Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee said that the Prime Minister has just issued Decision No. 813/QD-TTg on recognizing Dong Ha city as a type II urban area.
According to this decision, Dong Ha city is a type II urban area, directly under Quang Tri province, with the scope being the entire administrative boundary of the existing Dong Ha city with 9 wards, total natural area of 73.09 km2.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction , the Ministry of Home Affairs; the Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Tri province and heads of relevant agencies to be responsible for implementing Decision No. 813/QD-TTg.
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| Dong Ha city, administrative and economic center of Quang Tri province |
It is known that Dong Ha city is the political, economic, cultural and social center of Quang Tri province. Currently, Dong Ha city consists of 9 wards, a total area of 73.09 km2, a population of 164,228 people, of which the permanent population is 102,478 people, the converted population is 61,750 people.
Dong Ha City has an important position in the North Central region, located on National Highway 1A connecting Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City and the junction of National Highway 9 - National Highway 1A, is an urban area in the East of the East - West economic corridor, connecting Laos, Thailand, Myanmar...
Previously, on July 25, the Ministry of Construction held a conference to appraise the Project to classify Dong Ha city as a type II urban area, under Quang Tri province.
At the conference, the experts of the Evaluation Council assessed that the Project to classify Dong Ha city as a type II urban area, directly under Quang Tri province, had diverse information, comprehensively reflecting all aspects of Dong Ha city's development after nearly 20 years of being recognized as a type III urban area; the Project's dossier was complete according to regulations. On that basis, the Evaluation Council unanimously voted to approve the Project to classify Dong Ha city as meeting the criteria of a type II urban area, with a score of 82.89/100 points.
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