Suggestions about building a cultural and civilised urban lifestyle
Reporter Mai Trang from the Da Nang Newspaper recently collected opinions from the leader of a municipal department, a government employee and a local ex-pat about identifying the criteria, imbued with national cultural identity, for building a cultural and civilised urban lifestyle in the city.
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The Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Nguyen Huu Chien, remarked that the local government and residents are making every effort to make Da Nang an environmentally friendly and liveable city. In addition, importance is now being attached to advertising Da Nang’s image as a civilised and modern city to international friends. Mr Chien stressed the urgent need to stop the harassment of tourists and resolve the issue of itinerant beggars in the city because these problems are considered blights to the city’s popularity. To prevent very poor people from becoming street beggars, the city authorities will support their livelihoods, provide them with vocational training courses, and help them to find suitable jobs. Heed should also be paid to ensuring that local beggars become aware that begging for money is an erosion of their dignity and crushes the efforts being made by the local government and residents to make the city more attractive in the eyes of international visitors. |
Mr Tran Quoc Anh from the city’s Department of Finance suggested that emphasis should be placed on raising public awareness of ensuring environmental sanitation, public order and traffic safety. In addition, special attention should be paid to encouraging local residents to strictly obey Viet Nam’s constitution and laws, as well as enhancing their creativity and improve their professional skills in the workplace. Such unacceptable manners as exceeding the speed limit, cutting in line, and spitting in public areas must be stopped. |
Doctor of Philosophy Ulrike Streicher, a wildlife conservation advisor living in the city, said that the Son Tra Peninsula is considered to be one of the city’s invaluable treasures. She added that the peninsula boasts the integrity of the ecosystem, a high degree of biodiversity, and a primeval forest rich in flora and fauna. Most notably, this place is now home to about 300 red-shanked douc langurs which are some of the world’s rarest primates. Therefore, it is essential to publicise the stunning scenery of the peninsula, along with its healthy environment and great biodiversity, to the general public. This will help to raise the public’s awareness of protecting the forest to firmly preserve the natural resources for future generations. |
