THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 109/2006/QD-TTg
Hanoi, May 19, 2006
  
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME ON THE MASTER PLAN ON DEVELOPMENT OF NAM DINH CITY INTO AN ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CENTER OF THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER DELTA
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Planning and Investment Minister in Document No. 8696/BKH/TD&GSDT of December 14, 2005; and of the People's Committee of Nam Dinh province in Report No. 269/TTr-UB of August 22, 2005, and Document No. 423/UBND-VP5 of November 16, 2005, on approval of the scheme on the master plan on development of Nam Dinh city into an economic, cultural and social center of the southern Red River delta,
 
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the scheme on the master plan on development of Nam Dinh city into an economic, cultural and social center of the southern Red River delta, with the following principal contents:
I. FUNCTIONS OF NAM DINH CITY IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER DELTA
1. A center of a number of industries.
2. A training center.
3. A scientific and technological center.
4. A medical, healthcare and medical research center.
5. A cultural and tourist center.
6. A sport center.
II. ORIENTATIONS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NAM DINH CITY TILL 2020
1. Development viewpoint and objectives:
a/ Development viewpoint:
- To develop Nam Dinh city in order to ensure its higher and higher position and role to the southern Red River delta, and its greater contributions to the economic growth of the region.
- To develop Nam Dinh city with a long-term vision toward a civilized and modern city which will, however, preserve its particularities. To associate economic development with urban embellishment and expansion and infrastructure development.
- To build Nam Dinh city for the benefits of not only residents of Nam Dinh city and Nam Dinh province but also the entire southern Red River delta.
- To develop Nam Dinh city on the basis of its internal resources and advantages, especially the geographical and human resource advantages, making the best use of the central government's supports for regional projects and attracting investment from outside.
- To associate economic development with social domains and training of human resources for the city, the province and the region.
- To associate economic development with defense and security maintenance in the city, which acts as a strategic geographical area for defense and security maintenance for the entire region and Hanoi capital.
b/ Development objectives:
- Overall objectives: To build Nam Dinh city into a developed and modern one which still preserves its particularities and plays more and more important role in socio-economic development of Nam Dinh province and the southern Red River delta.
- A number of specific targets:
+ Economic targets: To strive for the city's annual GDP growth rate of 14% in the 2005-2010 period, 13.8% in the 2011-2015 period and 13.6% in the 2016-2020 period (1.3 - 1.4 times higher than the average growth rate of the southern Red River delta and Nam Dinh province).
To increase the city's GDP proportion to the GDP of the southern Red River delta from 8.35% in 2004 to 10.2% in 2010, 12.2% in 2015 and 14.4% in 2020.
To increase the city's contribution to the economic growth of the southern Red River delta to 12.5% in the 2005-2010 period, around 15.5% in the 2010-2015 period and 18.2% in the 2016-2020 period.
+ Urban and infrastructure development targets: To develop the city in interconnection with the vicinity; to renovate and embellish old urban quarters; to build modern urban centers with synchronized infrastructures. The city's urban architecture shall bear the region's particular style. To build the city's infrastructure network up to the standards of grade-II cities and eventually to those of grade-l cities, satisfying the requirements of the region's central city.
+ Social targets: To expand the scale and raise the comprehensive quality of the city's social domains of education-training, science-technology, healthcare, sport, satisfying requirements of a grade-l city. To preserve and bring into full play the traditional cultural values in the socio-economic development of the province and the region.
+ Security and defense targets: To build the city into a firm defensive zone, which may contribute to firmly maintaining security and defense in the whole region.
+ Eco-environmental protection targets: To build the city into a green, clean and beautiful one; to protect both traditional and modern landscapes.
2. Forecasts on the size of the city:
a/ Population size:
- The population of Nam Dinh city in 2005:241,100.
- The population of Nam Dinh city (expanded) in 2010:511,000.
- The population of Nam Dinh city (expanded) after 2020: 955,000.
b/ Land size:
- By 2010, the city's land area shall be 21,406 hectares, an increase of some 16,771 hectares over 2004.
- By 2020, the city's land area shall be 45,127 hectares, an increase of some 23,811 hectares over 2010.
c/ Urban development directions:
- The urban space of Nam Dinh city shall be expanded to match its economic and population growth and functions as the region's central city and in the following directions:
- To the other bank of Dao river north of the city's bypass, covering Nam Van commune and communes of Nam True and True Ninh districts.
- To the city's northwestern area covering Loc Hoa commune, Loc Vuong and Loc Ha wards and communes of My Loc district.
- To the city's western and southwestern areas covering communes of Vu Ban district.
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