Decision No. 227/2003/QD-TTg dated October 06, 2003 of the Prime Minister approving the adjusted general planning of Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province till 2020

DECISION

APPROVING THE ADJUSTED GENERAL PLANNING OF BIEN HOA CITY, DONG NAI PROVINCE TILL 2020

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the Regulation on Management of Urban Planning, issued together with the Government's Decree No. 91/CP dated August 17, 1994;

At the proposals of the president of the People's Committee of Dong Nai province at Report No. 1146/TT.UBT dated March 24, 2003 and the Minister of Construction at Report No. 49/TTr-BXD dated July 28, 2003,

DECIDES:

Article 1. To approve the adjusted general planning of Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province, till 2020 with the following principal contents:

1. The scope of the adjusted general planning: The scope of the adjusted general planning shall cover the entire administrative boundary of Bien Hoa city (comprising 23 wards and 3 communes) with the total land area of 154.66 km² (15.466 ha).

2. Nature:

- Being the industrial center and an important hub of exchanges among Ho Chi Minh City area, the eastern South Vietnam region and the southern key economic region.

- Being a political, economic, cultural, service, scientific and technical center and a traffic and exchange hub of Dong Nai province.

- Occupying an important security and defense position.

3. Population size:

a) In 2002: The city's total population stood at 508,438 people, with 476,452 inner city dwellers.

b) By 2010: The city's total population is expected to be at 645,000 people, including 615,000 inner city dwellers.

c) By 2020: The city's total population is expected to swell to 830,000 people, including 800,000 inner city dwellers.

4. Construction land size:

a) In 2002: The urban construction land approximated 6,253 ha with the norm of 123m²/person, including 3,297.82 ha of civil-use land with the norm of 65m²/person.

b) By 2010: The urban construction land shall be about 8,132 ha with the norm of 126m²/person, including 4,128 ha of civil-use land with the norm of 64m²/person.

c) By 2020: The urban construction land shall reach about 9,966 ha with the norm of 120m²/person, including 5,013 ha of civil-use land with the norm of 60.4m²/person.

5. Orientations for the spatial and architectural development of urban landscapes:

a) City development direction: To exploit and raise the efficiency of the existing construction land fund, combining the expansion and development of the city mainly to the north, northwest and along Dong Nai river banks in order to establish the harmonious relationship between Bien Hoa city and Ho Chi Minh city as well as nearby provinces.

b) Functional quarters:

- The residential quarters cover about 2,357 ha, comprising 8 areas:

+ The old downtown area embracing Thanh Binh, Hoa Binh, Quyet Thang, Quang Vinh, Trung Dung and Buu Long wards.

+ The quarters along Highway 15, embracing Thong Nhat, Tan Tien, Tan Mai and Tam Hiep wards.

+ The quarters along the motorway, embracing Tam Hoa, Binh Da, An Binh, Long Binh and Long Binh Tan wards.

+ Along Highway-1 quarters to the east of the city, comprising Tan Hiep, Tan Bien, Tan Hoa, Ho Nai wards.

+ The quarters north of Highway 1, comprising Trang Dai and Tan Phong wards.

+ Hiep Hoa isle quarters.

+ The quarters on the right bank of Dong Nai river and south of Highway 1A, comprising Buu Hoa and Tan Van wards.

+ The quarters on the right bank of Dong Nai river, adjacent to Binh Duong, comprising Tan Thanh and Hoa An communes.

- Industrial parks and warehouses size up to about 1,300 ha:

+ Bien Hoa 1 industrial park of 335 ha.

+ Bien Hoa 2 indusrial park of 365 ha.

+ Long Binh industrial park (LOTECO) sizes 100 ha.

+ Amata industrial park (Stages I and II) sizes 340 ha.

+ To relocate polluting industrial, handicraft establishments in population areas into industrial parks or clusters. To build and develop small-sized industrial clusters with a total land area of about 160 ha far way from the population areas and apply measures for spatial and greenery organization to ensure environment. In order to have land for the development of the city's center and definitely settle the environmental problems, from now till 2010, conditions should be prepared for the relocation of industrial establishments in Thong Nhat ward. To stop the rock exploitation at Hoa An, Tan Van amd Tan Han quarries. To ensure that by 2010 there will be no polluting production establishments in the population areas.

- The system of urban centers covers about 482 ha, including:

+ The provincial-level administrative center shall remain in the present position with a size of about 67 ha.

+ The administrative, cultural, trade and tourist service and dwelling center of the city shall have a size of about 55 ha at the initial stage and 155 ha in the future, which is arranged along the road axis from Vuon Mit crossroad to Hiep Hoa commune isle.

+ The regional-level general trade, international transaction and service center, with a size of about 100 ha, arranged in Hiep Hoa commune isle.

+ The municipal-level trade and service center with a size of about 130 ha, including Cora trade center (Vung Tau crossroad); Bien Hoa trade center (Bien Hoa marketplace); Tan Bien trade center (Sat marketplace); Amata trade center (Dong Khoi road - Hanoi motor way junction); Highway 15 trade center, Hoa An trade center (Highway 1K).

+ Regional centers: Including market centers of Tan Hiep, Tan Mai, Tam Hoa, Long Binh Tan, Tan Bien, Tan Hanh, Buu Hoa, Tan Phong, Gate 11 and the public center of dwelling quarters, with a size of about 90 ha.

- Specialized centers with a size of about 367 ha, including:

+ The education and training center comprising universities, vocational training schools, with a size of about 236 ha, including 101 ha occupied by the existing educational establishments and 135 ha for to be-newly built establishments in an area in Long Binh Tan ward and An Hoa commune of Long Thanh district (100 ha) and an area in Trang Dai ward (35 ha).

+ The health-convalescence center with a size of some 96 ha, including 36 ha occupied by the existing medical establishments and 60 ha for to be-newly built establishments with Dong Nai general hospital by Dong Khoi road, an international hospital, a traditional medicine hospital, a sanatorium, specialized and emergency medical centers.

+ The Dong Nai Physical Training and Sports Complex sizing about 47.75 ha in Tan Hiep ward.

- Security and defense zones with a size of 3,566.8 ha, to be kept intact in size and position.

The exploitation and use of these zones must conform to the planning on the use of defense land, already approved by the Prime Minister.

- The greenery, water surface and park system covering an area of some 1,762 ha, including 581 ha of municipal park and residential quarters greenery and 1,181 ha of tourist and ecological garden greenery, with:

+ Hiep Hoa isle tourist-ecological garden sizing 240 ha.

+ Buu Long tourist park with a size of 203 ha.

+ Suoi Mai lake park with a size of 250 ha.

+ Tan Van isle park with a size of 65 ha.

+ Ba Xe isle park with a size of 21 ha.

+ Hoa An park with a size of 202 ha (transformed from quarries).

+ Greenery parks along Cai and Dong Nai rivers with the width of 20-30 m and a size of some 200 ha. Beside, a separating greenery shall be arranged around the airport and the military zone, with the width of about 30m.

- The development reserve and urban outskirt regions: Covering Thanh Phu, Binh Hoa, Binh Loi, Tan Binh and Tan Thien communes (Vinh Cuu district), Ho Nai (Thong Nhat district) and Phuoc Tan and An Hoa communes (Long Thanh district), which shall be considered for inclusion into the scheme on expansion of their administrative boundaries to ensure the sizes and functions of the suburbs of a big city.

c) On urban architecture and landscapes

- Areas restricted from development (inner areas): To reduce the construction areas, increase the greenery areas and raise the average height;

- Landscape areas: No construction but nature conservation along Dong Nai and Cai rivers: ensuring the isolation distance to protect riverside landscapes, with low-rises in combination with greenery space.

- Newly developed areas: To develop modern architecture, high-rises in combination with greenery space along main traffic axis and in new residential quarters;

- Hiep Hoa isle area: To exploit the peculiar landscapes of the isle with rivers, canals, new urban centers must be associated with nature and ecological environment.

6. Orientations for technical infrastructure development planning:

a) Traffic:

- Land:

+ To improve and build urban traffic networks with the system of belt roads in combination with inbound roads.

+ The belt roads include:

* Belt 1: Roads along Cai river;

* Belt 2: Hanoi motorway - Dong Khoi road, Nguyen Van Troi road (Highway 1K), provincial road 16;

* Belt 3: New national highway 1 southward, linking the belt roads northeast of the city to Thanh Phu, cutting provincial road 24, spanning Dong Nai river to Tan Uyen (Binh Duong) and linking the newly built western belt road from Tan Thanh with provincial road 16 to Tan Uyen.

+ Inbound axes include:

* Inbound axis 1: From Vuon Mit junction to Hiep Hoa isle;

* Inbound axis 2: From Dong Khoi road to Hiep Hoa isle

* Inbound axis 3. Expanding and upgrading National Highway 15 from Tam Hiep junction to Tran Quoc Toan junction to Hiep Hoa isle.

- Railways:

+ To stretch railways southward in parallel with new national highway 1.

+ To build tram lines on the basis of the existing railways, linking the lines along Hanoi road, the belt road along Cai river with bus lines.

- Bridges: To upgrade the existing Hoa An bridge and build new Hoa An bridge, Thuong Tan bridge, 4 bridges linking with Hiep Hoa isle.

- Traffic hub: To build on different ground levels cross-sections between belt roads and national highways or express ways. For cross-sections between main thoroughfares, to expand cross-sections on the same ground levels, to design and build central and directing greenery islands.

b) Making land technical preparations:

- Ground-leveling solution:

+ The construction ground level Hxd>2.1 m (according to the ground level of 1/10,000 map- Mui Nai system);

+ Excavation and embankment volume of about 14,418,000 m³.

- Rainwater drainage: Main basins include San Mau, Linh, Chuan, Ba Lua and Cau Quan streams and a number of small basins, depending on the natural terrain for draining water into Dong Nai river.

c) Water supply:

- Water supply norms: 150 liters/person/day (by 2010) and 165 liters/person/day (by 2020).

- Water use demand: by 2020: 360,000 m³/day.

- Water sources: Thien Tam water plant (300,000 m³/day), Bien Hoa water plant (36,000 m³/day), Long Binh water plant (30,000 m³/day).

d) Electricity supply:

Electricity supply norms:

+ Daily-life electricity: Short term (2010): 151,000 KW; long term (2020): 415,000 KW;

+ Industrial electricity: Short term (2010): 275,000 KW; long term (2020): 325,000 KW;

- Additional charge: Short term (2010): 448,650 KW; long term (2020): 802,250 KW.

- Electricity sources: To improve and raise the capacity of the existing 110/220 KV stations of Long Binh, Dong Nai, Bien Hoa and Tan Mai 1; to build the new stations of Tan Mai 2, Tan Hoa (for civil use), Amata and Loteco (in service of industrial parks).

e) Waste water discharge, environmental sanitation:

- Norms: To gather waste water representing about 80-90% of the supplied water volume.

Solid wastes: 0.8-1.0 kg/person/day with the total daily-life garbage volume of about 450-500 tons/day by 2020.

- Waste water treatment: To divide 14 waste water-discharging basins. To build 1 concentrated treatment station in Long Binh Tan ward area, with the capacity of 80,000 m³/day and night and a number of small treatment stations with the capacity of from 5,000-15,000 m³/day and night/station for the areas north of national highway 1.

- Garbage treatment:

+ Short-term (2010): To use Trang Dai garbage dumping site;

+ Long term (2020): To build a new garbage site in Long Thanh district.

- Cemeteries:

+ Short term (2010): To arrange a cemetery with a size of 32 ha in Long Binh ward;

+ Long term (2020): To build a crematory and a cemetery in Ho Nai 3 commune with a size of 40 ha.

7. Measures for protection of the environment in Cai and Dong Nai rivers and industrial parks:

- To restrict the exploitation of sand in Dong Nai river section running through the city in order to avoid landslides at river banks and Hiep Hoa isle.

- To plant trees along Dong Nai and Cai rivers with the minimum width of 20-30 m to ensure the riverside environment and landscapes;

- To reduce the height and density of construction works along the river banks in combination with adding greenery space, vacant space to regulate urban air;

- To manage and observe the greenery standards, to treat assorted wastes in industrial parks according to Vietnam's construction standards and law provisions.

8. First-phase construction planning and priority investment programs, projects:

a) To invest in the construction and completion of projects on development of infrastructures in the industrial parks of Bien Hoa I, Bien Hoa II, Amata at stages I and II and Loteco; to relocate polluting production establishments from the city, to deploy small-and medium-sized industrial and/or handicraft clusters.

b) To step up investment in the construction of residential condominiums on the basis of developing new urban centers with complete infrastructures.

c) To elaborate detailed planning and deploy the investment in the construction of the city's new administrative center in Thong Nhat ward.

d) To improve the existing centers while replenishing population quarters and infrastructure systems.

e) To invest in the construction of administrative management works and social as well as technical infrastructures, creating conditions to boost and form concentrated trade and/or service centers in association with urban improvement and development, meeting the daily-life needs of an industrial city's inhabitants.

f) To invest in and call for investment in improving and developing greenery areas, parks, recreation and entertainment areas, ecological tourist zones. To strive to achieve the target of 4 m² of greenery/person by 2010 in the city.

Article 2. To assign the Dong Nai provincial People's Committee:

a) To approve the dossiers of designing the adjusted general planning of Bien Hoa city till 2020.

b) To publicize it for people to know, to examine and implement; to organize the implementation of the planning according to law provisions.

c) To promulgate the regulation on the management of planning architecture according to the general planning of Bien Hoa city till 2020.

d) To coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches in organizing the elaboration, consideration and approval of detailed plannings, specialized construction planning, deploying the investment project for urban construction and development according to law provisions.

Article 3. This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

The president of the People's Committee of Dong Nai province, the ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of agencies attached to the Government and the concerned agencies shall have to implement this Decision.