Bac Ninh (VNA) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has urged the authorities of ThuanThanh district of Bac Ninh province to continue making remarkable progress in a bid to turn the locality into a modern and civilised urban area, serving as a core areaand creating the impetus for socio-economic development in the southern regionof Duong River.

Addressing a ceremony tocelebrate the 110th founding anniversary of Thuan Thanh district (1912-2023) andannounce the National Assembly Standing Committee's Resolution to establishThuan Thanh township on April 5, the NA Chairman praised the efforts and achievements ofthe local Party Organisation, administration, armed forces, and people inrecent times, stressing that urbanisation is an inevitable process and acrucial motivation for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development.

Hue said inthe coming time, the Party Organisation, administration, armed forces, and people ofThuan Thanh need to focus on well performing the work of building the Party and the political system, enhancing ethics of civil servants, developing urban andcultural infrastructure to meet requirements of sustainable development, and fulfillingimportant tasks.

Attention should bepaid to improving the quality of urban planning and management, developing urbanplanning linked to urban economic development, moving towards a green, smart,and climate-resilient urban model.

The authorities of BacNinh province and Thuan Thanh township must take measures to ensure the efficiencyof land management and use of land resources in the locality and accelerate administrativereform, especially in updating and adjusting information related tothe residence place of citizens in the national database system on the population; and re-organising and changing the administrativeboundaries and names of administrative units, thus facilitating the life of local residents and businesses’operations, the NA Chairman said.

He also asked ThuanThanh to mobilise resources to satisfy requirements for minimum standards,especially the standard for treated urban wastewater ratio meeting technicalregulations in newly-established wards in the township.

The top legislator expressed his belief that Thuan Thanh township will continue to develop strongly, becoming a prosperous,green, smart, and integrated urban area, thus achieving greater successes.

Earlier, Hue offered incense at Kinh Duong Vuong temple and tomb complex in Dai Dong Thanhcommune, and visited the DongHo painting conservation centre in Song Ho commune.

According to the NA Standing Committee's Resolution 723, from April 10, 2023, Bac Ninh will have two new townships namely ThuanThanh and Que Vo, and 21 wards, increasing the urbanisation rate of theprovince to 51.32%, up 14.5% compared to 2022./.