Building Dong Vinh ward to develop comprehensively and civilly

Accelerate urbanization

Determining the task of economic development in the direction of urban economy, Dong Vinh ward has created a breakthrough in socio-economic development, in which, types of services and trade have been invested in and developed in both quantity and scale; traffic infrastructure has been invested in and upgraded, creating convenience in trade and travel so that people can proactively invest in building booths, shops, and factories for business and household economic development.

Dong Vinh Ward Headquarters (Vinh City). Photo: Thanh Le

The ward Party Committee and government also directed the unions to effectively exploit preferential loans from the Social Policy Bank and a number of credit institutions and contribute capital to each other to lend 12,444 billion VND, lending to 891 borrowers to create jobs. Maintain business activities at the market, creating stable positions for more than 80 business households. The ward People's Credit Fund expanded its operating area in Doi Cung and Le Loi wards, with highly effective business; mobilized 101,917 billion VND, lent 138,804 billion VND, an increase of more than 300% compared to the beginning of the term.

Thanks to that, the economic structure of the ward shifted in a positive direction. By 2020, services - trade increased by 66%; industry - construction accounted for 30.4%; agriculture decreased to 3.6%; the average growth rate reached 10.21%; the average added value per capita in 2020 was estimated at 55.4 million VND, an increase of 18.5 million VND compared to the beginning of the term. Total social investment capital in the past 5 years reached 418 billion VND.

Many spacious urban areas have been invested in and built in Dong Vinh ward. Photo: Lam Tung

Along with that, the ward focuses on mobilizing resources, gradually investing in technical infrastructure, creating a favorable environment to attract investment in a number of projects in the area. Developing industry, handicrafts, construction, services, trade, gradually reducing agriculture in a positive direction, proactively removing obstacles in production and business of enterprises in the area, contributing to job creation, economic development, and social security. The whole ward currently has 426 production, business and service establishments; of which: 97 are industry - construction; 329 are transportation, service - trade establishments, attracting hundreds of workers to participate regularly and seasonally.

During the past term, the ward has focused on investing in the construction of 34 public welfare works with a total cost of 147.95 billion VND (city budget 43.93 billion VND, ward budget 88.82 billion VND, people's contribution 15.2 billion VND) to focus on building and upgrading a number of traffic routes; Dai Loi and Yen Giang Cultural Houses, school buildings; Mobilizing internal resources to invest in the construction of more than 9 km of concrete roads, 7.5 km of drainage ditches; 4 cultural houses, lighting systems, etc.

The sports stadium was invested in and built by the ward. Photo: Lam Tung

Up to now, basically the named roads in the ward have been invested in upgrading and gradually arranged lighting; houses in residential areas are clearly urban. Many key projects have been invested in construction, urban embellishment, renovation and construction of new infrastructure in the area have been promoted, contributing to attracting investment, promoting economic development, contributing to improving and enhancing the quality of life of the people.

Aiming for wealth and civilization

Along with economic development, the Party Committee of Dong Vinh Ward pays attention to leading the development of culture and society. The education sector in the area continues to develop, paying attention to investing in school facilities; effectively implementing State management of educational institutions in the area; ensuring school security and food safety; improving the quality of teaching and learning, attracting children in the area, the number of students is increasing, the number of primary schools has nearly doubled compared to the 2015-2016 school year.

Dong Vinh Kindergarten. Photo: Lam Tung

The quality of the management staff and teachers is standardized and improved, meeting the needs of teaching and learning. Every year, the schools achieve advanced and excellent titles. Kindergartens and primary schools maintain the National Standard School Level I; effectively maintain the movements to encourage learning, encourage talents, community learning, build a learning society...

Cultural, artistic, physical education and sports movements are maintained regularly, attracting enthusiastic participation from all walks of life. Campaigns, patriotic emulation movements, and the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" are effectively implemented, creating a new momentum for the locality. 11/12 blocks have achieved the title of cultural block; the average rate of cultural families is 89.6%.

Primary health care for the people is taken care of, social, humanitarian and charitable policies are implemented promptly and practically. Political security, social order and safety are maintained, the material and spiritual life of the people is improved, the number of well-off and rich households increases, the number of poor households decreases to 6, equal to 0.17%, and the number of near-poor households is 1.18%.

Many families in Dong Vinh ward invest in farms and develop the economy. In the photo: Chicken farm of Mr. Vo Van Du's family, Yen Due block. Photo: Lam Tung

The Party building work has been focused on by the Dong Vinh Ward Party Committee in all three aspects: politics, ideology and organization. The staff of the ward and residential areas have been consolidated to meet increasingly high demands. The leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization have been constantly improved; the management and operation of the government have achieved many results; the Fatherland Front and mass organizations have increasingly affirmed their roles and positions in carrying out political tasks, building a strong national solidarity bloc.

These are proud achievements and an important premise for the 2020 - 2025 term of the Dong Vinh Ward Party Committee to lead the locality to develop more firmly. With the Congress theme: "Democracy - discipline - innovation - development", to successfully implement the goals set out in the Resolution of the 7th Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025, the Ward Party Committee focuses on improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party Committee, building a clean and strong political system; promoting democracy, strengthening solidarity, consensus, innovation and creativity; mobilizing and effectively using all resources to promote economic, cultural and social development, ensuring national defense and security; promoting administrative reform; building a team of cadres and civil servants to meet the requirements of the tasks; building Dong Vinh Ward to develop comprehensively, richly and civilizedly.

Nguyen Truong To Street - Dong Vinh Ward decorated to welcome the congress for the 2020 - 2025 term. Photo: Lam Tung