Nghi Phu strives to develop to match the expanded Vinh urban area
From an agricultural commune, Nghi Phu commune (Vinh city) has strived to become a locality with a major proportion of industry - construction, services - trade. The locality is recognized as meeting advanced new rural standards and the level of urban development is increasingly high, meeting the criteria for establishing a ward.
New look and vitality
In Nghi Phu commune, the stories about the past, present and future expectations of generations of cadres, party members and people always have interesting emotions.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Luong (in hamlet 18), who has lived in this land for decades, shared: "Although witnessing the changes every day, I am still surprised and excited". Neighbors who were farmers with "muddy feet and hands" have now expanded to do many jobs and exported labor. Many new, modern and comfortable houses have replaced old roofs; alleys are paved with asphalt and concrete, along with sidewalks, planting trees, and people's awareness of hygiene has been raised...
The goal and orientation of building an advanced new rural commune in Nghi Phu commune is to have a synchronous and modern socio-economic infrastructure in the direction of urbanization; a reasonable economic structure and production structure forms, linking agriculture with the rapid development of small-scale industry, construction, trade and services; a harmonious ecological landscape; ensuring security and order; improving the material and spiritual life of the people. In the period of 2021 - 2024, Nghi Phu commune has focused on prioritizing the budget along with support from the city to invest in 41 works and projects, with a total investment of nearly 200 billion VND.
The priority focus is on traffic infrastructure with many routes being invested in upgrading and paving. Such as Truong Van Linh Street, the section from the commune headquarters connecting to National Highway 46; Chu Trac Street at Hamlet 22; Mai Lao Bang Street, Ho Tong Thoc, Trung Loc, Nguyen Huu Lap, Tran Dinh Quan, etc.
Inter-hamlet and intra-hamlet roads have been basically newly invested in construction with a road surface of 7m or more, with drainage ditches for people's use, and sidewalks for the construction of auxiliary works such as electricity, fiber optic cables, clean water, and planting trees. Many intersections have been invested in traffic lights, signs, and speed-reducing paint to limit traffic accidents. Irrigation systems and intra-field traffic have been invested in to meet the production needs of the people.
A core task in the construction of advanced new rural areas that the Party Committee and the government of Nghi Phu commune focus on directing is to increase income for the people. Comrade Nguyen Van Thanh - Vice Chairman of Nghi Phu commune People's Committee said: In the condition of rapid urbanization, many projects are being implemented in the area, leading to the area of agricultural land being increasingly narrowed; the locality focuses on directing comprehensive economic development in industry, construction, trade, services and agriculture towards quality and safety; promoting labor export.
Accordingly, currently, the proportion of laborers in the industrial, construction, trade and service sectors accounts for more than 84% and agricultural labor is only about 12%; the rest participate in labor export and other industries. Thanks to that, the average income per capita in the area in 2023 will reach 64 million VND/year; the poverty rate will decrease to 0.19%.
The cultural and social fields, especially the spiritual and cultural life of the people and the education of children, are taken care of by the Party Committee and the government according to the motto "The State and the people work together".
Specific evidence for the attention to investment in infrastructure and conditions to ensure improvement of the quality of education, health, culture, physical education and sports in the locality is that Nghi Phu commune currently has 3/4 schools meeting national standards at level 1 and level 2; the commune has cultural and sports institutions meeting national standards and national standards for health. There are 23/23 hamlets with cultural houses and synchronous cultural and sports institutions; of which 19/23 hamlets have achieved the title of cultural hamlet.
In all hamlets, volleyball, badminton, and table tennis courts have been built and outdoor sports and exercise equipment such as swings, balance bikes, hip swings, horizontal bars, parallel bars, etc. have been installed in the cultural house and public entertainment areas, meeting the needs of the people.
In particular, through vibrant cultural and sports activities in residential areas, it contributes to building increasingly better community solidarity among the people; contributing to creating new vitality in each residential area. This is an important basis and driving force to mobilize strength and high consensus among the people so that Nghi Phu commune can complete 19/19 criteria for a substantially enhanced new rural area; recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as meeting the standards for an enhanced new rural area in Decision No. 617/QD-UBND, dated March 20, 2024.
Through the construction of advanced new rural areas, in the period of 2021 - 2024, Nghi Phu commune has mobilized people to contribute a total of more than 17 billion VND to build asphalt and concrete roads, drainage ditches, lighting, cultural and sports facilities; donated more than 1,000 m2land for road expansion
Lesson of solidarity and determination to act
Identifying the construction of a commune meeting advanced new rural standards as one of the important goals, right from the beginning of the 2020-2025 term, Nghi Phu Commune Party Committee issued a thematic resolution with specific tasks and solutions; associated with innovation in methods and ways of direction.
Comrade Nguyen Thi Thuy - Party Secretary, Chairwoman of Nghi Phu Commune People's Council, said: The Party Committee established a steering committee, assigned specific tasks to each member of the steering committee and each cadre, civil servant, and employee in the political system in charge of each criterion, task, and each hamlet. The commune focuses on information and propaganda work in the political system, cadres, party members, each residential group and the people; clarifying the projects and tasks that the commune undertakes and the projects and tasks that the people themselves must participate in and mobilize socialization.
One of the important guiding methods in building new rural areas of Nghi Phu commune Party Committee and government is to take the hamlet area and the dynamism, enthusiasm, and creativity of the hamlet activists, the exemplary pioneering of cadres and party members to spread the movement throughout the commune.
Comrade Nguyen Thi Thuy - Party Secretary, Chairwoman of Nghi Phu Commune People's Council
In directing, mobilizing the entire political system to participate in pondering, selecting appropriate content and movements for implementation; taking the hamlet area and the dynamism, enthusiasm, and creativity of the hamlet activists, the exemplary pioneering of cadres and party members to spread the movement throughout the commune. Attaching the assignment and assignment of tasks; the Party Committee and the government closely follow, inspect, supervise, and regularly urge the implementation of each work content and each criterion to ensure the implementation is on schedule and of good quality.
From the results of building a new rural area with practical lessons in leadership and direction drawn; becoming an important foundation and motivation for the Party Committee and people of Nghi Phu commune to be confident in the new development path, bringing the commune to a ward.
Comrade Pham Anh Hung - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghi Phu commune affirmed: "The completion of 19 advanced new rural criteria is a premise for the cadres and people of Nghi Phu commune to continue striving to build the ward to soon achieve civilized urban status; becoming an important development axis of Vinh city".
The reality of rapid urbanization and the economic structure proportion of 99.44% of services - trade, small industry - construction; requires localities to change to more suitable management models.
Comrade Pham Anh Hung - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of Nghi Phu Commune People's Committee
The Chairman of Nghi Phu Commune People's Committee shared more: The development of Nghi Phu commune into a ward now has a full practical basis. Along with the development shift of Vinh city and the city is currently implementing the process of expanding administrative boundaries, urban space, merging the entire Cua Lo town and 4 communes of Nghi Loc district into the city, Nghi Phu commune has become an important development axis of Vinh city. On the other hand, the rapid urbanization speed and the shift in economic structure of services - trade, small-scale industry - construction in the commune account for the main proportion of 99.44% and agriculture only 0.56%. This reality requires the locality to have more suitable management models; especially the management of planning, urban management, land management, construction and services, trade, population management according to the urban model...
The Prime Minister has just issued Decision No. 475, dated June 4, 2024, on recognizing the expanded Vinh city as meeting the criteria of a type I urban area; in which Nghi Phu commune is identified as the inner city area of Vinh city.
At the same time, the Project to expand the administrative boundaries and urban space of Vinh city, including the establishment of Nghi Phu ward on the basis of the current natural area and population size of Nghi Phu commune, was approved by the Provincial People's Council in principle to submit to the Government and the National Assembly Standing Committee for approval and implementation.
Upgrading from commune to ward is not simply a matter of changing the wording, but requires comprehensive development in terms of urban appearance and development level; urban economic proportion; labor structure; awareness, thinking, and urban lifestyle of the people...
Therefore, by organizing the ceremony to announce the Decision on achieving advanced new rural standards, the Party Committee and people of Nghi Phu are more determined to unite, innovate and be creative in leadership, management and organization of movements to rise up and meet the common development requirements of Vinh city.
