Hanoi announces planning on inner city zoning

The conference saw the presence of Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue; as well as members of the Party Central Committee: Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi; Standing Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thi Tuyen; Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh; and Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong.

On March 19, the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee issued decisions on approving urban subdivision planning projects coded H1-1A, H1-1B, H1-1C, H1-2, H1-3, H1-4, 1/2,000 scale, in relation to the four districts of Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Hai Ba Trung which belong to Hanoi’s historic inner-city area.

In general, the six subdivision planning projects, with a scale of more than 2,700 hectares, are aimed at urban development in historic inner-city areas according to approved planning, ensuring the synchronization of both technical and social infrastructure; fundamentally improving people’s living conditions towards modernity and sustainable development.

The municipal People’s Committee has also directed the Department of Planning and Architecture to review regulations in the relevant architectural planning management regulations in order to effectively deploy the approved projects.