Da Nang City People's Committee has just approved the project to invest in building a public park in the area of recovering part of Hon Ngoc A Chau coastal tourist area (Ngu Hanh Son ward).
With a total investment of more than 47 billion VND from the city budget, the park is built to enhance public space and sea access for people.
For many years, Da Nang has been considered a leading locality with the policy of opening access roads to the sea, so that people and tourists can conveniently access the coast.
However, the hot development of coastal tourism and resort projects in this city has also raised many issues when many land plots were allocated to investors but were delayed in implementation. In some places, the coastal space is divided by project fences, making many people feel that the sea is still there but no longer as close as before.
Therefore, Da Nang's decision to allocate a part of the coastal land fund to form a public park is very meaningful, as it both adds a green space to the city and returns the community a part of the space that originally belonged to the community.
It is worth noting that in the design of the new park, Da Nang not only adds more green trees or walking paths, but also arranges sea squares, children's play areas, exercise areas, event spaces, parking lots and even access roads for people with disabilities.
A beautiful beach but without common living space for the community, and surrounded by closed areas, will not be able to create the identity of a livable city.
Conversely, sea squares, coastal parks, walking paths or open lawns are always places to connect the community, create vitality for the city and become images remembered by tourists.
That is also the reason why many modern cities in Vietnam and the world are prioritizing expanding public space instead of continuing to increase the density of commercial projects.
The benefits of these public spaces cannot be measured by revenue, but are reflected in the quality of life of residents, the attractiveness of destinations and the long-term development value of urban areas.
Further, this decision of Da Nang also suggests a new direction in managing coastal land funds.
Projects that are slow to implement, use land ineffectively or are no longer suitable for development orientations need to be reviewed to balance investment benefits and people's needs for public space.
Coastal "golden land" of course needs to be prioritized for business. But a part of it also needs to be allocated to invest in urban green spaces to serve the spiritual life of the people, because they are the subjects that create the vitality of the city.
