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”, together with the heroic Dung Quyet Mountain, created a bustling and heroic Vinh city. Not only that, Vinh River is also a traffic ditch, water supply, irrigation, and prevention of other natural disasters.

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

With the development of a type 1 urban area, oriented towards developing a coastal city, Vinh city is expanding its urban transport infrastructure, expanding its 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 creating new investment opportunities for businesses.

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" including 4 components. Of which, component 3 is Upgrading and renovating Vinh river and public spaces. This is the first river 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 after that, Vinh City People's Committee established a detailed plan for the two banks of Vinh River, including a part of the planned land area in the wards and communes: 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 the following subdivisions: 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 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 wharf - arranges a stopping point 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; Renovates the riverside area in front of Cua Nam Park into a small park, with access to the water in the form of floating platforms (float stations); Renovates the space on both sides of Cua Tien Bridge; Renovates and embellishes the existing residential area to meet the aesthetic requirements of the landscape of the area. Build 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 in the eyes of domestic and international friends. Northern area of ​​Vinh river bank: Building squares, walkways, public utilities along the river bank. Southern area of ​​Vinh river bank: Building flooded parks, parking lots, walkways, squares, wooden bridges approaching the river bank.

The city built a scenic bridge - Le Mao bridge, with modern and eye-catching architecture, 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 tourist 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 tourists to enjoy the scenery, have a clear and comprehensive view of the surrounding areas, and at the same time contribute to making this place one of the "must-see" places when visiting Vinh city. On the South bank, the water surface space will be renovated and expanded to become a flooded park, squares, park gates, synchronous utility works will be built, and the current irrigation works will be kept intact.

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 drainage to the Vinh River. For existing residential areas, drainage follows two main directions. When the Vinh River water level is lower than the current residential area level, rainwater will flow into the river through the sluice gates and sluice gates. When the Vinh River water level rises above the current ground level, rainwater cannot flow into the river by itself, 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.