Yen Bai Ward: Affirming its position as a driving force to promote the development of the province's urban chain along the Red River

Yen Bai is the core urban ward of Yen Bai city (old), established on the basis of arrangement and merger of 5 wards: Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hong Ha, Minh Tan, Yen Ninh, Dong Tam; has a natural area of ​​nearly 17 km2; population of more than 70,000 people. The ward Party Committee has 131 branches and affiliated Party Committees with 7,068 Party members.

With important and comprehensive results in all fields during the 2020 - 2025 term of the predecessor wards, Yen Bai ward enters a new development stage with a solid foundation, open space, outstanding potential and advantages, gradually improving competitiveness and strong regional connectivity.

Administrative center of Yen Bai ward today.

Comrade Doan Huu Phung - Secretary of Yen Bai Ward Party Committee said: In recent times, the ward has mobilized and effectively used all resources for rapid, comprehensive and sustainable development in the direction of "Green, harmony, identity and happiness"; promoting the value of national cultural identity, building Yen Bai people "friendly, benevolent, united, creative and integrated".

Thanks to that, the growth rate of total product value in the area in 2025 is estimated to reach 10.5%; the economic structure will shift positively towards increasing trade and services.

Average income is estimated at 110 million VND/person/year, average growth rate is 5.65%/year. Average life expectancy is estimated at 74.7 years; the number of healthy years of people is 69 years.

The urban infrastructure system has made a breakthrough development, the urban appearance has changed dramatically in the direction of civilization, modernity, greenness, cleanliness, and beauty; increasingly affirming its role and position as one of the socio-economic development centers of the province.

A corner of Yen Bai ward today.

In addition to the achieved results, currently, facing the increasingly high development requirements of the province, Yen Bai ward also faces many difficulties and challenges, especially in the context of globalization and increasingly deep international integration; climate change is becoming more and more complex and unpredictable; negative impacts from the downside of the market economy; new challenges arising in the urbanization process... have been posing new and higher requirements for the locality to break through, clearly affirming its role as a central urban area, a locomotive, and a driving force for development of the province.

In order to solve the above problem, the Yen Bai Ward Party Committee set a consistent goal for the 2025 - 2030 term as "Building a clean and strong Party Committee and political system; constantly innovating, creating, effectively exploiting potentials and advantages, creating a favorable environment to promote investment attraction, rapid and sustainable economic development in the direction of digital economy, green economy, and circular economy.

Yen Bai ward leaders inspected the activities of the Public Administration Service Center.

Along with that, focus on developing synchronous and modern urban infrastructure, associated with expanding urban space, building smart cities, protecting the environment and proactively responding to climate change. Improve the quality of healthcare, education, culture, sports; well implement social security policies; firmly ensure national defense and security... All aim to build a civilized and modern Yen Bai ward, which is one of the important driving forces to promote the development of the province's urban chain along the Red River, creating space and resources for socio-economic development of the province.

To achieve the set goals, first of all, Yen Bai ward clearly identifies the important role and position in promoting the development of the province's urban chain along the Red River, thereby synchronously and effectively implementing socio-economic development solutions.

The ward pays special attention to building a smart city, a friendly government serving the people, focusing on improving productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy; promoting investment attraction, digital transformation, gradually developing the digital economy and digital society.

Caring for policy beneficiaries in the area is always a concern of Yen Bai ward.

Yen Bai Ward Party Secretary Doan Huu Phung affirmed: With the goal of developing in the direction of urban economy, focusing on trade and services, the ward will focus on rapidly developing and diversifying types of trade and services, expanding the system of commercial centers, supermarkets, and convenience store chains.

In particular, closely following the direction of the Provincial Party Secretary at the 1st Congress of Ward Party Delegates for the term 2025 - 2030, that is: it is necessary to thoroughly grasp and strongly shift the mindset from simple "management" to the mindset of creating modern development, not just stopping at controlling and operating the urban area within the administrative framework, but proactively creating and building flexible mechanisms, promoting innovation to effectively mobilize resources, participation and involvement of people, businesses and social organizations in all stages of urban development, ensuring modern, synchronous, smart urban development, harmony between economic growth, social progress and environmental protection, with its own identity, room for development and most importantly, people truly enjoy a civilized, safe and happy life.

Developing urban economy in a modern and sustainable direction, effectively exploiting the advantages of central urban areas in conjunction with the application of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to renew traditional growth drivers and to create new growth drivers; promoting economic restructuring towards focusing on trade and services; developing trade and services in a modern, diverse and high-quality direction, meeting the needs of people in the area and surrounding areas; continuing to plan and develop the trade and service infrastructure system, focusing on attracting prestigious brands, developing high-quality services, modern services in the fields of health care, education, finance - banking, insurance, logistics, telecommunications, culture, sports and entertainment.

Improve the quality of planning and develop synchronous and modern urban infrastructure; focus on perfecting the synchronous and feasible urban planning system, as a legal basis for sustainable development, while closely linking urban planning with the development of trade, services, night-time economy, urban tourism, and high-quality public services; strictly manage urban development space according to planning, ensuring that the urban structure and general development orientation are not disrupted; develop the urban infrastructure system in a modern, synchronous direction, adapting to climate change, in which, prioritizing investment in essential technical infrastructure works, especially traffic infrastructure, lighting, parks, trees, undergrounding of electricity and telecommunications systems.

In particular, it is necessary to develop a roadmap and specific plan to complete urban drainage and wastewater treatment infrastructure, completely resolve local flooding in some areas; increase investment and attract resources to develop new urban areas, modern social housing, synchronous in technical infrastructure, social infrastructure and in accordance with the master plan.

Along with that, the ward also promotes investment in building commercial banks; continues to invest in upgrading and perfecting the market system in the area to meet the standards of class 1 and class 2 markets, attracting and calling for conversion of Yen Bai market management model... making the locality become one of the trading centers of the province and a hub for trading and distributing goods to neighboring areas.

Yen Bai Ward strives to achieve retail sales of goods of 18,000 billion VND by 2030, 1.76 times higher than in 2025, with an average growth rate of 12% per year.

Mr. Doan Huu Phung - Secretary of Yen Bai Ward Party Committee

Implement preferential policies, support investment, develop small and medium enterprises; promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, create favorable conditions, accompany and support investors in carrying out legal procedures to speed up project implementation progress.

In addition, Yen Bai ward also promotes cultural and social development closely, harmoniously and synchronously with economic development, ensuring a safe and fair life, bringing satisfaction and happiness to all people. Focusing on socializing public services, public services, and social activities to further arouse and promote all potentials and internal strengths of the people, especially the role of the subject, self-management, and self-awareness of the people in participating in socio-economic development, building a cultural and civilized lifestyle, and happy families.

Faced with new opportunities and chances, with appropriate and practical solutions and tasks, along with the participation of the entire political system, the will and aspiration to rise up, constantly innovate and create of cadres, party members and people, will be an important driving force for Yen Bai to develop rapidly and sustainably, becoming one of the driving forces to promote the province's socio-economic development in the direction of "green, harmonious, unique and happy".

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