Promise to the future

(Baonghean) - Someone said: In a city, architecture is the form, people are the soul. With breakthroughs in infrastructure, urban architecture and even in the perception and lifestyle of residents, we can truly feel that Vinh city is becoming more beautiful every day, both in form and soul, if we refer to that subtle perception.

Infrastructure breakthrough

In the past 5 years, implementing the master plan, Vinh City has made comprehensive breakthroughs in infrastructure from the inner city to the suburban communes, creating the appearance of a dynamic and developing Vinh city. The city has put into use many works of great significance to the people's lives such as: wastewater drainage works phase II, operating Hung Hoa wastewater treatment plant, Solid waste treatment complex in Nghi Yen (Nghi Loc); completed bidding packages and put into use drainage and environmental sanitation works under the Vinh urban development sub-project such as: Bac Canal, phase I, phase II. In addition, the city has coordinated with the provincial sectors to create favorable conditions for implementing investment in important traffic hub works in the area such as: Passenger terminal and auxiliary items of Vinh Airport; Ben Thuy II bridge; upgrading National Highway 1A bypassing Vinh; National Highway 1A Quan Hanh - Quan Banh section; Upgrading important traffic junctions with the construction of 3 North-South railway overpasses.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duc, Head of Quang Tien Block, Hung Binh Ward, Vinh City (middle) discussed the results of alley road construction.

In particular, in addition to major projects and works, implementing the Project "Investing in technical infrastructure and urban beautification of Vinh City until 2020", Vinh City has effectively used State and people's capital to build technical infrastructure works for residential areas such as traffic, drainage systems, lighting, sidewalks, and trees. Quang Tien Block, Hung Binh Ward is a unit that is assessed to have done well in socialization to invest in building traffic infrastructure. In recent years, with the support of the State, people in the block have contributed more than 121 million VND to upgrade alley roads, drainage systems and pour woven panels to cover drainage ditches with a total length of 168m. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duc, Head of Quang Tien Block, said: “Currently, about 40% of the length of the roads in the block have been renovated and upgraded. In the coming time, our block is planning to renovate and upgrade some alley roads, also following the motto of the State and the people working together”.

The rural appearance in 9 communes of the city has also undergone great changes when implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Development, especially in terms of infrastructure. Hung Loc is a suburban commune with a large area and large population. The urbanization process has brought many advantages to the commune but also many challenges, including essential requirements for infrastructure. However, with the motto "people know, people discuss, people do and people benefit", Hung Loc commune has promoted socialization in rural traffic construction, contributing to bringing the commune to the new rural finish line at the beginning of this year. Mr. Nguyen Van Ha, Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, said: The commune has invested in upgrading more than 5.5 km of commune and hamlet roads; 11.3 km of alley roads and intra-field roads. The total implementation cost is up to more than 25 billion VND. In particular, people contributed money and donated land with a total value of more than 5.6 billion VND. The method in Hung Loc is also the solution implemented by communes to increase investment sources, improve local infrastructure, contribute to bringing the city to a new rural district in 2016 and aim for all communes to meet new rural standards in 2018.

During the past term, following the motto of the State and the people working together, Vinh City mobilized resources to build more than 180 km of roads, more than 94 km of drainage ditches, 74 cultural houses and medical stations... with a total mobilization of 203 billion VND; of which, the people contributed nearly 154 billion VND.

Building a civilized urban lifestyle

Building a civilized urban lifestyle is an issue that the city is interested in implementing during the 2010 - 2015 term. Right from the beginning of the term, Vinh City Party Committee issued Directive 05-CT/Thu on "Strengthening the leadership of Party committees at all levels in urban order management", which shows the great political determination of the city in this field. Implementing the content of Directive 05 and the Implementation Plan of the City People's Committee, localities have organized extensive dissemination to the blocks and hamlets, and developed specific implementation programs. In Hung Binh Ward, the Ward People's Committee directly directed the Ward Police and the Urban Order Regulation Team, the civil defense force to coordinate with residential blocks to organize the signing of commitments to comply with environmental sanitation, maintain urban landscape and traffic safety and order.

In particular, businesses committed to not encroaching on the road, sidewalks and removing tents and canopies that violate traffic safety corridors. After the campaign, the ward coordinated with the city's forces to continue to inspect, handle violations and regularly remind people to comply with regulations. Therefore, after nearly 4 years of implementation, urban life in the area has become more orderly and achieved many results. In the first 6 months of 2015, after 11 inspections, only 1 violation in the field of construction order management was discovered. Traffic order and safety were basically ensured; the authorities seized 23 types of violating exhibits, forcing 4 cases of illegal dumping of construction waste and household waste to remedy the consequences. This affirms that people's awareness has been greatly improved compared to before Directive 05.

It can be seen that, implementing Directive 05, the urban appearance of the city has become more spacious, clean, and beautiful, traffic safety and order have been ensured, urban order has been gradually ensured, sidewalk encroachment has been handled and gradually reduced in scale, with the majority of people agreeing and supporting. Discussing the changes of Vinh city in recent years, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Thang, Head of the Department of Urban Management of Vinh City, assessed: "With the efforts of the entire political system and the people, the infrastructure system of Vinh city has been increasingly improved, creating a new look, changing the city, contributing step by step to the development of a civilized, modern, and environmentally sustainable urban area".

According to the Project “Adjusting the master plan of Vinh City, Nghe An Province to 2030, vision to 2050”, Vinh City is expanded in terms of urban space, population size and especially becomes the center of the North Central region in many fields. The steps marked by the 2010 - 2015 term are the foundation and motivation for the Party Committee and people of Vinh City to realize the promises to the future that have been determined by specific actions.

Nhat Le