5 new planning areas on both sides of Vinh River

Vinh River is not a big river, flowing through Vinh city, but plays a very important role in Vinh city both in history and present.

In the history of the city’s development, Vinh River, together with Vinh Market “on the wharf, under the boat”, and the heroic Dung Quyet Mountain, created a bustling and heroic Vinh city. Not only that, Vinh River is also a traffic ditch, providing water, irrigation, and preventing other natural disasters.

Vinh River flowing through Dung Quyet Mountain. Photo: Thanh Cuong

With the development of a type 1 urban area, the orientation of developing a coastal city, Vinh city is expanding urban transport infrastructure, expanding space and renovating and upgrading Vinh river has become an important task, contributing to making Vinh city greener, more beautiful, more attractive, opening up more land funds, and being a new investment opportunity for the business community.

The Prime Minister has officially approved the investment policy of the Project "Priority infrastructure and urban development adapting to climate change in Vinh city, Nghe An province" consisting of 4 components. Of which, component 3 is Upgrading and renovating Vinh river and public spaces. This is the first river to be funded by the World Bank with a total cost of 178 million USD (equivalent to 4,450 billion VND). By June 2022, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 1525/QD on approving the detailed construction planning at a scale of 1/500 on both sides of the Vinh river. This is an important legal basis to protect the planning and implement the planning along the Vinh river according to the approved project.

Immediately afterwards, the Vinh City People's Committee established a detailed plan for the two banks of the Vinh River, including part of the planned land area in the wards and communes of Vinh Tan, Trung Do, Hong Son, Cua Nam, Hung Chinh (Vinh City) and Hung Loi (Hung Nguyen).

The total planning area is 7.3km long, starting at Duoc Bridge (Hung Chinh, Vinh City), ending at the intersection of Vinh River and Lam River. The width from the center of Vinh River to both sides is an average of 100m on each side and is further expanded at Cua Nam Ward, Vinh City. The total planning area is 102 hectares.

According to the approved project, Vinh riverside planningincludes 5 partsunew

These 5 subdivisions along both banks of the Vinh River include: Eco-village area, heritage area, floating market area, Le Mao intersection area and spiritual tourism area. Each subdivision is designed with unique and separate construction items, blending with the inherent identity of each location, promising to maximize the ability to attract tourism, develop the economy and preserve the cultural beauty of the river.

Perspective of the walking street and ecological park along Vinh river. Photo: TC

* Eco-village subdivision:Location from Vinh River junction to railway bridge. This place builds an agricultural park and eco-village model with main items: Agricultural park - this is a check-in location, experience agricultural exploitation and exploration services for tourists; Flower theme park - theme about seasonal colorful flowers, combined with contemporary art performances; Elevated walking bridge - creates a walking route much higher than the ground, connecting functional areas in the agricultural park; Kayak pier - arranges a stopover combined with a kayak rental point.

* Heritage subdivision: Location from the railway bridge to Cua Tien bridge. Create a walking route connecting the space between the church, Cua Nam park, the end point of the route is a small square and a symbolic building.

This area renovates the area around Cua Nam Lake, providing public services and additional amenities; Renovating the riverbank area in front of Cua Nam Park into a small park, with access to the water in the form of floating stations; Renovating the space on both sides of Cua Tien Bridge; Renovating and embellishing the existing residential area to meet the aesthetic requirements of the landscape of the area. Building a walking street combined with a night food street along the river, improving access to the riverbank.

* Floating market area:From Cua Tien bridge to Cao Xuan Huy bridge. This area exploits the advantageous location next to Vinh market - a market with a long history, building a third stop with the purpose of recreating the image of a floating market on the river bank; Building tourist service works, glass (wooden) bridge for sightseeing.

Southern area of ​​Vinh river bank: Construction of flooded park, walkway, square, wooden bridge to access river bank. Area using riprap stone embankment.

* The 4th subdivision is the Le Mao intersection area:Running from Cao Xuan Huy Bridge to Den Bridge. This is an important intersection that plays a role in closely connecting the two banks of the old and new city. According to the plan, this is a stop for tourists to relax, sightsee, and enjoy and shop for local products, contributing to spreading the culinary culture and traditions of Vinh city to domestic and international friends. The area north of Vinh river bank: Building squares, walkways, public utilities along the river bank. The area south of Vinh river bank: Building flooded parks, parking lots, walkways, squares, wooden bridges approaching the river bank.

The city built a landmark landscape bridge - Le Mao bridge, with a modern and eye-catching architectural form, similar to Cua Tien bridge.

Perspective highlight – Le Mao bridge, with modern and eye-catching architectural form, similar to Cua Tien bridge. Photo: TC

* For spiritual tourism area (division 5):From Black Bridge to Ben Thuy Bridge, it is planned to build a spiritual tourism park on Quyet Mountain - where there is a temple to worship Emperor Quang Trung, who was chosen by King Quang Trung as the capital of Vietnam in the 17th century.

The planning helps visitors to enjoy the scenery, have a clear and comprehensive view of the surrounding areas, and at the same time contributes to making this place one of the "must-see" places when visiting Vinh city. On the southern bank, the water surface space will be renovated and expanded to become a flooded park, building a square, a park gate, and synchronous utility works, while maintaining the current irrigation works.

Perspective of subdivision 5 - Quyet mountain spiritual tourism park. Photo: TC

On Vinh River, there are planned road bridges across the river including 11 bridges, length from 38m - 45m; 1 railway overpass with length of 30m.

In addition to the above 5 sub-zones, the planning also focuses on rainwater drainage and climate regulation.

For newly built areas along the river, the ground will be leveled to ensure the elevation of rainwater flowing into the Vinh River. For residential areas, drainage is currently in two main directions. When the water level of the Vinh River is lower than the elevation of the current residential area, rainwater will flow into the river through the sluice gates and sluice gates. When the water level of the Vinh River rises above the elevation of the current ground, rainwater cannot flow into the river, the sluice gates and sluice gates will be closed. Rainwater will be transported to the pumping station area and pumped into the river.

Currently, the city is organizing the implementation of planning, protecting planning and selecting investment attraction to exploit land resources reasonably and effectively.