Loss of confidence in the Lanzhou - Song Ngu Tourist Complex Project

The Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company area was planned by the province and allowed to implement the project "Eco-tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment area Lan Chau - Song Ngu" adjacent to the residential area of ​​Binh Minh block, Nghi Thuy ward. Therefore, when learning about this project, the people of Binh Minh block were very hopeful. Everyone thought that when the project was implemented, it would create more landscape, increase the beauty of Nghi Thuy beach in particular and Cua Lo beach in general, thereby attracting more tourists to the area, contributing to helping people develop the economy.

However, the project implementation process has lasted nearly 10 years and is still not completed. The investment in the construction items is very fragmented, not ensuring the aesthetics to serve tourism, from infrastructure investment activities such as restaurants, hotels... to the road to the island, just go there and you will see! For example, trees are planted to create landscape but this tree is replaced with another tree, leaving the trees to dry up and wither, affecting the aesthetics and the economic development of tourism in Cua Lo.

The beach where Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company built the embankment is a traditional beach of fishermen in this area for generations. However, the construction of the embankment is not uniform, it has collapsed and re-collapsed many times, affecting the traditional occupation of the fishermen. On behalf of the people of Binh Minh block, I would like to request the authorities at all levels to inspect and re-evaluate the implementation of the project, and request Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company to fulfill the goals they have committed to.

The planned area for the implementation of the project "Lan Chau - Song Ngu Eco-tourism Complex, Resort Villas, Sports and Entertainment Area" is partly located in Thu Thuy Ward. However, up to this point, according to the planning approved by the competent authority, there are many parts of the work that Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company has not yet implemented, the project is not as expected by the officials and people of Thu Thuy Ward.

With the assigned responsibility, the ward has met and discussed with the leaders of Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company. The ward sympathizes with Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company in the process of implementing the project, which has encountered difficulties, such as environmental pollution from Formosa, the COVID-19 epidemic, etc. Therefore, the ward has also had activities to help the project, specifically, mobilizing union members and young people to participate in general cleaning, collecting bricks, stones, waste, etc. in the project area and surrounding areas. However, the ward requires Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company to fulfill its commitments, meet the project's set goals, and ensure urban aesthetics and environmental protection. Because in general, the recent time in this project has affected the urban aesthetics, the environment and the traditional fishing profession with basket boats of the people of Thu Thuy ward.

The project "Eco-tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment area Lan Chau - Song Ngu" has a part of the area in Thu Thuy ward, located in the south of Lan Chau island, where there are some construction items that have not been built yet. At a number of meetings of the Town Party Committee, the Town People's Committee and many meetings with voters, the ward also proposed a number of related contents. The ward strongly agrees with the viewpoint of the Town Party Committee and the Town People's Committee as reported by Nghe An Newspaper. That is, it is necessary to check and re-evaluate the implementation of the project. For the area in Thu Thuy ward that has been assigned to the investor but not implemented as committed, it is recommended that the competent authority consider and reclaim it to integrate into the master plan of the beach east of Binh Minh street. So that Cua Lo beach, from the south of Lan Chau island onwards, will be invested synchronously in the future, helping people develop traditional occupations...

I have just been working in Nghi Thuy ward for a short time, but through reviewing and understanding the implementation of the project "Eco-tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment area Lan Chau - Song Ngu", I know that Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company has invested in and implemented a number of construction items. Among them, there are also projects that create highlights for the locality such as the hotel block.

However, in addition, there are some problems in this project such as some construction works are not in accordance with the planning approved by competent authorities; some construction items have not been implemented yet; some completed construction works have problems such as impact on the environment, water flow, aesthetics, etc. The embankment extending to the island is an example.

Lan Chau Island has long been considered a famous landscape of Cua Lo beach. In order to preserve and promote the beauty of Lan Chau Island in association with tourism development, recently, the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee and the Town People's Committee have issued instructions to the local government as well as Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company. Firstly, to urge the implementation of unfinished project items; secondly, to overcome shortcomings and limitations; especially to overcome construction works that are not in accordance with planning and do not ensure aesthetics.

Regarding the construction works that are not in accordance with planning and do not ensure aesthetics in this project, in the past, the departments, offices and units of the Town People's Committee have also inspected, made records and requested the investor to fix them. However, the investor's correction is still slow. Therefore, in the coming time, the People's Committee of Nghi Thuy Ward will coordinate with the units, offices and departments of the town to strengthen urban management, environmental sanitation, and urge Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company to fix the problems that have been clarified...

I have just been assigned as the Captain of the Urban Order Management Team, and was not previously responsible for the Lan Chau Island area. However, during the implementation of the task, I coordinated with my colleagues in the inspection team to handle violations in the Project "Eco-tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment area Lan Chau - Song Ngu". As for Lan Chau Island, in my opinion, it has a very special location, without needing investment, just keeping its pristine appearance is already very beautiful, an important highlight of the Cua Lo sea area.

In the past, Song Ngu Son Investment Joint Stock Company built a number of construction items that were not in accordance with the planning, and in addition, did not pay attention to environmental sanitation issues. When discovering that there were wrongdoings in the project, the Urban Order Team also coordinated with the local authorities and relevant functional departments of the town to inspect, remind, and request the investor to correct them. With the project investor, who has both Russian and Vietnamese nationality, it is very difficult to meet during the inspection process, so handling violations is difficult. However, in my opinion, the urban order management work for the Song Ngu Son Project in the past has not been drastic, leading to the failure to completely handle violations.

Lan Chau Island is essentially a peninsula, the access road and the original embankment were previously where waves crashed. For construction projects that are not in accordance with planning and do not ensure aesthetics such as the restaurant on the west side of the island, the embankment, etc., in the near future, the Town People's Committee will have a specific decision on handling, but in my personal opinion, it is necessary to handle in the direction of requiring the investor to dismantle the violating construction, returning the natural landscape of the island to its original state.

Regarding the responsibility of the Urban Order Management Team, in the coming time, we will actively coordinate with the authorities of Nghi Thuy and Thu Thuy wards and departments and offices of the People's Committee of Cua Lo town to take more drastic actions, with the spirit of restoring the natural beauty of Lan Chau island, so that this place can truly be the highlight of Cua Lo beach, a destination for tourists.