"Maze" of house numbers

(Baonghean) - On some streets in Vinh city, there is an inappropriate situation regarding house numbers. It is worth mentioning that this happens even on long-standing streets located right in the central area...

Walking along streets like Kim Dong, Nguyen Quoc Tri, Nguyen Tai... if you pay attention you will see many duplicate house numbers, even and odd numbers located right next to each other. For example, Nguyen Tai street, the beginning of the street has even house numbers but in the middle of the street, it is odd numbered and there are many duplicate house numbers. On Kim Dong street, house numbers are numbered from all 3 sides, Kim Dong street in Hung Phuc ward, the numbering of house numbers is quite messy.

Mr. Trinh Cong Chinh's family at house number 09, Kim Dong Street, Hung Phuc Ward said that Kim Dong Street is currently a long road running through Hung Binh and Hung Phuc Wards. In 2006, Kim Dong Street began to be extended to Hung Phuc Ward and that was also the time when houses were numbered from all 3 sides. One side is from the Devil's Triangle roundabout which was the old Kim Dong Street, the new road is numbered from the intersection with Nguyen Van Cu Street and the other side is from the intersection with Hermann Gmeiner Street. Therefore, there is a situation where on the same street, there are 2 or even 3 houses "sharing" the same license plate. To deal with this, every time they use services such as delivery, taxi calling, delivery... people living on Kim Dong Street, in addition to writing their house number, must also attach an "easily recognizable place name" near their house.

Nguyen Tai Street (Hung Binh Ward - Vinh City) has 2 houses numbered 22, one of which is located next to house numbered 13.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Vinh, house number 22, Nguyen Tai street, Vinh city, said that the chaotic house numbering situation started happening about 3 years ago. His house was built 13 years ago and now has the same house number as his neighbor who just moved in a few years ago. This causes a lot of inconvenience, especially when his family is organizing business activities at home.

The messy house numbering not only causes trouble for the homeowner but also makes postal and delivery staff, and especially taxi drivers, feel uncomfortable. Mr. Pham Thanh Cuong, a taxi driver, said that every time he receives a call from the operator to pick up passengers on these streets, the drivers have to ask carefully to "identify" them. Sometimes, even after asking carefully, they still get confused.

Explaining this, Mr. Bui Xuan Uyen, head of block 1, Truong Thi ward, said that the chaotic situation of house numbers on Nguyen Tai street started when the road was widened towards the old alley 1 of Nguyen Van Cu street. This is the reason why on the same row of houses on Nguyen Tai street, half are even numbers and the other half are odd numbers. Some households in the block have expressed their opinions on this issue and Truong Thi ward has also directed the block to prepare a document to collect people's opinions so that the ward can make a specific plan to renumber the house numbers.

Not to mention the aesthetics, the problem of duplicate numbers and messy order, if left for a long time, will certainly have a significant impact on people's lives. Especially in changing the address of legal documents such as ID cards, household registration, real estate documents, etc. Therefore, it is very necessary to overcome the inappropriate situation of house numbers.

Chu Thanh - Phan Vu