Urban governance

VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said urbanization in Vietnam has been proceeding very quickly, as seen in the expansion of the administrative boundary of Hanoi and HCM City, where formerly agricultural land is now being used for industrial, trade and service activities. The urbanization in Vietnam has been proceeding quickly Dr of Planning and Urban Design Nguyen Luu Bao Doan said that Vietnam’s economy grows on two ‘pillars’ – Hanoi and HCM City. The two cities can enjoy amenities at lower costs and higher life quality than other cities/provinces.  Hanoi and HCM City are also the localities that foreign businesses consider first when they want to set up head offices. The high population density in the two urban areas provides daily services, such as electricity, water, waste water treatment and public transport, at lower costs than in rural areas.  The rapid population increase during urbanization leads to many problems, … [Read more...] about Rapid urbanization worsening environmental dangers in VN

The Hanoitimes - Hanoi is a special capital with an important role, thus, the city requires specific mechanisms and policies in its development. Hanoi will continue collecting comments to complete its pilot scheme of urban governance and expects to submit it to the Politburo, the supreme decision-making body in the country, in December 2018 for consideration. Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai made the statement while presiding over the workshop to collect comments from the central theoretical council, experts and scientists on the pilot scheme of urban governance on September 7.   Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hoang chaired the workshop The workshop also saw the attendance of hai's deputies Ngo Thi Thanh Hang and Dao Duc Toan, and Chairwoman of the Hanoi People's Council Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc. At the workshop, the majority of participants said that the draft of Hanoi’s pilot scheme of … [Read more...] about Hanoi to sumbit urban governance scheme to Politburo soon

The Hanoitimes - Urban government plays an important role in the socio-economic development of a country. Hanoi authorities are consulting municipalities on piloting a scheme of urban government with two options, in a move to build more efficient and effective governance.   Many districts in Hanoi have seen rapid urbanization. Photo: Giang Huy The first option is to build two levels of government which are city and district levels. Unlike the current model, this plan omits People's Councils in communes, wards and towns, and permits only administrative bodies under the People's Committee. In the above-mentioned plan, the city government's organization basically includes People's Council and the People's Committee like the current structure. The specialized agencies of the City People's Committee will be decided by the central government. This option proposes furthering decentralization among the central government, ministries, government agencies and the city, … [Read more...] about Hanoi seeks comments on urban government plans

The Hanoitimes - Urbanization trends are taking place strongly in the world and in Vietnam. Renovation in organizing and operating urban government is an important task, always paid attention to by the Vietnamese Party and State. The pilot of urban government in Hanoi city is very necessary. Therefore, the capital's leaders are making efforts to complete the pilot scheme of urban government in Hanoi and it is expected to pilot this model from early 2021.   Chairman of the Hanoi’s People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung make speech at the workshop The Hanoi Party Committee on August 10 held a workshop to collect opinions from districts and towns for the draft of the pilot project on urban government. Chairman of the People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung, Head of the city's Party Personnel Committee Vu Duc Bao, Director of the municipal Department of Internal Affairs Tran Huy Sang presided over the workshop. Nearly 500 delegates who are key officials of the Party … [Read more...] about Hanoi to build a comprehensive and effective urban government