Vinh inner city ward 'invites' people to dry rice in the stadium

Vinh City has a spring rice area of ​​1,400 hectares, mainly concentrated in suburban communes such as Nghi Lien, Nghi Duc, Nghi An... and some inner-city wards such as Hung Dung, Dong Vinh...

Due to the specific weather and soil conditions, the spring rice planting and harvesting is somewhat later than in other districts and towns. Currently, people in wards and communes have basically finished harvesting the spring rice crop and are focusing on drying the rice.

Nguyen Duy Trinh Street, Hung Dung Ward, Vinh City has become a hot spot for many years when people harvest their crops and dry rice on the street. This is a busy street, especially with schools and the ward People's Committee headquarters, so drying rice always poses a potential traffic accident and traffic jam during rush hour.

However, this year, according to the reporter's records, this situation has decreased significantly. The roadside is no longer turned into a rice drying yard, and some households only dry rice in a small area in front of their house, not affecting passersby too much.

Such positive results were achieved thanks to the propaganda and mobilization work of the Hung Dung ward government. Accordingly, the ward allows people to bring their harvested rice to the ward stadium, which has a fairly large area for drying, minimizing the use of roadsides and sidewalks to dry rice as before.

Mr. Le Khac Hau - Vice Chairman of Hung Dung Ward People's Committee said: The whole ward currently has 121 hectares of spring rice. The act of people drying rice encroaching on the road and sidewalk is against the regulations. Therefore, the ward has opened a stadium, allowing people to bring rice in to dry.

This has helped clear the streets, reduce congestion and the risk of accidents, and people raking rice, packing bags... are also safer than doing it in the middle of the road like before. After seeing the effectiveness, this measure will be maintained by the ward in the following crop seasons.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue, Hung Dung Ward said: My family has more than 3 sao of spring rice that was harvested last week. Because the alley is small and the yard has a corrugated iron roof, in previous years we had to take the rice out to dry on the street. We know it affects traffic, but there is no other way. This year, the ward created conditions for us to bring the rice to the stadium, so the people were very excited and carried it out seriously.

Dong Vinh Ward is also a locality with large rice and crop areas in Vinh City. Previously, people still dried rice on sidewalks and roadsides. However, this situation is gradually being improved.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Toan - Chairman of Dong Vinh Ward People's Committee said: Currently, many agricultural land areas in the area have been transferred to implement projects. There is not much rice area left, however, the ward has announced to encourage people to bring agricultural products to dry at the ward stadium or the cultural house of 12 blocks, not to dry on the streets because it is a potential traffic accident as well as losing the urban beauty.

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The ward has also assigned the authorities to regularly inspect and monitor the drying of agricultural products by local residents. If there is encroachment on the road or sidewalk, they will promptly warn the residents.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Toan - Chairman of Dong Vinh Ward People's Committee