HCM City People’s Committee has proposed to name new roads after islands and specialties of the Southern areas.
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| Roads named after Peach Flower and Flame Tree Flower |
They also proposed eight common rules to name roads and public constructions during the 10th meeting about criteria for naming roads.
Names of famous beauty spots, historic events and figures include names of revolutionary martyrs and Vietnamese Heroic Mothers or who have contributed greatly to the region will still be the first choices for naming roads.
If a historic figure has several names, the city will choose the most well-known name, except in some special cases. Furthermore, city are only to use names of the deceased.
The proposal to name roads and constructions after flowers and specialties of the Southern region caused some debate.
Many said though the specialties are delicious, it would not be appropriate to name roads after them. The idea of using flower name for roads is also under contest because HCM City does not have any special flowers.
In fact, there are several roads in Phu Nhuan District which were named after flowers, but it seems to only cause troubles in finding them.
Therefore, deputy Tran Huu Tri from District 6 said, "I suggest naming roads after islands and archipelagos. This is a meaningful and necessary deed right now."
