Tan Ky: Removing difficulties, creating breakthroughs

Turn potential into growth index

Compared with other mountainous districts,Tan Kyhas the advantage of being located in the central connecting position between the mountainous districts of Nghe An. Specifically, according toHo Chi Minh Trailconnecting with the Northwest such as Thai Hoa Town, Nghia Dan; following National Highway 48E, 48D connecting with Quy Hop, Que Phong, Quynh Luu; following Ho Chi Minh trail, National Highway 7C and Provincial Highway 534, 535 connecting the Southwest mountainous region such as Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Con Cuong; via National Highway 15A, National Highway 7 connecting with Do Luong, Nam Dan, Dien Chau districts... Therefore, at present as well as in the future, Tan Ky has a great advantage in trade and economic development.

Tan Ky new market near Km 0 milestone creates an urban highlight and connects Tan Ky district center with Ho Chi Minh trail and National Highway 7. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In addition, according to Mr. Vi Van Quang - Head of the District Economic Infrastructure Department: Tan Ky has the advantage of abundant limestone resources with reserves of about 2.8 billion tons in the Roi area, 760 million tons of various clay mines in the communes of Nghia Hoan, Nghia Thai, Tan Long, Nghia Dung, Nghia Phuc, Dong Van, Nghia Hanh; sand and gravel mines along 60 km of Con River are quite rich; the source of red-yellow Feralit basalt soil in the low mountainous areas is a very rich source of land leveling materials.

In fact, thanks to this advantage, Tan Ky has long been known as a district famous for producing high-quality construction materials. Typical examples are the brand of fired bricks andRoof tilesin Nghia Hoan area affirmed its reputation decades ago. After the manual brick and tile kilns in the area were eliminated, Tan Ky district now has 4 brick and tile factories:Tan Ky Tunnel Bricks and Tiles, Binh An high-tech brick and tile factory, Hoang Nguyen Company Limited's roofing tile and cotto tile factory, Cua State Trading Company's construction material factory with a total capacity of about 120 million bricks and 35 million roof tiles per year. In addition, the district also has 1 factory producing unburnt construction materials with a capacity of 14 million tons/year and 2 factories are completing construction investment procedures.

Mr. Phan Van Giap - Chairman of Tan Ky District People's Committee said: Promoting the above advantages, in recent years, the industrial and handicraft sectors have always been the sectors with the most impressive growth index with key products such as white stone increasing by 12.7%, sand and gravel increasing by 12.4%, tunnel bricks increasing by 10.4%. Continuing the momentum of the previous year, in the first 6 months of 2022, the industrial production value increased by 16.1%; by 2022, the district has 14 OCOP products recognized as meeting 3-star standards and 2 agricultural products recognized as specialty brands, namely Tan Ky goat and Loi bamboo shoots.

In the agricultural sector, with the advantage of a natural area of ​​72,582 hectares, of which 63,690 hectares can be used for agricultural purposes, the district has a great advantage in this field. In addition to the main raw material area of ​​sugarcane forSong Con Sugar FactoryTan Ky district has attracted and received approval from the province to invest in 6 livestock projects with a scale of 268 thousand pigs/year and 24 thousand sows/year. Currently, the investors are coordinating with the district to complete land compensation procedures.

Bon Waterfall in Tan Hop Commune is a new tourist destination in Tan Ky. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Mr. Nguyen Ba Mao - Secretary of the Party Committee of Tan Hop Commune, one of the localities attracting investment projects in the livestock sector of Tan Long Group Joint Stock Company, shared: As a mountainous commune, about 25 km from the district center, the economy is mainly agricultural, household scale, the commune also has some soil and stone mines for construction materials but in remote areas, difficult to travel and the commune is also concerned about the impact on traffic infrastructure. The locality really hopes that reputable investors will successfully invest in the locality to help the locality shift its economic structure.

Struggling to untie the knot

With high determination and great advantages in natural resources, it was thought that Tan Ky district would develop and surpass other districts; however, due to some bottlenecks and bottlenecks, Tan Ky district has not yet developed as planned and expected. One of the major challenges of the district is traffic infrastructure and power supply infrastructure. Traffic is to connect the communes on both sides of the Con River within the district and connect with surrounding districts. Power infrastructure is to provide electricity for industrial production.

Trucks carrying sand and gravel travel on Nghia Thai to Nghia Hop road, causing the road to deteriorate even before it is completed. Photo: Nguyen Hai

To solve the above bottleneck, initially, the district asked enterprises to mobilize resources to repair and upgrade internal roads in the district such as the section from Roi bridge to Tan An intersection and the road from Tan An commune intersection to Phu Son commune; the road from Ky Tan commune People's Committee to Song Dong Ngoc Nu temple (Nghia Hop commune). In addition, recently, the provincial People's Committee also agreed to invest in adding Roi 2 bridge across Con river and building N5 extended road (now National Highway 7C) from Hoa Son commune to Ho Chi Minh trail (expected to start construction next September). The province also hopes that the road will connect Tan Ky toSoutheast Economic Zoneand open up land funds for the district to expand new areas such as Tan Ky Industrial Park and industrial clusters.

Sand and gravel mining is an economic activity of the district, but there is great pressure on management, limiting waste and loss, and especially the lifespan of traffic infrastructure works. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In addition to the above routes, through research we learned that, to connect Tan Ky district with Yen Thanh and Quynh Luu districts, the district is proposing to the Provincial People's Committee to invest in a road from Nghia Binh commune (Tan Ky) to Lang Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) and Tan Son commune (Quynh Luu); requesting Nghe An Electricity to add an investment project to build more transformer stations and 110 KV power lines to Tan Ky district.

Nguyen Hai