Thanh Vinh, this autumn
Thanh Vinh, on a crisp autumn morning. Thin wisps of mist seem reluctant to leave the green foliage lining the wide, quiet streets. Mount Dung Quyet is shrouded in mist and clouds, and from a sacred realm, the words of the ancients echo: "I see that the land of Yen Tuong is spacious and its atmosphere bright; it is a suitable place to build the capital."
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Hong Son Ward, Cua Nam, Le Mao... these are bustling commercial and service centers. Both sides of the streets – Le Huan, Thai Phien, Tran Phu, Ngo Duc Ke, Phan Dinh Phung, Dang Thai Than, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Ngu Hai... – are also lined with shops and stores, with people, vehicles, and goods moving in and out in a chaotic manner, supplying both Vinh Market and distributing goods to neighboring districts and provinces. Streets selling furniture, electronics, clothing, general merchandise, bedding, fashion, and mobile phones are all bustling with activity.
The suburban communes are also experiencing a surge of new energy. The emergence of new urban areas, industrial zones, factories, and highways has completely transformed the appearance of the outskirts, opening up new centers of the city. The parishioners of Yen Dai-Nghi Phu, devout and patriotic, are actively developing their family economies day and night, engaging in trading, selling noodles and cakes, buying and processing peanuts, and slaughtering livestock... At 3-4 am, many Catholic villages are brightly lit, bustling with activity. Vinh Tan, Ben Thuy, Hung Dung, Cua Nam, Hung Dong... villages specializing in mechanics, carpentry, shipbuilding, vegetable farming, and flower cultivation continue to thrive alongside the city's progress.
In the development of the city today, there are contributions from former soldiers, such as war invalid Nguyen Bui Hanh in Block 10, Hong Son, who established Bui Hanh Electronics Company and provided free vocational training to many young people, creating jobs for many workers. War invalid Truong Van Binh in Block 9 (Hong Son) has diligently worked in social affairs in the ward and block since 1983, serving as Block 9 leader for 20 consecutive years and now as Block Secretary. Mr. Binh has silently and persistently worked in the "Helping Each Other" group to help many people overcome drug addiction. And Mrs. Hoang Thi Thu Phong, head of the Thong Nhat Garment and Embroidery Cooperative, a former outstanding production and combatant during the anti-American war, awarded the Ho Chi Minh Badge, is now nearly 70 years old but still tirelessly innovates, finds new trades, and creates jobs for dozens of workers. Mr. Nguyen Manh Quang, 82 years old, works as a bicycle parking attendant but has raised his children to be successful adults... In other wards and communes, there are many people like him, and they are quietly bringing glory to Vinh City.
On September 5, 2008, the proposal to recognize Vinh as a Class I city directly under Nghe An province was approved by the Prime Minister. This joy belongs not only to the present generation, but also to the efforts and sacrifices of countless generations. It represents the heroic spirit of the workers at the Vinh Match Factory and Power Plant, the resilient Ben Thuy ferry, the heroic Ben Thuy port, the gratitude owed to our German friends who laid the first bricks in building the city, the Nghe An entrepreneurs who invested their money back home, the schools that silently nurtured moral values and cultivated the tradition of learning in Nghe An, and the songs and poems that reflected on the city's development...
In the autumnal scent, in the morning mist on the milkwood and mango trees, I suddenly feel a deep affection for the street corners and roads I walk every day. The city is rising to new heights.
Quick note: Chau Lan
