Vietnam will look to develop urban areas environmentally friendlywhen recognising an indispensable urbanisation for the country’ssocio-economic development process.
The future of Vietnam ’scities was touched upon at a conference that brought together cityleaders nationwide and international experts.
Present at the conference, Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung saidthe country’s policies aim at forming an urban network withsynchronous, modern and environmentally friendly infrastructure systemslinking major, medium and small cities.
He said his ministry willtry to raise local authorities’ role in the management of urban areasas well as mobilise resources for the urban development process.
TheMinister reported that the country had 760 towns and cities bySeptember 2012, which were key to the country’s economic development andrestructure by contributing 70-75 percent of the national GDP annually.
However, he raised the fact that these areas hadfailed to meet the country’s development demands, especially in dealingwith the impacts of climate change and environmental pollution.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao echoed theconstruction minister’s viewpoints, referring the problems currentlychallenging the capital as an example.
He said thecity’s infrastructure was overloaded while investment sources forinfrastructure improvements and effective management remained in short.
A 15-percent annual increase in vehicles sparkedfrequent traffic jams in the city while public transport, mainly busservices, met just 10 percent of the locals, Thao elaborated.
The chairman, however, introduced to the participants the city’sefforts to create satellite cities and ecological corridors, as well asfurther improve traffic systems.
Hanoi will also set up an urban management mechanism to better management effectiveness, he said.
For Paula Pennanen, representative from the UN HABITAT Asia-PacificRegional Office, improving the quality of urban areas requires the involvement of not only policy-makers and managers but alsoevery citizen.
She said Vietnam should adopt new approachesto push up the development of sustainable and green urban areas when theglobe is growing into a single urban.
VictoriaKwakwa, World Bank Country Director for Vietnam said Vietnam ’spolicies and investment will decide the appearance of urban areas andthe country should learn lessons from international experiences insustainable urban development.
The conference was held by the Vietnam Urban Forum, the Ministry of Construction and the Cities Alliance.-VNA
The future of Vietnam ’scities was touched upon at a conference that brought together cityleaders nationwide and international experts.
Present at the conference, Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung saidthe country’s policies aim at forming an urban network withsynchronous, modern and environmentally friendly infrastructure systemslinking major, medium and small cities.
He said his ministry willtry to raise local authorities’ role in the management of urban areasas well as mobilise resources for the urban development process.
TheMinister reported that the country had 760 towns and cities bySeptember 2012, which were key to the country’s economic development andrestructure by contributing 70-75 percent of the national GDP annually.
However, he raised the fact that these areas hadfailed to meet the country’s development demands, especially in dealingwith the impacts of climate change and environmental pollution.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao echoed theconstruction minister’s viewpoints, referring the problems currentlychallenging the capital as an example.
He said thecity’s infrastructure was overloaded while investment sources forinfrastructure improvements and effective management remained in short.
A 15-percent annual increase in vehicles sparkedfrequent traffic jams in the city while public transport, mainly busservices, met just 10 percent of the locals, Thao elaborated.
The chairman, however, introduced to the participants the city’sefforts to create satellite cities and ecological corridors, as well asfurther improve traffic systems.
Hanoi will also set up an urban management mechanism to better management effectiveness, he said.
For Paula Pennanen, representative from the UN HABITAT Asia-PacificRegional Office, improving the quality of urban areas requires the involvement of not only policy-makers and managers but alsoevery citizen.
She said Vietnam should adopt new approachesto push up the development of sustainable and green urban areas when theglobe is growing into a single urban.
VictoriaKwakwa, World Bank Country Director for Vietnam said Vietnam ’spolicies and investment will decide the appearance of urban areas andthe country should learn lessons from international experiences insustainable urban development.
The conference was held by the Vietnam Urban Forum, the Ministry of Construction and the Cities Alliance.-VNA
