Urban classification and administrative unit arrangement standards

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has just signed and issued Resolution No. 50/2024/UBTVQH15 of the National Assembly Standing Committee stipulating a number of contents related to ensuring requirements for urban classification and standards of administrative units (ADUs) to implement the arrangement of ADUs at district and commune levels in the period of 2023-2025.

The Resolution stipulates a number of contents related to ensuring requirements for urban classification, reviewing criteria for urban classification, and assessing the level of urban infrastructure development to implement the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels in the period 2023-2025.

At the same time, it stipulates the compliance with standards of urban administrative units formed after the arrangement in some specific cases and some contents on implementation organization.

The Resolution also states that when arranging administrative units at district and commune levels, it is necessary to classify urban areas, review urban classification criteria, and evaluate the level of urban infrastructure development for administrative units formed after the arrangement.

Accordingly, the preparation and appraisal of urban classification projects for provincial cities (hereinafter referred to as cities), towns, and townships, reports on reviewing urban classification criteria for cities and towns, and reports on assessing the level of urban infrastructure development for areas planned to establish wards shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on urban classification.

In cases where it is necessary to ensure the requirements on the progress of reviewing and deciding on the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels, the following regulations shall apply:

In case of arranging cities and towns with all or part of adjacent district-level administrative units, if the arrangement scope is consistent with the approved general planning of urban areas and surrounding areas, that planning may be used to classify the urban area.

In case of planning to form a town when implementing the arrangement of administrative units, the approved general urban planning task or provincial planning in case the planning content clearly defines the scope of the town formed after the arrangement can be used to organize the review and evaluation of criteria for urban classification as a basis for formulating a project to arrange administrative units at district and commune levels of the locality.

In case the town expected to be formed after the rearrangement is located in the inner-city area identified in the approved general planning of type IV urban areas, that planning can be used to carry out urban classification for the town expected to be formed after the rearrangement.

The Resolution also stipulates the compliance with standards of urban administrative units formed after the arrangement in some specific cases; stipulates the survey serving the appraisal of the project of arranging administrative units at district and commune levels.

The Resolution takes effect from August 29, 2024.

Agencies, organizations and localities that have conducted the review, assessment, classification of urban areas, surveys and appraisals of the project on the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels for the period 2023-2025 in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution shall continue to use the results of the review, assessment, classification of urban areas, survey and appraisal results to supplement and complete the project dossier submitted to competent authorities according to regulations.

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