$5.5 million mega eco-urban area in Bac Ninh submitted to the PM

The $5.48 billion mega eco-urban area in Bac Ninh would be home to 80,000 residents

The Bac Ninh People's Committee has approved the project's 1/2000 zoning plan. With the total area of nearly 1,700ha, the project will be able to accommodate a population of about 80,000 people. The project will function as an eco-tourism urban area.

On March 3, Bac Ninh People's Committee submitted a report for the prime minister to approve the development of this eco-urban area. Accordingly, the land area set aside for developing new eco-urban areas is 1,477.28ha.

The total investment of the project is about VND126 trillion ($5.48 billion), VND122 trillion ($5.3 million) of which will be used to develop new urban areas, while the remaining VND3.8 trillion ($165.22 million) will go to renovate and embellish old villages and increasing the local population.

The whole area is planned to consist of seven divisions, of which the planned urban area is about 1,477.28ha.

Division A will have an area of ​​over 336ha with entertainment and recreation functions including theme parks, conference centres, sports centres, hotels, and houses.

Division B will cover an area of ​​272ha. It will stretch along Ngu Huyen Khe canal, which is an ecological resort villa area, with a low construction density, serving tourism needs.

Division C will cover an area of ​​more than 108ha. This will be the administrative and commercial centre of ​​the entire eco-urban area, including a central square, commercial and administrative areas, low-rise and high-rise building, schools, and commercial centres.

Divisions D and F will have a total area of ​​over 502ha. This is the largest complex area with the function of low-rise ecological housing projects, villas, adjacent houses, trees, parks, water surface, and high-rise housing area arranged along route DT295C.

Division E will have a total area of ​​more than 218ha with ​​a high-density urban area along route DT295C.

According to Bac Ninh People's Committee, after being appraised and submitted to the Prime Minister for approval, the province will complete the procedures, organise bidding to select investors, and implement the project.