On 07/05/2019, the Government officially issued Decree 37/2019/ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Planning Law with the adjusted contents of Article 15 (task set up) planning), 17 (planning consultancy organization), 19 (planning comments), 22 (national master planning contents), 23 (national maritime space planning contents), 24 (national land use planning contents), 25 (national sector planning contents), 26 (regional planning contents), 27 (provincial planning contents), 30 (Planning evaluation council) ), 40 (form of planning announcement), 41 (national information system and database on planning) and 49 (responsibility for evaluating planning implementation) of the Planning Law.
Accordingly, the Government has specific regulations on time limits and planning time. The time limit for formulation of national master plans, national maritime space plannings, national land use plannings and regional plannings shall not exceed 30 months counting from the date the approved planning tasks are approved, of which the time limit make planning components for no more than 18 months for national master plans, national maritime spatial planning and regional planning. The time limit for elaborating the national and provincial planning branches shall not exceed 24 months counting from the date the approved planning tasks are approved.
In addition, through the promulgation of this Decree, the Government also stipulates the construction of a national information system and database for planning in the form of an electronic portal connecting ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees in the network environment in service of planning and gathering opinions on planning, announcing and providing information on planning; supervise and evaluate the planning implementation process.
Thus, with the promulgation of the above Decree 31/2019, the Government is gradually removing difficulties in implementing the Planning Law, creating conditions for localities to promote socio-economic development; completing the objectives, targets and tasks set out.