Building Quang Trung ward (Vinh city) to meet urban civilization standards

Trade and service development

As the central ward of Vinh City, Quang Trung Ward Party Committee has identified trade and services as its strength to focus on leadership, direction, and drastic implementation of synchronous solutions. Well implement site clearance to implement projects; increase the value of industrial production and construction; promote growth of trade and services.

Encourage and create a favorable environment for businesses and production and business households to develop, especially in advantageous industries and professions such as: financial services, banking, trade, hotels, restaurants, transportation services, ready-made garments, etc.

Entertainment services, hotels, banks, and shopping in Quang Trung ward. Photo: Lam Tung - Thanh Le

Currently, the ward has 114 businesses and more than 700 individual households operating effectively. Effectively exploiting loan capital from social policy banks, savings credit funds, and idle capital among the people with an amount of more than 32 billion VND for more than 2,600 households to borrow; consolidating and maintaining the effective operation of Quang Trung market, attracting more than 250 small traders.

In the 2015 - 2020 term, the average economic growth rate reached 10.4% (Resolution target 9.5%), the average income per capita in 2020 is estimated at 152 million VND, an increase of 65.7 million VND compared to 2015; the total production value increased sharply from 1,639.1 million VND in 2015 to 2,687.08 million VND in 2020. The economic structure shifted in the right direction, the proportion of trade services increased from 60.7% to 61.15%; industry - construction decreased from 39.3% to 38.85% (meeting the Resolution target).

The ward Party Committee focused on leading and directing the urban beautification work. In the 2015-2020 term, with high political determination, many synchronous and creative solutions, and the consensus of the majority of people, the ward completed the site clearance for the Citadel moat renovation project, the Phase I Area A project, the T&T project...

Vinh Citadel. Photo: TL

Arrange and resettle 178 households in the project area A phase 1; propagate and mobilize 412/421 equivalent to 98% of households in the project to renovate temporary area B; basically complete the construction of resettlement houses for households in block 9. Build flower roads, green - clean - beautiful roads; upgrade, renovate, and dredge internal water ditches.

The ward also effectively implemented the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2015 - 2020, annually reviewing and supplementing urgent projects; balancing resources, prioritizing capital allocation to implement projects to renovate and upgrade school facilities, renovate and upgrade cultural houses, roads, drainage ditches... mobilizing resources with an amount of 10,858 million VND (reaching 108.1% of the set target) together with the ward budget and city support of over 11,367 million VND to complete 19 infrastructure projects.

Quang Trung ward officials handle administrative procedures for people. Photo: TL

Towards a civilized and modern urban area

Along with investing in urban infrastructure and social welfare infrastructure, Quang Trung ward always pays attention to directing the implementation of civilized urban lifestyle in the area. Implementing quality movements in front of the houses of cadres, party members, union members, and exemplary members to implement the 3 no's: "No violation of urban order, no garbage, no classified ads", associated with building models and typical examples of urban order, building flower roads; green - clean - beautiful roads; upgrading, renovating, dredging internal water ditches and implementing well "Green Sunday" to create changes in awareness, responsibility and actions of each citizen, contributing to reducing the rate of violations of urban order annually by 47 - 50%.

The ward's education quality has been improved, affirming sustainable development; 6/6 schools maintain level I standards, 4/6 schools meet level II standards. Directing the promotion of the movement to build cultural families, cultural blocks, and civilized alleys; improving the quality of cultural families, cultural blocks, and the rate of cultural families. Primary health care for the people and child protection and care have been given attention.

Students playing at Quang Trung Kindergarten. Photo: Lam Tung

Social policies are taken care of… Social security work, the “Repaying gratitude” movement, charitable and humanitarian activities are taken care of, implemented accurately and promptly, 6,150 million VND has been mobilized to give gifts, subsidies, and visit the beneficiaries. Poverty reduction solutions are effectively implemented, the poverty rate is 0.08% (Resolution target 0.30%).

The leadership role and fighting strength of the Party organization have been enhanced. The activities of the government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations have had many innovations in methods and content of activities, promoting their roles and responsibilities as a true bridge between the Party and the people, participating in Party building and government building.

The achievements in the past 5 years are the efforts of the Party Committee, Government, Fatherland Front, organizations and people of Quang Trung ward with high political determination to successfully implement the Resolution of the 10th Party Congress of the ward for the 2015 - 2020 term, completing and surpassing 25/29 targets. That is also the premise for Quang Trung ward to continue to develop more sustainably in the new period.

Quang Trung ward headquarters is decorated in preparation for the Party Congress. Photo: Lam Tung

The 11th Quang Trung Ward Party Congress, term 2020-2025, with the goal of building a comprehensively developed ward with modern and civilized urban architecture, becoming the commercial and service center of the city. Accordingly, the ward identified key projects, immediate and long-term focus. That is, changing a number of important streets in a modern direction to attract businesses, serve pedestrians, build model streets associated with exploiting the potential advantages of the ward to develop commercial services and spiritual, historical and cultural tourism...

To achieve that goal, Quang Trung Ward Party Committee continues to improve the leadership capacity of the Party Committee, build a clean, strong, effective and efficient political system. Mobilize internal resources from socialized sources and advise the province and city to support the maximum mobilization of resources, especially from projects that are being and will be implemented in the area towards synchronously completing infrastructure, building a "bright, green, clean" urban area towards forming the characteristics of a modern, civilized urban area, a healthy living environment, a highlight in the city's urban architecture. Create the premise for the ward to meet the "Urban Civilization" standard by 2025...

Quang Trung Street. Photo: Lam Tung