Seize the opportunity to develop Vinh City

Construction of the extended Le Mao road will contribute to expanding Vinh urban space. Photo: Lam Tung

In recent years, with many important policies from the Central Government and the attention of the province, Vinh city has focused on mobilizing resources and international capital sources such as the World Bank to renovate the urban area, invest in drainage systems, renovate the North Canal, the Citadel moat, build a regulating lake, and build urban traffic infrastructure.

Regarding invested connecting infrastructure: Upgrading and expanding Cua Lo port into an international seaport; upgrading and expandingVinh airportPhase 1; planning Vinh Airport into an international airport; construction of Ben Thuy II Bridge, Cua Hoi Bridge, traffic routes connecting Vinh - Cua Lo; planning to rearrange the bus station system: Central Bus Station; Northern Bus Station; investing in putting into use a number of road and railway feeder roads and a railway overpass system; Sub-project to developVinh city...

The 72m road has been opened from Hung Nguyen district to Quan Bau intersection (Vinh city). Photo: Tran Chau

However, in reality, the demand has not been met, the traffic and drainage infrastructure still has many shortcomings, flooding still occurs quite seriously during heavy rains; the infrastructure connecting projects with the general infrastructure is not good; many large projects requiring large capital sources have not been implemented. Therefore, the birth of Decision 827/TTg of the Prime Minister on the Project to develop Vinh City into an economic and cultural center of the North Central region by 2023 is an extremely important legal basis to seize the opportunity to attract investment to develop the city.

Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee, Mr.Tran Ngoc Tusaid: The city is proactively coordinating and advising the Department of Home Affairs to develop a project to expand the administrative boundaries of Vinh city according to the approved plan. Issue the planning management regulations, the architectural management regulations of Vinh city, and the urban development program of Vinh city to 2030, with a vision to 2050.

Organize detailed planning (1/500) on both sides of Vinh - Cua Lo Boulevard (City area); both sides of Vinh River; areas with potential for urban development in Nghi An, Nghi Phu, Nghi Duc, Hung Loc, Hung Hoa communes... Organize detailed planning at a scale of 1/500 for a number of key projects in the fields of culture, education, trade and services: Dang Thai Mai Secondary School, Regional Exhibition and Fair Center, Nui Quyet Forest Park, Hung Dong 2 Industrial Cluster, Vinh Market, Quan Lau Market...

Vinh urban space to the South. Photo: Lam Tung

Regarding infrastructure, Mr. Tran Ngoc Tu said: The city will focus on mobilizing resources to implement key, urgent and influential projects, creating breakthroughs in socio-economic development in the area, focusing on building key traffic systems and projects.

Specifically: Renovating and upgrading National Highway 1A through Vinh city; upgrading and expanding Provincial Road 535 (Vinh - Cua Hoi); key inner-city traffic routes (Nguyen Sy Sach extension, Le Mao extension, Tran Hung Dao extension, Ly Thuong Kiet, Western ring road, Le Ninh...); focusing on synchronously building drainage systems, wastewater treatment and undergrounding power lines on main roads; renovating the green tree system, lighting on main roads, building parking lots, pedestrian bridges, overpasses...

The city also proposed the Government, ministries, departments and central agencies to build 10 regional centers inDecision No. 827/QD-TTgto supplement the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025 with projects that create momentum for socio-economic development; in which priority is given to investment in large urban infrastructure and transport works, projects that connect and spread the development of industries and fields, such as: National Highway 1A through the city, Provincial Road 535 (Vinh - Cua Hoi); renovate and upgrade the complete and synchronous route from Vinh airport to the area around Ho Chi Minh Square; build smart cities...

Resolutely direct relevant departments, agencies and units to conduct a thorough and specific review of unfeasible, behind-schedule, and land-law-violating projects to recover them, creating resources for the province, city and other investors to exploit and invest.

Scenery on top of Quyet mountain. Photo: Sach Nguyen - Thanh Phuc

The city also hopes that the Provincial People's Council will approve the draft Resolution on specific policies and mechanisms for the city in the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030 (replacing Resolution No. 278/2009/NQ-HDND), prioritizing the mobilization of ODA capital in the city, first of all the project "Priority infrastructure and sustainable urban development adapting to climate change in Vinh city, Nghe An province". Proactively arrange land acquisition capital to create clean land funds for investment projects.

The extended Le Mao Road is identified as a "strategic road" to stimulate the socio-economic development of the southern part of Vinh City. The Le Mao Road Phase 2 project of Vinh City was officially approved for investment by the People's Committee of Nghe An Province on August 4, 2005; it is 1,197m long, starting at the intersection with Tran Phu Street, and ending at the intersection with Vinh River Road. Currently, the project is facing problems with site clearance and some related policies and mechanisms.