Tan Ky 'turns around' to integrate
(Baonghean.vn) - Tan Ky is one of three districts of Nghe An where the legendary Truong Son road, now known as Ho Chi Minh road, passes through. It is the only locality with the special national monument Km 0 - Ho Chi Minh road. This is also the locality listed by UNESCO as a site belonging to the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve. With a favorable geographical location, industrious and creative people and a rich cultural identity associated with majestic nature, Tan Ky is constantly developing; making a strong mark on the map of Nghe An land.
Increased income, improved infrastructure
The vital Ho Chi Minh Road stretches through 11 provinces and cities of the country, of which nearly 40km passes through Tan Ky district. This is a very valuable road for military and national defense, contributing to the circulation of goods, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. This route connects from North to South, with border gates to Laos: Thanh Thuy, Nam Can, Thong Thu, playing a role in the transit of goods, developing the overall face of the countryside.
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| Tan Ky focuses on infrastructure development, creating a premise for economic development. Photo: Thanh Tam |
Therefore, to continue promoting economic development and attracting investment in advantageous areas, Tan Ky has selected investors with real potential so that large programs and dynamic projects have high feasibility when implemented in the following areas: high-tech agriculture; livestock farming associated with processing; mineral exploitation and processing; and garment industry.
The district has also successfully called for and is developing the Western Urban Area of Tan Ky town in Ky Son commune, with a total area of 15.7 hectares and a population of about 1,200 people. This new urban area is planned and designed with full amenities, synchronous landscape architecture, technical infrastructure, social infrastructure in the direction of sustainable development and environmental protection. This will be a service and commercial urban area combining entertainment and residential living in the future, demonstrating the determination of the district leaders to build a modern and innovative Tan Ky.
Transportation is the “blood vessel” of development, so another desire of the government and people of Tan Ky is to soon complete the investment project to build the N5 traffic route from Hoa Son - Do Luong to Tan Long - Tan Ky. As if “given wings”, the N5 route from Do Luong to Tan Ky is expected to unleash the potential of Western Nghe An, especially the comprehensive strengths of Tan Ky in connecting traffic infrastructure, creating the most favorable conditions for investors when choosing Tan Ky in particular and Nghe An to invest in large-scale projects.
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| The trade and service sector in Tan Ky is increasingly developing. Photo: Thanh Tam |
Unique and attractive tourism
With a large area, Tan Ky has many advantages to develop tourism types such as: Historical relic tourism, eco-tourism and community-based tourism. Notably, this is the only locality with the special National Monument Km 0 - Ho Chi Minh road; Le Loi citadel historical relic site and ancient communal houses. The potential for eco-tourism development of the district is the extremely diverse, rich and attractive natural landscape such as: Mo cave system in Tien Ky, Bon waterfall in Tan Hop, Thung Khien cave cluster, Khe Xanh in Nghia Phuc, Tan An; rich lake and dam system and poetic Con river... To serve the needs of tourists, Tan Ky has developed a system of restaurants, hotels, along with other types of goods and services that have strongly developed.
Currently, Tan Ky district has set specific goals to develop the tourism industry to match its potential. In the period of 2020 - 2025, the district strives to welcome a total of 75,000 - 80,000 visitors, an average of 15,000 - 16,000 visitors/year, with at least 3-5 homestays providing standard accommodation; creating 100 - 150 jobs, generating revenue of 5 - 7 billion VND/year.
Developing modern and sustainable agriculture and industry
The locality also possesses many strengths to develop livestock and poultry farming. Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee decided to build a 15-hectare food processing factory in Ky Tan commune, Tan Ky district, which is an advantage for the district and neighboring districts to promote livestock farming and solve product output.
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| Sugarcane harvester demonstrated at Tan Long sugarcane field. Photo: Nguyen Chau |
Tan Ky has a very favorable position to expand economic and cultural exchanges with regions in the province and the country. To the North, Tan Ky is almost connected to the entire land of Phu Quy. With an inter-regional vision, economic development planning, we can place Tan Ky in a whole space with industrial crop growing areas such as coffee, rubber, or fruit trees with a large area capable of supplying factories with modern equipment and large capacity; Planning the raw sugarcane area for Telair Quy Hop Sugar Factory. Or planning the raw grass growing area to serve the TH Milk Factory with the largest capacity in the country in Nghia Dan.
To the East, Tan Ky borders Do Luong district and Anh Son district, and other districts that have both mountainous and midland elements and plains. This is the basis for planning to open new directions for large economic projects in Tan Ky land.
In addition, Tan Ky also borders Yen Thanh and Quynh Luu in the East and Northeast. These are two districts with large areas, dense population, large labor force, high level of education and tradition of hard work and creativity to promptly respond to large economic projects.
With potential strengths in industry and agriculture, many investors and businesses have been anticipating Tan Ky's economic "boom" to build promising large-scale projects. Among them, tunnel factories and food companies have begun to take shape and create strong impressions. Notably, the district has started construction of Minh Anh Tan Ky Garment Joint Stock Company on an area of 9 hectares in Ky Tan commune, Tan Ky district with a total investment of about 500 billion VND. After coming into operation, Minh Anh Tan Ky Garment Joint Stock Company will create jobs for about 6,500 workers. In addition, Tan Ky is also a locality with advantages in exploiting and developing construction materials such as sand and gravel mines and especially the famous Cua tile brand.
If viewed from the regional cultural perspective, it is clear that Tan Ky is located in a large cultural space of the middle and lower Lam River. This is one of the cultural regions with many typical and unique cultural values that our ancestors have ranked on par with other cultural regions such as Lang, Thanh, Hue, Quang, etc. This favorable location and resources allow Tan Ky to integrate with the regional and world communities without being dissolved in the cultural and civilized flow of humanity.
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| Tan Ky is increasingly asserting its position with localities in the province and region. Photo: Thanh Tam |