| THE PRIME MINISTER ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------- |
| No. 193/QD-TTg | Hanoi, February 02, 2010 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE PROGRAM ON REVIEW OF NEW COUNTRYSIDE CONSTRUCTION PLANNINGS
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Construction Law and the Government's Decree No. 08/2005/ND-CP of January 24, 2005, on construction plannings;
Pursuant to the Government's Resolution No. 24/2008/NQ-CP of October 28, 2008, promulgating the Plan of action for the implementation of Resolution of the 7th plenum of the X th Party Central Committee on agriculture, farmers and rural areas;
At the proposal of the Minister of Construction.
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Program on review of new countryside construction plannings, with the following principal contents:
I. OBJECTIVES
1. New countryside construction plannings must be in line with local and regional socioeconomic development plannings and sectoral development plannings, closely associated with orientations on the development of the urban system and economic regions and conformable with the set of national criteria for new countryside. These plannings must clearly determine development orientations, identify specific characteristics of each rural area, properly address the relationship between immediate construction and long-term development and between renovation and construction, and suit local economic development and actual income levels of people.
2. New countryside construction plannings must be elaborated with the participation of local people and communities from the proposal of planning ideas to mobilization of capital, organization of implementation and construction management.
3. New countryside construction pfennings must be coordinated, take into account investment capital sources and local socioeconomic conditions and set forth orientations and solutions for investment in the construction of technical and social infrastructure facilities and protection of the environment in residential areas so as to minimize the effects of natural disasters, flooding and weak soil foundation.
4. New countryside construction plannings must ensure the development of a modern and civilized countryside while maintaining cultural identities and fine traditions and customs of each region and each ethnic group, stabilizing people's lives, maintaining and preserving heritages, promoting intangible cultural values and adapting to natural disaster conditions.
II. OBJECTIVES
1. By 2011. rural construction plannings will basically cover all localities nationwide for use as a basis for investment in new countryside construction and realization of the national target of new countryside construction during 2010-2020.
III. CONTENTS AND TASKS
1. Grounds for elaboration of rural construction plannings
Rural construction planning schemes must be elaborated based on approved urban construction plannings. If these plannings are not yet available, rural construction plannings shall be elaborated on the basis of socio-economic development master plans of provinces and districts, land use plannings or local socio-economic development programs and strategies.
2. Contents of rural construction planning schemes
a/ Drawing topographical maps
