17,000 billion VND needed to relocate headquarters of 13 ministries and branches from the center
With 3 options for relocating headquarters of ministries and branches, the research unit pointed out that the financial need ranges from 12,000 to 17,000 billion VND.
The National Institute for Urban and Rural Planning (VIUP) has just sent the Minister of Construction a report on the additional planning plan for the construction of the headquarters system of central ministries and branches in Hanoi. This agency has proposed 3 relocation options.
Option 1, VIUP proposed to move the headquarters of 12 ministries and branches to the West Lake area on a land area of 35 hectares. The ministries that will move here include the Ministry of Planning & Investment, Industry and Trade, Justice, Construction, Transport, Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Health, Agriculture & Rural Development, Culture - Sports - Tourism, Information & Communications, Ministry of Education & Training, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee. In particular, the headquarters of Vietnam Social Security is under construction in Me Tri Ha.
With this plan, on average, each agency will be built on an area of 1.5 to 2 hectares. The total number of employees is expected to be about 14,000 people. VIUP also calculated that with buildings expected to be 15-20 floors high and 3-4 underground floors, the capital needed for relocation is about 11,897 billion VND.
The research unit also said that this capital will be mobilized from converting 50 hectares in Me Tri Ha to earn 10,000 billion VND, and the capital to convert the old headquarters land will be nearly 1,900 billion VND.
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The new headquarters of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Ton That Thuyet Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi. Photo:Vo Hai |
Second optionis the proposal to move 12 headquarters of ministries, branches and Vietnam Insurance to Me Tri Ha. Accordingly, each agency will have an average area of 1.8-3 hectares. The remaining area will be used to arrange a regulating lake, guest house, official house, landscape park... Including the personnel of Vietnam Insurance, the total number of employees is expected to be about 15,000 people.
With this plan, about 14,326 billion VND is needed for relocation. Of which, the capital from converting 20 hectares of land in the West Lake area is about 8,000 billion VND, converting the old facility is nearly 6,330 billion VND.
Third optionVIUP proposes to arrange 13 agencies in 2 areas of West Lake and Me Tri Ha. Of which, 20 hectares in West Lake will be arranged for 6 ministries and branches, an average of 2-3 hectares for each agency. In Me Tri Ha, over 55 hectares will be arranged for 7 agencies with an area of 3-4 hectares for each unit.
With this plan, the conversion of 13 agencies requires 17,000 billion VND, of which the capital for converting old facilities is 12,000 billion VND and the state budget capital is 5,000 billion VND.
The research unit also evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of each option. In particular, the third option helps ministries and branches have large land areas but causes difficulties in allocating state resources.
In addition, according to VIUP, each option also creates traffic pressure for each area. Specifically, in the West Lake area, there is synchronous infrastructure, current projects have a low average population density. Accordingly, the development of 10,000 to 14,000 new employees is included in the planning calculation plan of the West Lake area, the infrastructure can meet the demand. Meanwhile, according to VIUP, the traffic routes in the Me Tri area are currently under great pressure of traffic congestion and infrastructure overload.
According to the research unit, the plan to divide the office into two areas, West Lake and Me Tri, will help disperse the number of workers and reduce the risk of large loads on the infrastructure.
The plan to relocate the headquarters of ministries and branches from the center was proposed many years ago and a number of ministries and branches have moved to new headquarters in the west of the capital. However, besides the problem of funding for implementation, one of the problems that has delayed the relocation is that although the ministries and branches have been granted land to build new headquarters, they have not handed over the old facilities located in the central district of the capital.