Phan Rang - Thap Cham walking street temporarily suspended

Phan Rang - Thap Cham walking street (formerly Ninh Thuan province) temporarily stopped operating after 1 year of testing.

Phan Rang - Thap Cham walking street has been temporarily closed since June 22 - Photo: DUC CUONG

Speaking with Tuoi Tre Online , Mr. Le Hoai Nam - Chairman of the People's Committee of Phan Rang Ward ( Khanh Hoa Province) - said that the Phan Rang - Thap Cham walking street has temporarily stopped operating since the end of June.

According to Mr. Nam, before July 1, the People's Committee of Phan Rang - Thap Cham city had a document reporting the results of the walking street's activities.

Accordingly, the Phan Rang - Thap Cham walking street was approved by the People's Committee of the former Ninh Thuan province to be piloted from April 2024. This street stretches through central routes such as Tran Quang Dieu, Hoang Dieu, April 16... with a total investment of more than 13 billion VND.

However, after the first days of prosperity, the walking street quickly fell into a deserted state. The OCOP booths that were once expected to become places to promote local specialties gradually decreased due to low purchasing power, lack of promotional support and high space costs. From the initial 29 OCOP booths, to date, there are no more participating units.

Mr. Nguyen Quang, a merchant who used to run an OCOP stall here, said that the walking street only operates on Friday and Saturday evenings, so the number of customers is low. Meanwhile, the stalls have to clean up and return the premises, and the transportation and storage costs are very high, so the business has almost no profit.

Meanwhile, to maintain operations, the People's Committee of Phan Rang - Thap Cham City previously had to regularly organize performances, hire personnel to ensure security, environmental sanitation, lighting, maintenance of water music systems, public restrooms, etc., but had no stable source of income, leading to budget difficulties.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Khanh Hoa province - said that the suspension of the walking street is to serve the process of rearranging administrative units according to the two-level local government model. After the administrative units operate stably, the locality will study to reorganize this activity on a more appropriate and effective scale.

DUC CUONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tam-dung-hoat-dong-pho-di-bo-phan-rang-thap-cham-20250710171137542.htm