On May 27, the People's Committee of Nam Tra My district reported to the People's Committee of Quang Nam province about the temporary suspension of construction of civil works from socialized sources in the area.

According to the People's Committee of Nam Tra My district, in recent years, due to overlapping administrative boundaries between Tra Vinh commune (Nam Tra My district) and Dak Nen commune (Kon Plong district, Kon Tum), there has been no common voice; making it impossible to invest in the construction of basic infrastructure to serve people's lives such as roads, lighting, schools, etc. in village 3 of Tra Vinh commune from the State budget.

People's lives are facing many difficulties.

Up to now, the entire village 3 (Tra Vinh commune) has 238 households, 1,034 people (100% are ethnic minorities, permanent residence in Quang Nam) including 7 villages, living and farming in the territory of Dak Nen commune (Kon Plong district) according to administrative boundary map 364.

Because it is not under the administrative management, Nam Tra My district cannot invest in building public infrastructure. Kon Plong district cannot invest in infrastructure because the beneficiaries are people who are not registered in Kon Tum.

Nam Tra My District People's Committee said that this has caused many difficulties in the lives of local people; travel and trade are blocked; daily activities are not guaranteed; children's learning is interrupted, and safety is not guaranteed when teaching and learning locations are temporary and degraded, etc.

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A suspension bridge for people in village 3 (Tra Vinh commune) is severely degraded. Photo: Contributor

Implementing the policy of socialization in education and infrastructure construction to serve people's lives, in early 2024, Tra Vinh Commune People's Committee called on sponsors to remove temporary schools, build suspension bridges across small rivers and streams,...

Thanks to that, we have connected with 2 sponsors to sponsor the construction of a new Primary School with a budget of 700 million VND and the Suspension Bridge for people to drink water in Toi, in village 3a, Tra Vinh commune, with a budget of 60 million VND.

According to the People's Committee of Nam Tra My district, the construction of schools and suspension bridges from socialized sources was carried out on old, available sites, so it did not affect the ecological environment or natural forests,...

When implementing the construction of public works from socialized sources, the people of village 3 (Tra Vinh commune) agreed to support and participated in contributing labor days to carry materials, level the ground... to complete and put into use before the flood season.

Solving the problem of overlapping administrative boundaries?

However, recently, the People's Committee of Dak Nen commune (Kon Plong district, Kon Tum) has drawn up a record forcing the temporary suspension of the construction of the Toi Water Suspension Bridge and the Primary School of Village 3; At the same time, it has issued a document requesting coordination to stop construction of works in the area under the management of Dak Nen commune.

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Due to lack of investment in infrastructure, people's travel in the overlapping border area between Quang Nam and Kon Tum faces many difficulties. Photo: Contributor

Nam Tra My District People's Committee believes that resolving the issue of overlapping administrative boundaries is the responsibility of the Party Committees and authorities of the two localities, but people's lives must be guaranteed the most minimal requirements. Because the State budget cannot invest, mobilizing social resources to build basic infrastructure to serve people's lives is necessary and needs to receive support and consensus from the authorities.

In response to the request of the Dak Nen Commune People's Committee to temporarily suspend the construction of the above two projects and to ensure security in the border area, the Nam Tra My District People's Committee requested the leaders of Quang Nam province to issue a document requesting the Provincial Party Committee and the Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee to direct the Kon Plong District Government and the Dak Nen Commune People's Committee to create favorable conditions for the projects serving the people's livelihood being implemented in Village 3 (Tra Vinh Commune) to continue to be implemented in order to promptly serve the safe travel needs of the people during the rainy and stormy season and ensure facilities for children in the upcoming new school year.

Previously, as VietNamNet reported, Quang Nam had sent a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs so that the Ministry would take the lead in resolving the administrative boundary issue between this locality and Kon Tum and Quang Ngai.