Nguyen Sy Sach Street: Open space

(Baonghean) - The hustle and bustle of the crowded streets does not strain the rhythm of the streets, and the bustling scene of new construction seems to linger on the feeling of a street that is increasingly proving its importance for the inner-city traffic of Vinh City. That is Nguyen Sy Sach Street...

Nguyen Sy Sach Street

It can be said that since the North Canal (1960s) - the most important drainage project of Vinh city - was built, Nguyen Sy Sach Street has been shaped as it is today. The road is about two and a half kilometers long, running along the South bank of the North Canal, starting from Vinh Station Intersection down to the junction of Nguyen Phong Sac Street and the Post Office Bridge. Initially, the road was just the "co-slope" of the North Canal connecting small crossroads through dry fields, cemeteries and sparsely populated areas of Hung Binh Ward.

The first street development on Nguyen Sy Sach Street started from Vinh Station Intersection to the corner of the North Canal Bridge (where Nguyen Van Cu Street intersects) with the state bank buildings on the North side of the street and the headquarters of Nghe - Tinh Petroleum Company on the South side of the street built in the late 1980s; this street section at that time had 2 directions with 4 lanes to plan a straight line down to Hung Loc as it is now. When the residential areas were not yet crowded, this was a deserted street considered as the last "echo" of the urban "wave" from Vinh's inner city spreading to the North of the city in the old communes of Yen Dung and Nghi Phu. Gradually, when planning many new neighborhoods of Ha Huy Tap and part of Nghi Phu, Hung Loc, small bridges across the North Canal connecting those residential areas to the center, new offices built on the South side, Nguyen Sy Sach Street suddenly became an important inner-city traffic route, carrying the entire development area in the Northeast of Vinh City.

With many headquarters and bank offices located on the street, Nguyen Sy Sach Street is now considered the financial and banking street of Vinh. And this is also one of the streets with many specialized products, especially construction materials services from high-end furniture to brick and tile products with the sign "Vietnamese ceramics" opened on 2/3 of the eastern side of the street. The road is wide, an important traffic route, the street surface is developing rapidly, but most of the road has not built sidewalks, which is a condition for Nguyen Sy Sach Street to have the opportunity to be renovated to become the most beautiful and romantic street in Vinh City after the North Canal embankment project is completed.

As a street that welcomed the wave of street-front residents later than some other central streets, Nguyen Sy Sach Street has "architectural moments" in buildings and villas designed in a modern and unique way as a surprise highlight at a few corners of the street. This street also has large-scale karaoke bars with interior decoration imbued with the first Arabic space in the city. Coming to the street, there will be interesting contrasting feelings; such as new technology singing activities, vibrant dance halls (Avatar) next to the efforts to preserve the soul of the folk songs of Nghe An Folk Theater located on this street....

Nguyen Sy Sach Street with high-rise buildings.

Also because of its role in carrying the entire development area in the Northeast of the city, Nguyen Sy Sach Street has very rich market activities. In the morning and afternoon, if the activities of Kenh Bac Market are bustling and overflowing along a long stretch of the North side of the street; then in the middle of the street on the South side, where it intersects with Herman Street, there are small markets held one after another, it seems that any small street corner can be a small market. That market habit, in fact, has existed for decades, in terms of urban order it can be considered a "problem", but for people living in the street, it seems to be a "convenience of consumption" along with the labor market, sidewalk barber shops, cheap car washes... are easing the somewhat tense rhythm of the street at the construction site of Kenh Bac and many small building projects are being implemented.

Many other services such as small mechanical stores, candy stores, fish sauce displayed at Van Phan and Cua Hoi, and charcoal, coal, and Con Co bran for livestock farming are all sold in rows of simple kiosks, which are located on the frontage of state agencies that have been and are being re-planned, waiting to start new projects. All of these create a sense ofThe feeling is "forcing" some government agencies to stick to the street in increasingly hidden spaces; but these are also the necessary "silences" for the increasingly crowded streets!

In terms of cuisine, Nguyen Sy Sach Street was known a decade ago for its popular beef tendon stew stalls concentrated at Vinh Crossroads serving workers. Recently, that stretch of sidewalk was cleared by investors to front new projects such as Vinh’s first conveyor belt hotpot restaurant with the brand name “Kichi Kichi” Hanoi, however, it opened less than a year ago and had no customers because it probably did not suit their taste, so it had to close. That was also the time when the street was dotted with beer and dog meat stalls, and up to now, noodle shops, hotpot, congee, and popular rice stalls have flourished, and later, there was the brand name Bun Do Trai. These stalls sprung up and developed moderately, but each stall is attached to its own customers.I am good at rustic cooking, knowing how to bring out the delicious taste of rustic food to its true characteristics.

The vibrant development of the entire southern side of Nguyen Sy Sach Street will certainly have many changes in the future as one of its important inner-city arteries. But those changes will certainly be an increasingly perfect renovation, suitable for the open space, towards nature and creating a romantic scene of the street in the project to reconstruct the North Canal that is gradually shaping its cultural - historical and environmental values.

Sam Temple