• Song Doc Town received decision to meet civilized urban standards
  • Song Doc builds a sustainable coastal urban area

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Ho Hai during a survey of urban and economic development associated with ensuring national defense and security in Song Doc.

Song Doc is known as the "coastal city" of the West. The development of this coastal urban area is always vibrant and even more bustling with expansion projects, connecting traffic axes, strengthening confidence for the new road with many aspirations to rise after the merger (Phong Dien commune), expanding development space. Accordingly, promoting natural advantages and dynamic development, currently the total number of fishing vessels and fishing logistics services in Song Doc area registered and inspected is 1,146. The vessels have large capacity, mainly exploit offshore, long-term, applying advanced and modern techniques. The total output of fishing and aquaculture of Song Doc commune in the past term reached about 673,900 tons of aquatic products.

Some facilities have invested in new technology; preservation techniques are widely applied. Fishing logistics services meet requirements. The work of preventing and combating illegal exploitation in foreign waters has been directed strongly, bringing positive results.

The fisheries economy of Song Doc is not only local in origin but also a gateway and destination for the region, contributing to the development of services and trade...

Mr. Do Van Su, Chairman of Song Doc Commune People's Committee, said: "The aquaculture economy has contributed to the local development of industry and handicrafts with many positive changes, especially seafood processing with a number of large-scale industrial production facilities, applying modern technology, improving production efficiency, quality and product value. The locality has many products for domestic consumption and export".

The assessment of the past term shows that urban and rural areas in the area have developed quite well; people's lives continue to improve; social security policies are well implemented; ecological environment and living environment are gradually improved; national defense and security are maintained; social order and safety are well maintained. "On the basis of the achieved results, it has created an exciting atmosphere, a vibrant competitive atmosphere for the development path after the merger with an expanded space, stronger potential, and a lot of potential space", Mr. Do Van Su confidently shared.

Song Doc urban area develops day by day and progresses faster when connecting traffic infrastructure is formed.

With the orientation of continuing to invest in urban development in general and the transport infrastructure system in particular; industrial zones and clusters are invested in and formed for large-scale industrial and handicraft production; exploitation and aquaculture activities need to change to improve output, quality and sustainability.

Accordingly, State management activities in a number of important areas need to be highly focused, strict and thorough. Basic social services need to continue to be invested in and improved in quality, ensuring efficiency and practicality. The speed of urbanization and the development of science and technology will pose many issues regarding national defense and security, therefore, there needs to be a strong focus to ensure political security and social order and safety. Mr. Ma Minh Tam, Secretary of the Party Committee of Song Doc commune, said that in the context of many challenges and many opportunities for breakthrough development; therefore, the entire local political system needs to take part with a determined attitude; Party committees and authorities need to be united, dynamic, creative and decisive to overcome challenges, take advantage of opportunities to aim at building Song Doc commune as one of the province's key economic areas, a civilized and humane locality.

Taking advantage of the island system, Song Doc focuses on aquaculture around the foot of Hon Chuoi island cluster, making an important contribution to the local aquatic economy.

Taking the human factor as the main factor and building a political system to manage the area in the spirit of service, keeping up with development trends.

In the coming time, Song Doc will focus on building a clean and strong Party organization and political system, ensuring internal solidarity, enhancing the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization, considering this a key step. Innovating working methods, encouraging the spirit of daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility of the cadres and Party members, meeting the requirements of tasks in the new situation.

At the same time, improve the quality of human resources, promote innovation and develop Song Doc culture and people as the spiritual foundation for all development. In the field of socio-economic development, well implement the identified pillars, which are fisheries economy associated with promoting the effectiveness of connecting traffic infrastructure and processing; promote the application of science and technology, digital transformation and green transformation, linked with the overall development of the province.

Pay special attention to implementing social security policies well, effectively solving emerging social issues, improving the quality of life for people. Ensure economic development in harmony with cultural and social development and environmental protection, towards sustainable and effective development. "As a coastal locality, Song Doc determines that in economic, urban and rural development, it is appropriate to the orientation and potential, advantages of the marine economy combined with proactive prevention and response to climate change", Mr. Ma Minh Tam shared.

Arousing the desire for development, taking the marine economy as the center in a civilized and modern direction, ensuring harmony with cultural identity, in the next stage, Song Doc continues to be a bright spot on the western bank of the province.

Tran Nguyen

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