Thai Hoa town focuses on building synchronous and effective infrastructure.

Synchronous infrastructure, spacious appearance

Thai Hoa town is located in the Northwest of Nghe An province, 90 km west of Vinh city, which was separated from Nghia Dan district. It must be affirmed that Thai Hoa town has a favorable geographical location, being the trading place of Nghia Dan, Tan Ky, Quynh Luu, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong districts and some neighboring districts of Thanh Hoa province. Thai Hoa has many important national highways running through it such as Ho Chi Minh road, National Highway 48, 48D, 48E... convenient for trade, regional economic linkage...

Thai Hoa Town strives to become the center of the Northwest region of Nghe An. Photo: Nguyen Book

During the last term, Thai Hoa town paid special attention to urban planning, urban management, infrastructure construction, and urban embellishment. Based on Decision 1447/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister approving the Adjustment of the Construction Planning of the South Thanh - North Nghe region to 2025 and vision after 2025, Thai Hoa has developed a master plan, then established, appraised, and submitted for approval zoning plans to serve as a basis for management, investment in infrastructure construction, investment attraction, and social development.

The town has mobilized many investment capital sources to complete traffic works. From there, gradually improving the connection between the areas in the area with neighboring localities. Notably, the construction of Hieu 2 bridge in the form of BT; completed routes such as the N1 and N6 cross-axis roads; phase 1 longitudinal axis road ensuring connection to D1 and D2 routes; Nghia Hoa commune central road (phase 1); main axis road connecting N6 cross-axis road; road 2 at the beginning of Hieu 2 bridge; Provincial Road 545.

The town is continuing to research plans and build urban areas, riverside service areas on both banks of the Hieu River, and Dong Hieu urban area to attract investors in supporting industries, creating growth according to the economic structure orientation of the town.

Drainage project and wastewater treatment plant with treatment capacity of 4,500m3/day and night. Photo: PB

In addition, the town also pays attention to urban management and beautification. The urban space is expanded to the Southeast with new residential areas, vertical and horizontal axes. The drainage system basically meets the needs of the people in the inner city with a water plant capacity of 4,000m³/day and night; complete drainage project and wastewater treatment plant with treatment capacity of 4,500m³/day and night. Mr. Ngo Manh Hung - Director of Thai Hoa Water Supply Company said that up to now, they have operated wastewater drainage for 1,350 households, handling many annual flooding areas such as the 5-way intersection area, National Highway 48 section through the rice tree...

Social infrastructure has also been invested and upgraded. Up to now, 100% of cultural houses and commune and ward health stations in the area have met standards. Thai Hoa has also allocated capital and mobilized many resources to renovate and upgrade a number of relics in the area such as the infrastructure of Lang Vac Archaeological Site Conservation Area (phase 1), Lang Lui Temple, Bau Sen, internal roads and embankments of Bau Sen Forest Park...

According to comrade Pham Chi Kien - Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thai Hoa town, the town is interested in planning the Lang Vac eco-tourism area to develop spiritual tourism associated with historical values ​​in the area. At the same time, implementing the project of Uncle Ho visiting Dong Hieu...

The grand ceremony held at Vac village communal house took place before the opening ceremony. Photo courtesy

Striving to become a regional center

Through the investment in synchronous economic and social infrastructure, many investors have come to Thai Hoa as an attractive investment destination. From 2016 to now, the town has attracted 30 investment projects with a total registered investment capital of 1,000 billion VND. At Nghia My Industrial Cluster, the scale has been adjusted to 70 hectares, attracting 11 enterprises to invest.

In the area, many large projects have been put into effective operation such as: Hitex Garment Factory, Commercial Hotel 2 project combined with petrol station of Do Luong General Trading Joint Stock Company; Dong Hieu Rest Stop... Besides, many projects are being implemented such as: Commercial area combined with Shophouse townhouses in Block 8, Long Son Ward; Truong Thang car and motorbike showroom project... promising to create a driving force to promote socio-economic development and increase investment attraction.

The provincial National Assembly delegation supervises public investment projects in Thai Hoa town. Photo: Thanh Le

Despite the positive results, it can be said that the socio-economic infrastructure system of the town still has limitations. Administrative reform, investment procedures, and site clearance still have many shortcomings. Therefore, in the coming term, Thai Hoa town is determined to strongly improve the investment environment, create openness, and create conditions for businesses to shorten time and reduce costs.

Recently, at the meeting of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee with the Standing Committee of Thai Hoa Town Party Committee to approve the 3rd Congress of the Town Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025, the provincial leaders all placed great expectations on the urban area on the banks of Hieu River in terms of its role as a dynamic and spreading center of the Northwest region of Nghe An, especially in the fields of services, trade; education and training, vocational training; and healthcare.

The roads at both ends of the Hieu River bridge are being invested in and built synchronously, creating convenient traffic. Photo: Pham Bang

To do so, according to comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Thai Hoa town needs to continue reviewing the criteria to have solutions to soon build Thai Hoa into a type III urban area. The town also needs to have specific planning for the factors identified as regional centers, from which effective policies and solutions can be developed to attract investors in each specific field.

To build a type III urban area, along with building a new, advanced, model rural area, the town also needs to set a goal of building the remaining communes into wards with a specific roadmap; at the same time, it is necessary to have a direction to exploit well the regional linkage factor in the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe region.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee

Comrade Pham Chi Kien - Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thai Hoa town said that to achieve the above goal, Thai Hoa will mobilize maximum resources to accelerate the synchronous construction of economic - social infrastructure to create a more spacious, modern and civilized urban appearance, worthy of a type III urban area.

The central area of ​​Thai Hoa town, passing through Hoa Hieu ward. Photo: Contributor

Some key projects need to be implemented such as the town bypass and Hieu 3 bridge, infrastructure of Tay Hieu and Nghia Thuan industrial parks; calling for and promoting investment to form commercial centers, offices for rent, large supermarkets, specialized streets in Hoa Hieu ward, both banks of Hieu river, Ho Chi Minh road, National Highway 48 and 48D and main roads in the urban area - Chairman of the town People's Committee said.

In addition, investment in building Nghia Thuan wholesale market, upgrading Hoa Hieu central market and consolidating the traditional market system in the area. These will be important driving forces for Thai Hoa town to continue to develop, worthy of being the nucleus and center of the Northwest region of Nghe An.