The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment received a petition from voters in Hanoi with the content: "Voters propose to submit to the Prime Minister to adjust and supplement Decision No. 429/QD-TTg dated April 21, 2023 on flood prevention planning and dyke planning for the Red River and Thai Binh River systems to facilitate the construction and arrangement of high-tech agricultural and ecotourism areas on the land on both sides of the Red River to promote economic development for localities".
Regarding this proposal, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment would like to report to the National Assembly Delegation and voters of Hanoi City as follows: The flood prevention plan and dyke planning for the Red River and Thai Binh River systems were approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 257/QD-TTg dated February 18, 2016; amending and supplementing a number of articles in Decision No. 429/QD-TTg dated April 21, 2023 ( Planning 257/QD-TTg) has identified solutions for riverbank management and use to ensure dyke safety, prevent floods, and at the same time create conditions for socio-economic development of localities (such as the construction and arrangement of high-tech agricultural areas and eco-tourism on the Red River land area according to voters' recommendations).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment acknowledges the voters' recommendations to continue researching and reviewing the process of developing the Flood Prevention Plan and the dike planning of the Red River and Thai Binh River systems until 2030, with a vision to 2050 (the Ministry has approved the task of planning and is implementing it).
Propose that the Hanoi City National Assembly Delegation recommend the City People's Committee to direct relevant agencies and units in the implementation of high-tech agricultural and ecotourism projects on Red River basal areas to comply with Plan 257/QD-TTg as prescribed in Point b, Clause 3, Article 26 of the Law on Dikes and Point a, Clause 3, Article 32 of the Capital Law to ensure dyke safety and flood prevention, especially in the context of increasingly extreme and severe floods, consecutive historical floods in the recent past.
