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The Government Office has just issued a Press Release on the direction and administration of the Government and Prime Minister on January 23, 2026. Download Amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 178/2025/ND-CP dated July 1, 2025 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning Amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 178/2025/ND-CP dated July 1, 2025 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning issued Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP dated January 22, 2026 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 178/2025/ND-CP dated July 1, 2025 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning. Abolishing some conditions for general urban planning Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP amending and supplementing Article 7 of Decree No. 178/2025/ND-CP regulating cases of general urban planning in the direction of expanding the legal basis and loosening some conditions: reducing the population density threshold (minimum 300 people/km2 compared to the previous regulation of minimum 500 people/km2), eliminating the minimum area requirement for new urban areas and increasing flexibility in determining the scope of planning. Specifically: Article 7. Cases of general urban planning 1. The scope of general urban planning according to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 3 and Point b, Clause 1, Article 21 of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning is determined as follows: a) Cities and provinces intend to establish cities under the urban system according to the master plan of the urban and rural system or regional planning or provincial planning; b) Special zones are urban areas, special zones are oriented to belong to the urban system according to the overall planning of the urban and rural system or regional planning or provincial planning or general city planning; c) Consisting of many adjacent wards or one independent ward (no surrounding adjacent wards), determined to belong to the urban system according to the orientation in the overall planning of the urban and rural system or regional planning or provincial planning or general city planning; d) Consisting of many adjacent wards or one independent ward (no surrounding adjacent wards) and the scope of the commune adjacent, identified as belonging to the urban system according to the orientation in the master plan of the urban and rural system or regional plan or provincial plan or general city plan, and at the same time meeting the conditions of a minimum area of 50 km2, a minimum population density of 300 people/km2 and a minimum non-agricultural labor rate of 30%; dd) Having a minimum planning scope according to the boundaries of the commune-level administrative unit, determined to be a new urban area within the urban system according to the direction in the master plan of the urban and rural system or the regional plan or the provincial plan or the general city plan. 2. The scope of planning in the content of the approved urban general plan is the basis and basis for urban development management. Expanding the scope of regulation of zoning planning areas Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP amending and supplementing Article 8 on cases of zoning planning in the direction of expanding the scope of adjustment, covering many types of areas and without hard regulations on area scale. Specifically: Article 8. Cases of making zoning plans 1. Areas under the general planning of a city or general planning of a new urban area expected to establish a city; areas under the remaining general urban planning or general planning of economic zones or general planning of national tourist areas, zoning planning shall be made when identified in the general planning implementation plan according to the area scale determined on the basis of the spatial structure in the approved general planning and decided by the Provincial Peoples Committee. 2. Functional areas as prescribed in Point b, Clause 5, Article 3 of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning have an area determined by the Provincial Peoples Committee according to development management requirements or determine the objectives and requirements for investment in technical infrastructure according to the law on construction. 3. The area is determined on the basis of general planning or provincial planning (for special zones belonging to the province, not oriented to urban areas) to implement technical infrastructure construction investment projects according to the law. construction law. Supplementing the requirement to submit urban and rural planning documents through the national database information system. Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP also amends Point c, Clause 1, Article 9, regulating cases of detailed planning in the direction of not stipulating a specific area threshold for functional areas (as the old regulation was under 200 hectares) but based on detailed planning approval. Specifically: c) Functional areas have an area scale determined by the authority competent to approve the detailed planning according to the provincial planning or general city planning to implement construction investment projects according to the law on construction, except for the cases specified in Clause 2 of this Article. Decree No. 34/2026/ND-CP also amends and supplements Clause 1, Article 15 on the responsibilities of planning organizing agencies in the direction of adding requirements for submitting documents. Brief overview of the national data system and regulations on handling transition cases. Specifically: 1. The agency organizing the planning shall send the attached documentUrban and rural planning dossiers through the national database information system on construction activities to the appraisal agency for appraisal. Urban and rural planning dossiers that have not been sent for appraisal according to the provisions of this Clause before January 1, 2026, after being approved, the p
