Areas that were once suburban areas now have a dense population, rapid urbanization, and strong commercial and service activities, if the management apparatus still operates according to the rural commune mindset, it will be difficult to meet new development requirements.
Moving to wards, localities will have conditions to invest more strongly in transportation, drainage, urban embellishment, lighting, parks and environmental sanitation. Small, narrow, prolonged flooded roads or patchy infrastructure systems will gradually be replaced by a more civilized urban appearance.
Not only technical infrastructure, but also civil works such as schools, medical facilities, and cultural centers will be invested synchronously to meet the standards of an urban administrative unit. Suburban residents have the opportunity to access better public services, no longer too far from the inner city.
Another important benefit is changing development thinking.
As for communes, many places still have the mentality of rural management, fragmented development, and lack of long-term planning. But when they become wards, urbanization pressure will force local authorities to change their operation, management, and investment attraction in a more modern direction.
This is also a condition to attract businesses to invest in real estate, commerce, services, schools, hospitals and large infrastructure projects.
Along with that, moving to the ward model, the team of cadres, civil servants and police forces will operate according to a mechanism suitable for the city, more professional, and closer to the people.
However, besides development expectations, it is also necessary to look at it cautiously to avoid the mentality of "running to wards" at all costs.
If administrative upgrades are not carried out when infrastructure is not adequate, planning is not synchronized, and resources are not guaranteed, it is very easy to generate urban management pressure, population overload, and lack of public services.
In particular, many communes are currently benefiting from resources from the new rural construction program. When it becomes a ward, these support mechanisms will no longer exist. If there is no effective replacement plan, the locality may face difficulties in investment capital in the transitional period. Therefore, becoming a ward must go hand in hand with the quality of a real city, not just changing the name.
What people need is not a new nameplate in front of the People's Committee headquarters, but more spacious roads, better schools, cleaner environments, faster administrative procedures and a more civilized life.
