Sea of people flock to Hai Duong center to experience the walking street

On the evening of April 28, Hai Duong officially put the walking street and Bach Dang night market into operation with unique cultural, artistic, and commercial programs, attracting a large number of people from inside and outside the province to visit and experience.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee Trieu The Hung congratulated and highly appreciated the efforts of Hai Duong City and related agencies and units in completing the items of the walking street and Bach Dang night market in a short time to open on the occasion of celebrating the 48th anniversary of National Reunification Day and the 137th anniversary of International Labor Day.

Central and local leaders attended the opening of the walking street and night market in Hai Duong city.

Mr. Hung affirmed that Hai Duong City is a class I urban area, has a convenient traffic location and many advantages to develop tourism, trade and services, becoming an attractive destination for investors, tourists and workers.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the main sponsor of the Bach Dang walking street and night market expressed his joy and honor to work with the locality to develop, complete and put the street into operation. According to him, experience and practice show that the night-time economy brings many values, promoting the general economy.

Magnificent outdoor stage with many special art performances.

Chairman of Hai Duong City People's Committee Tran Ho Dang said that the official opening of Hai Duong City's first walking street and night market is an event marking a step forward in development and the result of the city's efforts in exploiting its potential and strengths in the fields of culture, tourism and trade.

Maintaining the walking street and Bach Dang night market will be the beginning to promote the city's development in the future in the direction of fast, green and sustainable development. The city will accept all comments and suggestions and make efforts to improve so that the walking street and night market will be an impressive destination for residents and tourists.

Improvisational songs are well received by young people.

Bach Dang walking street and night market have the theme "Convergence of Essence - Brightening up Thanh Dong" held from 4pm on Saturday and ending before midnight on Sunday every week.

The scale of the street uses the entire area of Thong Nhat Square, half of Bach Dang Street and half of Bui Thi Xuan Street on the river side, Chuong Duong Street and Hong Quang Bridge. The street is divided into 4 sub-areas named after the four sacred animals: dragon, unicorn, turtle, and phoenix, symbolizing outstanding celebrities associated with the East.

The dragon area is symbolized by the famous general Tran Hung Dao. The flank area is reminiscent of the politician Nguyen Trai. The turtle area is built on the image of the two founders Phap Loa and Huyen Quang. The phoenix area is symbolized by the eternal teacher Chu Van An.

The subdivisions have more than 40 booths selling regional specialties and street food.

The walking street and Bach Dang night market will regularly host unique cultural and artistic activities. Every month, two large-scale art performances will be held at the Thong Nhat Square stage.

In the areas interspersed between the dragon and unicorn zones, there are 2 places for street art performance, contemporary art, folk art, and outdoor activity venues. Experiential activities, folk games, and reading spots are arranged in the planning zone.

In the Phoenix subdivision, an art performance venue will be arranged to serve the people. Around the Sat River, artistic lighting will be displayed using LED lights, multi-colored super LEDs, creating a brilliant space. In addition, on the river surface, clusters of lotus flowers lit by lights will be installed, creating a highlight in the middle of the river.

Due to the large number of people coming, Hai Duong City Police had to arrange more than 100 officers and soldiers, dozens of equipment and patrol and control vehicles to ensure security, order and traffic flow.

The streets were jammed with people pouring into the walking street.

However, from about 7pm to 11pm, the streets surrounding Bach Dang Lake and the city's inner-city roads were congested, and people and tourists were restricted from moving.

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