The North-South high-speed railway needs to use 10,827 hectares of land.

The North-South high-speed railway has a land use scale of about 10,827 hectares, increasing the demand for land use for important national projects and works.

Transport infrastructure projects, including the North-South high-speed railway project, increase land use demand. Illustrative photo, using AI technology: Vu Long

On the afternoon of October 10, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave its opinion on the policy of adjusting the land use planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050. According to the Government's submission, from 2021 to present, in order to promote socio -economic development after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, and the Government have had many fiscal and monetary policies to support the Socio-economic Recovery and Development Program. At the same time, it has promoted the implementation of important national projects and works, especially transport and energy infrastructure projects, including many projects outside the list of the Medium-Term Public Investment Plan for the period 2021 - 2025. The projects include: Ring Road 4 of the Capital, Ring Road 3 of Ho Chi Minh City; a number of expressway and national highway projects nationwide. Currently, the Party Central Committee has also approved the investment policy for the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis with a land use scale of about 10,827 hectares (the Government is expected to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and decision on the investment policy at the 8th Session), leading to increased land use demand for important national infrastructure projects and works. According to the provisions of the 2024 Land Law and Decree No. 102/2024/ND-CP, the Government will submit to the National Assembly an adjustment to the National Land Use Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, with the main contents including: First, adjusting 8 land use indicators including: agricultural land group (rice land, special-use forest land, protective forest land, production forest land is natural forest); non-agricultural land group (defense land, security land). Second, not submitting to the National Assembly for approval the National Land Use Plan. The calculation and determination of 8 land use indicators in the adjusted national land use plan this time requires a thorough review and balancing of land use indicators of sectors, fields and localities. In particular, priority should be given to allocating land funds for national defense and security purposes, stabilizing rice-growing land funds to ensure national food security, strictly managing forest land, maintaining forest cover to contribute to protecting the ecological environment, responding to climate change and achieving sustainable development goals. Reviewing this content, Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh said that the Standing Committee of the Economic Committee found that the Government's proposal to adjust the national land use plan is consistent with the requirements of the National Assembly in Resolution No. 103/2023/QH15, especially in the context that our country is preparing to implement a number of important national projects in the transport sector (such as the North-South high-speed railway project). Therefore, the Standing Committee of the Economic Committee agrees with the need to adjust the national land use planning based on the grounds and contents as stated in the Government's Submission. In addition, the Standing Committee of the Economic Committee requests clarification on how many provincial plans, national sectoral plans or other relevant plans must be adjusted in case the National Assembly decides to adjust the national land use planning to ensure consistency and impact of the adjustment. At the same time, continue to review and clarify the causes, especially subjective causes leading to the proposed adjustment of land use planning indicators to ensure that they are close to practical needs.

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