The 10th session of the 8th provincial People’s Council closed on December 6, with the adoption of 19 important resolutions, including a resolution on approval of the project suggesting recognition of TDM city as a city of class II; a resolution regulating the new line for poo householdsr, near-poor households and support policies for those just escaping poverty in the 2014 and 2015 period, a resolution on the 2014 land price list of the province… 

Delegates of provincial People’s Council voting on approval of resolutions at the session

2014 land price list adjusted based on the reality

Under the 2014 land price list, the prices of urban land and land for non-agricultural business production in some areas of TDM city, Di An and Thuan An towns will be adjusted. The land-price adjustment will be also applied in some routes of class 4 or 5 in Ben Cat and Tan Uyen districts.

Land prices in some routes of the province will be changed via coefficient adjustment. The province will also consider and amend some land price regulations that are not suitable to the current situation; upgrade land prices to new routes while adjusting land prices for routes under the proposal of the People’s Committees at all levels…

Project suggesting recognition of TDM city as a city of class II

Till now, TDM city has basically met standards of a city of class II under the Government’s Decree No.2/2009 ND-CP dated May 7, 2009 on the grading of urban centers and the Ministry of Construction’s Circular No.34/2008/TT-BXD dated September 30, 2009 detailing some contents of the Government’s Decree No.42/2009/ND-CP. 

TDM city has reached 90.54 out of 100 scores under six criteria for the grading of urban centers regulated at the Ministry of Construction’s Circular No.34/2008/TT-BXD dated September 30, 2009: the function of an urban center, population of an urban center, population density, non-agricultural labor, urban infrastructure facilities, urban architecture and landscape.

However, TDM city needs to further make investment and have a close management to investment to be able to perfect urban infrastructure facilities in a synchronous way under the plan approved. The local authorities at all levels also needs to focus on the issues of population and urban public services to step by step build of a synchronous and perfect TDM city with all criteria of a city of class II ensured.

Households just escaping poverty will continue enjoying support policies

At the 10th session, provincial People’s Committee also approved a resolution on the province’s new poverty line and support policies for households just escaping poverty for the 2014 and 2015.

Accordingly, the new poverty line poor will be VND1mln/person/month in rural area and VND1.1mln/person/month in rural area. A rural person, who earns VND1.001mln-VND1.3mln per month, will be considered a near-poor one while an urban resident will be deemed near-poor if having monthly income of VND1.101mln-VND1.43mln. The province will also maintain two-year support policies for households that have just escaped poverty…

Reported by Thu Thao-Translated by K.T