To turn the city into a center of modern urbanity and services

Over the years, Thuan An city has focused resources to invest in the construction of technical infrastructure, urban embellishment and upgrading. Thuan An city has been making efforts to become an urban and service center that develops in the direction of civilization, prosperity and aethetics by 2025.

Thuan An urban area is developing in more and more civilized and modern manner. Photo: Quoc Chien

Investments and urban upgrading

Over the years, the city has focused on directing, mobilizing many resources while exploiting to the fullest the advantages of location and potentials and speeding up urban construction in accordance with the general development space of the region to create a foundation to soon turn Thuan An into an urban-service center with rapid increase the proportion of the service industry in the economic structure.

Specifically, Thuan An city is focusing on speeding up the progress of key traffic projects of the central government and the province passing through the area of ​​the city with regional connectivity. For the Vanh Dai 3 project, the city is carrying out an inventory of the assets of the affected households in the project, National Highway 13 renovation and expansion project for the section from Le Hong Phong to Vinh Binh bridge under paying for compensation and site clearance. The project of renovating and upgrading Binh Hoa canal drainage system has completed 99% of the volume and is about to be put into use in 2023.

As for the works carried out by the city such as the project of upgrading and expanding Thuan Giao 25 Road, which has been completed and put into use so far. The city is preparing to invest in 3 projects with a total cost of VND 3,863 billion, including a project to renovate and upgrade the section from Gia Long street to Vinh Phu 40 Road of Saigon riverside road, renovate and upgrade the section from Binh Nham canal to An Son port of the road along the Saigon river, and Vinh Phu 32 road. Simultaneously, the city promotes urban embellishment. Currently, the city has completed 9 works, reaching 100% with a total cost of VND 42.3 billion. Up to now, the locality has completed flood treatment of roads and An Phu residential area with 7 projects for a total cost of VND 97.3 billion.

The city has focused on investing in parks, contributing to improving the landscape, environment and improving the people's quality of life. Thuan An city has invested to complete 5 parks and flower gardens in Lai Thieu, An Phu, Binh Nham, Binh Hoa and Thuan Giao wards on a total area of 40,340m², the total cost of implementation is VND 45.5 billion; compensation for 6.5 hectares of land along the Saigon River to prepare for investment in urban parks. In addition, the city regularly inspects and maintains the operation of urban lighting, renovating and embellishing the lighting system using Led technology at Hung Dinh 24, Le Van Duyet, Chau Van Tiep, Gia Long, section from the crossroads of Ong Cu Temple to the border with Thu Dau Mot city of DT743A.

Investment results in the construction of infrastructure works and urban embellishment have made an important contribution to the city's fulfillment of criteria and urban upgrading. The reviewing and evaluating the current status of Thuan An urban area according to the criteria for upgrading urban class has so far reached 86.55 out of 100 points; and the criteria are above the minimum levels, thereby basically meeting the criteria of class 2 cities according to regulations. The criteria for urban areas of class 1, Thuan An city reached 81.40 points out of 100 and all criteria were above the minimum level, basically meeting the criteria of class 1 urban areas according to regulations.

Mobilized resources

In order to turn Thuan An city into an urban and service center, developing in the direction of civilization, wealth and aethetics by 2025, Thuan An city has come up with many key solutions. In particular, investing in upgrading, expanding and building new urban roads in accordance with the approved planning according to the medium-term public investment plan for 2021-2025 focusing on association with promoting socialization and mobilizing resources from organizations and individuals in urban development investment.

In addition, the city continues to focus on investing in upgrading and developing socio-economic infrastructure, prioritizing appropriate resources for the fields of traffic, urban embellishment, education, and healthcare; at the same time, handle problems and obstacles in resettlement arrangement, compensation and ground clearance. Specifically, the city gathers capital resources for the work of compensation and site clearance to serve as a basis for the implementation of urban infrastructure development works, especially key city works such as upgrading, opening, and widening section from Tan Phu bridge - National Highway 13 to Lai Thieu bridge of Chau Van Tiep road, Thuan An Culture, Fitness and Sports Center, Political - Administrative Center (zone B) to serve as a basis for implementing projects. On the other hand, the city will review the public land fund with a large area in the communes and wards to invest in gardens and parks to serve the entertainment needs of the people.

Reported by Hai Trieu – Duong Huyen – Translated by Vi Bao