from 30.5 percent in 2010 to nearly40 percent in 2020.
The rate isexpected to reach at least 45 percent by 2025 and over 50 percent in 2030, andto stay in the upper middle range as compared with the average in Asia and Southeast Asia by 2045./.
VNA