At the recent national conference on “New rural construction planning linked to urbanization” organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in cooperation with the Ministry of Construction and the People’s Committee of Hai Phong City, Mr. Tran Thanh Nam – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development was warned: The process of urbanization at a rapid pace has a significant impact on suburban and rural areas, leading to social changes. , rapid impact on the construction problems.

BREAKING INFRASTRUCTURE OF URBAN – RURAL LINKS

According to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as of February 2023, 93.6% of municipalities across the country met the planning criteria. In the Red River Delta and South-East region, 100% of the communities meet the planning criteria.

The practical implementation of rural new construction in the past has shown that planning is always in the foreground, to be “one step ahead” based on the rural new construction roadmap and to contribute to the development of new rural areas. Planning for the development of rural areas across the board in towns.

“The approved and implemented new rural construction planning is the basis for implementing projects, accelerating socio-economic infrastructure development, manufacturing development…” commented Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.

According to Vice Minister Nam, in the period 2021-2025, the content of the planning criteria when building a new rural area has been adjusted to the new context. Industrial development, trade and commerce, life services and production are identified as urban-forming factors in the quarter. Encouraging the development of high-tech agriculture associated with the development of manufacturing industry and trade in manufacturing services.

In addition to the results achieved, Vice Minister Tran Thanh Nam also pointed out: The planning work on the construction of the new rural area still encounters some problems and shortcomings.

In particular, the rapid urbanization process has a significant impact on suburban and rural areas, leading to social changes and quickly affecting construction issues. In many places, spontaneous urbanization does not follow the plan, resulting in a disturbance of the landscape, the loss of traditional identity, an intermingling…

In addition, the connection infrastructure between urban and rural areas is still broken, which fails to establish a close connection between raw material areas, processing plants and consumption markets. Little attention has been paid to infrastructure for farm support services and the land fund will be used to build…

In order to overcome the above shortcomings, the New Rural Area Central Coordination Office has clearly identified the problems raised.

Accordingly, planning needs to improve the quality of rural planning projects and ensure connectivity; Rural planning must be linked to urbanization. Specific regulations on the criteria for the development of new rural areas should be enacted for municipalities close to the city, communities and districts that are to become urban areas. At the same time, it is necessary to study and take into account the specifics of each region and place related to the preservation of rural architecture and the preservation of local cultural values.

Information on the new rural planning in Hai Phong City, Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Tho said that the resolution of the 16th Hai Phong City Party Congress proposed traffic criteria as model criteria for implementing urban criteria. The average city budget support for each municipality to build a model new rural area is about VND125 billion.

However, the city has no researched and approved neighborhood planning project, resulting in limited connection between rural and urban areas, urban centers have not been promoted as economic engines, economy has not yet created a spillover effect.

“Hai Phong resolves to soon complete the adjustment of the urban construction master plan to 2040, with a vision to 2050, which will set the development orientation of rural urban areas and functional areas, and set the planning of epidemic areas. Rural economy development promotion service to meet the criteria of the new Extended County for 2021-2025. For districts with high urbanization rate, aiming to transform district-level administrative units by 2025, a framework plan should be formulated to ensure the connection of technical and infrastructure infrastructure in line with that of the district. Tho confirmed.

NO “UNINITIALIZATION” URBAN COUNTRY

Tran Huu Ha – Director of the Academy of Urban and Construction Managers (Ministry of Construction) recommends that provinces and districts must carefully study, study and select suitable areas for the deployment of the new rural model. Planning and implementation of planning should focus on preserving traditional rural areas by region and region; Create a green, clean and beautiful landscape.

Assessing the results of the new rural development program, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan confirmed: “Thanks to the new rural construction planning, the rural transport infrastructure has improved.” Is interested in investments that essentially improve the travel meet the needs of the people . The irrigation system is becoming more and more complete and synchronous, helping to improve the value of production and promoting the restructuring of agro-industry in the communities.

The minister also said that Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW set a general goal by 2030: “Building rural areas towards the modernity associated with urbanization” is one of the main tasks and solutions associated with comprehensive and sustainable development with urbanization, securing the substance, deepening and performance for the benefit of the people”.

“To avoid urban-rural conflict, no urban ‘uniforms’ should be worn in rural areas. The country is the new vitality, but the new vitality here is the vitality of the community,” noted Minister Le Minh Hoan.

According to the minister, every place should have its own way of telling its story and showing its differences and uniqueness directly in its slogan and message. In addition, places need to network with each other to share, interact and exchange information, experiences and best practices.

By the fact that the minister greatly appreciated the initiatives of some places like the Happy Village model, the Smart Village model, etc., he emphasized how you can always bring people to a state of control, only then they become the values appreciate the place where they live and are aware of their duties and responsibilities to build, preserve and protect.