Nghe An Provincial People's Committee directed to adjust the planning of Vinh Ancient Citadel Relic.

On January 12, 2021, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 175/UBND-TD on resolving petitions of households in the area.Vinh CitadelOfficial dispatch No. 175/UBND-TD has the following content:

Official dispatch No. 175/UBND-TD on resolving petitions of households in Vinh Citadel area.

Considering Official Dispatch No. 3936/SXD-KTQH dated December 30, 2020 of the Department of Construction on consulting on resolving the petitions of households living in the Vinh Citadel area.Provincial People's CommitteeAssign Vinh City People's Committee to base on the opinion of the Department of Construction in the above official dispatch to organize the adjustment of detailed planning for the entire boundary of the land area determined in the project Adjusting detailed planning for construction, conservation and restoration of Vinh Ancient Citadel relic approved in Decision 4312/QD-UBND.CN dated October 1, 2008 in accordance with regulations.

Regarding the settlement of petitions of people living in collective housing areas in the Vinh Citadel area, at the regular public reception session in March 2020, the Provincial Party Secretary made a conclusion, which was specified in Official Dispatch No. 168-CV/BNCTU dated March 20, 2020 ofProvincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee.

Implementing the direction of the Provincial Party Secretary, the Vinh City People's Committee has established a Working Group to inspect and review land records of households residing in collective housing areas affected by the detailed planning for construction, conservation and restoration of Vinh Ancient Citadel. On August 25, 2020, the Vinh City People's Committee issued Report No. 229/BC-UBND on the results of the inspection and review to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee; on December 8, 2020, it continued to issue Official Dispatch No. 7116/UBND-TD on reporting progress and settlement results to the Provincial People's Committee.

Current status of land use in the Vinh Ancient Citadel relic area. Photo: Nhat Lan

In Report No. 229/BC-UBND and Official Dispatch No. 7116/UBND-TD, in addition to reporting on the inspection and review of land records of households residing in collective housing areas, Vinh City People's Committee proposed to consider local adjustments to the planning of the Vinh Ancient Citadel Conservation and Restoration Project.

That is, converting the land planned for green trees - statue garden (1.14 ha) to residential land planning for the collective housing areas of the Central Cultural House, Nghe An Museum, Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum, Book Publishing Company with a total of 106 households to issue Land Use Rights Certificates or allocate residential land on the spot; converting the land planned for the historical park (2.18 ha) to residential land planning to relocate and arrange on-site resettlement for 175 households in the collective housing areas of the Department of Culture - Sports, Enterprise 8, Food Company, Construction Site 3.

A cluster of households living in collective housing areas in Vinh Citadel. Photo: Nhat Lan

After adjusting the planning, in accordance with the residential land use planning, a project is established to implement the planning (urban renovation project to build basic infrastructure). Construction costs are included in the land fee when issuing the Land Use Rights Certificate or allocating land to households in the planning area. For the area that households are using that is not in accordance with the planning, it must be returned, without compensation, but support will be considered with a support level not exceeding the land use fee payable and depending on the land records that the households have...

On December 10, 2020, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 8764/UBND-TD directing departments and branches to advise on resolving the petitions of households in the Vinh Citadel area. In particular, the Department of Construction was assigned to review and advise on the content of the Vinh City People's Committee's proposal to adjust the local planning of the Vinh Citadel Conservation and Restoration Project.

A residential area in Vinh Citadel (in K3, Cua Nam Ward, Vinh City). Photo: Nhat Lan

Regarding the Department of Construction, on December 30, 2020, Official Dispatch No. 3936/SXD.KTQH was sent to the Provincial People's Committee. It stated: The Vinh City People's Committee proposed to locally adjust the planning, in the direction of retaining some collective housing areas that are difficult to ensure the overall nature of the approved Detailed Planning for the conservation and restoration of Vinh Ancient Citadel. "To ensure the conservation and restoration of Vinh Ancient Citadel in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage, ensure synchronous planning and feasibility when implementing, and at the same time resolve difficulties in site clearance and recommendations of people in the Vinh Ancient Citadel area, it is necessary to study and adjust the overall planning of Vinh Ancient Citadel that has been approved, not to establish a local planning as proposed by the Vinh City People's Committee" - The Department of Construction commented in Official Dispatch No. 3936/SXD.KTQH.

At the same time, the Department of Construction proposed that the Provincial People's Committee assign the Vinh City People's Committee to organize the adjustment of the detailed planning for the entire boundary area determined in the adjusted project of the Detailed Planning for the construction, conservation and restoration of Vinh Ancient Citadel. The planning process requires the Vinh City People's Committee to carry out the process of collecting opinions from relevant agencies, organizations, individuals and communities as previously implemented.

Recently, Nghe An Newspaper has published many articles related to the petitions of people living in collective housing areas in Vinh Ancient Citadel. Photo: Nhat Lan

According to Mr. Nguyen Viet Duc - Head of Vinh City Urban Management Department, the direction of the Provincial People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. 175/UBND-TD has been implemented by Vinh City People's Committee. Specifically, the Chairman of the City People's Committee has assigned the Vinh City Urban and Land Planning Project Management Board to represent the City People's Committee as the investor to prepare and adjust the detailed construction planning at a scale of 1/500 to preserve and restore Vinh Ancient Citadel.

Implementation time is to be completed, submitted to competent authorities for appraisal and approval in the third quarter of 2021./.