On November 24, 2017, the National Assembly passed the 2017 Planning Law, regulating the formulation, appraisal, decision or approval, publication, implementation, evaluation and adjustment of planning in the national planning system. family; State management responsibility for planning. This law takes effect from January 1, 2019.
Accordingly, the 2017 Planning Law regulates the announcement of planning, specifically:
Within 15 days after the planning date is decided or approved by a competent agency, the entire contents of the planning must be publicly announced, except for contents related to state secrets according to regulations. of the law on protection of state secrets.
The announcement of planning contents is carried out in the forms posted on the website of the planning organization, planning agency, on a regular and continuous basis. Besides, planning can be published in some of the following forms:
• Information on mass media;
• Display models, system diagrams, maps, the database system of planning;
• Organizing conferences and seminars;
• Publishing publications.
Regarding the organization of planning announcement, the 2017 Planning Law stipulates responsibilities for each competent agency, as follows:
• Ministry of Planning and Investment organizes the announcement of the national master plan, regional planning.
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment organizes the announcement of national maritime spatial planning and national land use planning.
• Ministries and ministerial-level agencies organize the announcement of the national sector planning under the authority of organizing.
• Provincial People’s Committee organizes the announcement of provincial plans.
In general, the adoption of the 2017 Planning Law has shown our State’s efforts in renewing management methods related to national planning issues. In particular, the publication of the planning content has shown the right lines and strong motto of our Party, which are: “People know, people discuss, people do, people check”, the purpose of strengthening opinions, people’s reflection on national issues, thereby contributing to building people’s democracy in the country’s renewal process.