Hung Nguyen determined to speed up the progress of public investment projects

Solving urgent infrastructure needs

Nguyen Truong To Street, the 13 km long section connecting the center of Hung Trung Commune to Hung Yen Bac Commune, is the “lifeline” connecting to the center of Hung Nguyen District. Although the district allocates a budget for repair and upgrading every year, due to the low roadbed, heavy rains cause flooding, causing the asphalt to peel off, creating “potholes”, affecting people’s travel.

To facilitate travel for people, at the same time, promote trade connections and socio-economic development between Hung Trung commune and Hung Yen Bac and Hung Yen Nam communes, in early 2023, Hung Nguyen district invested in upgrading this route with a total investment of 12 billion VND.

In addition to raising the roadbed, this route has also been renovated and widened from 6m to 8m, of which the concrete road surface is 6m, with a drainage system, each side is 1m wide, overcoming the flooding situation when it rains. Up to now, this route has been completed and put into use. According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai - Chairman of Hung Trung Commune People's Committee: The road upgrade has solved the urgent traffic problem of the people.

At the same time, the new route connecting National Highway 46 with Provincial Road 542C, the 1.5 km long section passing through Hung Dao commune has been completed, putting into use the Cai bridge project, reducing the pressure on the only road to the commune center; at the same time, contributing to expanding the rural space of Hung Dao commune. In Hung Dao commune, there are currently 2 projects being invested in repairing and upgrading the river dyke system and the surrounding dyke.

According to Mr. Le Huy Khoa - Chairman of Hung Dao Commune People's Committee, these are two important projects in flood prevention and control, preventing possible dike breaches in the locality, because Hung Dao Commune is located between three surrounding rivers, including Dao River, Hoi Tinh River, Lam Tra River; in the rainy season, many areas are deeply flooded, affecting people's lives and production.

In the alluvial land of Xuan Lam commune, Tien Thang High-tech Agricultural Production and Livestock Service Cooperative grows 38 hectares of biomass corn and more than 10 hectares of green squash, Japanese sweet potatoes, etc. According to Mr. Hoang Manh Thang - Director of the Cooperative, every harvest, the cooperative has to spend 20 - 30 million VND to rent a truck to dump gravel on the road to transport agricultural products. This year, the district has paid attention to investing in the construction and putting into use the inter-commune road in the alluvial land of Long Xa - Xuan Lam commune, in addition to meeting the travel needs of the people, it also serves the transportation of agricultural products, promoting the implementation of large-scale agricultural production models in the alluvial areas of these two localities.

Contribute to the implementation of new rural criteria

With the spirit of determination to complete the new rural criteria on traffic infrastructure, irrigation, disaster prevention and control works... in 2023, Hung Nguyen district focuses on directing the construction of 31 works and projects, with a total capital of nearly 193 billion VND.

Among them, there are many key projects, such as: Office of the District Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee; road connecting National Highway 46A to Provincial Road 542B in Hung Thinh Commune; Le Xuan Dao Street in Hung Thong Commune; upgrading and renovating Le Xuan Dao Canal; upgrading the dyke of Hung Dao Commune; alluvial road from Long Xa Commune to Xuan Lam Commune; Nguyen Truong To Street from Hung Trung Commune to Hung Yen Bac Commune; road connecting National Highway 46 to Road 542C through Hung Dao Commune...

Up to this point, out of a total of 31 projects and works being implemented, 16 have been completed and put into use; 15 projects and works carried over from the previous year and newly started this year are continuing to be focused on by the district to remove difficulties, speed up construction progress and disburse public investment capital, with the disbursement rate by December 15 reaching 90.06%. It is expected that by January 31, 2024, the disbursement rate in 2023 will reach 100% of the assigned plan.

To ensure the implementation of many works and projects during the year, comrade Le Pham Hung - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district said: The leaders of the District People's Committee are assigned to be in charge of project groups to attach responsibility to the provincial departments and branches to complete investment procedures, approve projects, urge investment preparation work, bidding to select capable contractors, site clearance, project construction... Each stage is guaranteed to be accelerated.

In the site clearance work, in addition to the responsibility of the District Site Clearance Council and the responsibility of the District People's Committee leaders assigned to be in charge of the project, the district promotes the role and responsibility of the heads of local Party committees and authorities.

The drastic direction of construction works and investment projects in the area has contributed to promoting the implementation of the new rural district criteria on infrastructure in Hung Nguyen district. Specifically, the whole district has 14 district roads, with a total length of about 92 km; up to now, 80.7 km have been invested to meet the planning standards, accounting for 87.71%.

Currently, the district People's Committee and communes and towns are investing in new construction and upgrading of 11.3 km to ensure that they meet the planning standards. The district has also focused on investing in upgrading and renovating irrigation infrastructure and natural disaster prevention and control, and has met 100% of the prescribed standards.