(vov.vn) - Since the beginning of February this year, Son La has had new towns and townships, marking a turning point in the transformation and rise of this potential mountain town in the Northwest highlands.
In the first two months of the year, Moc Chau town welcomed more than 1 million visitors, with social revenue of more than 1,300 billion VND. Moc Chau has continuously "scored" on the tourism map of Vietnam and the world thanks to its attractive natural picture; along with the responsible and caring behavior of homestay and restaurant owners, as well as households volunteering to give up rooms for guests to stay during overloaded days.
Moc Chau town scores with its unique and impressive natural picture.
This is a good sign for a young town, an opportunity and also a challenge for the tourism service industry in Moc Chau to develop commensurate with its potential.
Mr. Hoang Manh Duy, Deputy Director of Moc Chau Island Tourist Area shared: "This is one of the great opportunities for the tourism service industry to develop. The synchronous investment in infrastructure will be an important factor to promote the connection with tourists from all over the country to Moc Chau plateau. From roads, the service quality of facilities and tourist attractions will also be improved."
The most beautiful plum blossom season in many years has attracted a large number of visitors to Moc Chau this time.
Not only in the city center, but also in the remote areas and the border area of Moc Chau, life, work and study have changed a lot. For example, at the foot of the majestic Pha Luong mountain range, bordering Laos, where life is still difficult, getting children to go to school used to be a difficult problem...
Now, the learning space for teachers and students at Pha Luong school, Chieng Son Primary School, Chieng Son commune is being invested in to become more and more spacious; each staff and teacher is also trying to renew themselves, gradually shortening the educational gap between urban areas and disadvantaged areas.
The learning conditions of teachers and students at Pha Luong school, Chieng Son Primary School, Moc Chau town are increasingly improved.
Teacher Bui Thi Thuong, Pha Luong school, Chieng Son Primary School, Chieng Son commune shared: The conditions of facilities have been greatly improved, for example, we now have TVs and computers for teaching, the children can see live, vivid images that help them learn better. We also proactively improve our knowledge, learn, and improve our expertise, especially in information technology to teach the children.
According to the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee effective from February 1, Moc Chau town was established on the basis of the entire natural area and population size of Moc Chau district, with 8 wards and 7 communes.
The transformation of the administrative unit management model from rural government to urban administrative unit, with the separation and merger of many commune-level administrative units into wards and communes... requires Moc Chau to concentrate resources to carry out a large amount of work. However, Moc Chau has quickly stabilized operations at all levels and continued to promote its advantages to transform and rise up.
Tourist areas and spots in Moc Chau town invest in infrastructure and human resources to serve tourists.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa, Vice Chairman of Moc Chau Town People's Committee affirmed: "We identify this as a great opportunity for Moc Chau to develop in the coming period; the responsibility is also higher in preserving, maintaining and promoting the current values that Moc Chau has. We also hope that in the future, Moc Chau will have more great motivations to create momentum for economic and social development, focusing on tourism development".
Along with Moc Chau town, new towns have also been formed, marking a turning point in the journey of building potential economic and cultural centers of Son La mountain town. Of which, 16 commune-level administrative units in 5 districts of Phu Yen, Thuan Chau, Yen Chau, Song Ma, Quynh Nhai of Son La province have been rearranged to serve the establishment and expansion of towns.
Changing the address of her family's grocery store from Na Phai 1 village, Huy Bac commune to Na Phai 1 sub-area, Quang Huy town, Phu Yen district, Son La, Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh excitedly said: "This is an honor for us citizens. Business is also favorable, seeing goods, customers coming and going makes me very happy..."
The newly established town has added color to the picture of Phu Yen district, Son La.
Merged from three administrative units of Quang Huy commune, Huy Bac commune and Phu Yen town - Quang Huy town, with 25 sub-areas and more than 21 thousand people, officially became a large urban area of Phu Yen district, Son La. Immediately after stabilizing the organizational structure, the Party Committee and government of Quang Huy town urgently embarked on local tasks.
Mr. Bac Cam Doan, Chairman of Quang Huy Town People's Committee, Phu Yen District, Son La Province said: "We will continue to implement socio-economic development plans, towards Party Congresses at all levels; promote potential and advantages, and soon turn the town into a civilized urban area".
After the reorganization, Son La province has 12 district-level administrative units, including 10 districts, 1 town and 1 city; 200 commune-level administrative units, with 177 communes, 15 wards and 8 towns; only 2 districts do not have towns, Sop Cop district and Van Ho district.
The effective implementation of the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee, in parallel with the policy of the Central and the province on reorganizing and streamlining the apparatus and political system... is an important basis for Son La to successfully carry out the proposed political tasks and prepare well all conditions to enter a new stage of development.
According to: vov.vn