Establishment of the Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 from early October 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City

Establishment of the Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 from early October 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City​ (Image from Internet)

On October 2, 2024, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City issued Decision 4362/QD-UBND on establishing the Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 under the People's Committee of District 1.

	Decision 4362/QD-UBND

Establishment of the Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 from early October 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City​

In Decision 4362/QD-UBND dated October 2, 2024, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City decided to establish the Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 under the People's Committee of District 1, as follows:

- Main Office: No. 46 Nguyen Hue, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1.- Branch: No. 27 Level 1, Ngo Duc Ke Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1.

* Position:

- The Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 is a public service provider under the People's Committee of District 1, with legal status, its own seal, and bank accounts at the State Treasury and banks to operate according to the law.

- The Center is under state management, direct command regarding organization, personnel, operations, finance, and physical facilities by the People's Committee of District 1; professionally, technically, and operationally guided by the Department of Construction, Department of Transport, Department of Planning - Architecture, and other relevant agencies and units according to the law.

* Functions

- To act as the central body, responsible for organizing the exploitation of activities (sign cooperation contracts with enterprises, organize private investment in each activity, event; organize long-term exploitation bids; use public assets for business, leasing, joint venture, linkage; business, service, cultural, and artistic activities linked to tourism, event organization, advertising, commerce, cuisine).

- To act as the central body, unify reception, organization management, maintenance, licensing, provision of public service activities for facilities including parks, walking streets in District 1.

- To sign investment consultancy service contracts for construction works according to law.

* Duties

- To organize management, operation, maintenance, preservation, and effective exploitation of the technical infrastructure system, road traffic infrastructure, urban lighting works, park lighting, greenery, grass, drainage systems, and other project items; organize cultural, festival activities to meet tourism needs, leisure, recreation, commercial, service, sports activities for city inhabitants and tourists. Act as an investor representative to sign regular maintenance contracts with functional units for repair, renovation, maintenance, and preservation of management items.

- To coordinate with related agencies to arrange parking lots, parking spaces for the people and tourists visiting Nguyen Hue walking street and other walking streets.

- To organize propaganda, guide the people and tourists to comply with the park's rules and regulations.

- Ensure the maintenance of the technical infrastructure system, shade trees, flowers, grass, miniatures, vines, and other decorative plants in the park are always green and create a beautiful, harmonious landscape according to different times and the nature of each event.

- Be responsible for organizing management, inspection, supervision of the quality of public product, and service provision that uses the state budget performed by service providers (such as garbage collection, hygiene, maintenance of public trash bins; road sweeping and garbage collection; mechanical watering and washing of roads, sidewalks, squares; collection and transport of solid waste, and other content).

- Manage the direct organization of care, regular maintenance of greenery, trees according to technical procedures; propose replacement, additional greenery according to regulations.

- Ensure security and order within the park: Coordinate with relevant agencies to organize regular patrol and protection forces, remind and promptly handle violations of the regulations in the management area and regulations on security order, business, advertising.

- Ensure the use of park premises appropriately, according to the detailed park construction plan approved by competent state management agencies and investment construction; any change must be approved by competent state management agencies.

- Act as a central body to cooperate with related agencies and units to perform the function of managing and exploiting walking streets and parks in District 1.

- Review, develop, or supplement and complete operating procedures; advise on the development and proposal for issuance of rates, unit prices for items, and work without rates, unit prices in management, operation, and maintenance of the technical infrastructure system; organize research and application of scientific advancements and technology transfer in the urban infrastructure field at parks and walking streets in District 1.

- Perform other duties assigned by the People's Committee of District 1, Chairman of the People's Committee of District 1, according to law.

* Powers

- Depending on the nature, task, and specific assignment, the Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 has the responsibility to advise, establish, and complete documents to submit to the Chairman of the People's Committee of District 1 for signing or direct signing according to the delegation and decentralization of the Chairman of the People's Committee of District 1.

- Coordinate with agencies and units under the People's Committee of District 1 to collect, update, exploit, and use information, documents, and records related to the assigned field.

- Implement financial collection and disbursement policies according to regulations; submit proposals to the People's Committee of District 1 to decide on reward levels for public employees and workers reasonably, conformably, and suitably to the actual activity situation of the Center.

- Ensure the effective, purposeful use of assets and funds.

- Carry out joint venture and association activities with organizations and individuals, suitable to the functions and tasks assigned according to conformable law.

- Other powers authorized or assigned by the Chairman of the People's Committee of District 1 based on practical situation or on the basis of recommendations by the Center's Director.

* Organizational Structure

- The Center for Walking Street and Park Management in District 1 has a Director and Deputy Directors according to regulations.

The Director is the head of the Management Center, responsible to the People's Committee of District 1, the Chairman of the People's Committee of District 1, and to the law for the implementation of the functions, duties, and powers of the Center.

Deputy Directors assist the Director in performing one or several specific tasks according to the Director's allocation, responsible to the Director and the law for the assigned tasks. In the Director's absence, a Deputy Director is authorized by the Director to run the Center's activities.

The appointment, reappointment, dismissal, mobilization, rotation, commendation, discipline, resignation, retirement, and implementation of policies towards the Center's Director and Deputy Directors are decided by the Chairman of the People's Committee of District 1 in accordance with the regulations of the Communist Party and state law.

- The Management Center has specialized professional rooms, including:

+ Administration Room;

+ Professional and Technical Room;

+ Security Order

- Environment Sanitation Room.

- Head and Deputy Head of the Center's rooms

The specialized professional rooms have a Head and no more than 02 Deputy Heads.

The appointment, reappointment, mobilization, rotation, resignation, and dismissal of the Heads and Deputy Heads of rooms are made by the Director of the Center according to the regulations of the Communist Party and state law.

Refer to the Decision 4362/QD-UBND effective from October 2, 2024.

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