The executive title Ba Nang has been round since 1996 – Picture: HOANG TAO
It is a commune in Dakrong district, Quang Tri province. Earlier than 1975, this land was referred to as Pa Nang, the title as confirmed by the folks right here, within the Van Kieu language, means areca tree, “referring to the attribute of this land having many historic areca bushes rising naturally”. .
However I do not perceive why, for a few years, two “twin” names have existed: Pa Nang Commune Social gathering Committee however Ba Nang Commune Individuals’s Committee, Ba Nang Commune Cultural Home! Right here, regardless that they’re in the identical administrative unit, many organizations, unions, faculties, clinics… have one title and one other.
The issue arises endlessly: the Social gathering Committee seal and the Individuals’s Committee seal have two completely different names, inflicting folks and even officers and civil servants to usually fall into the state of affairs of “find out how to eat, what to say” when authenticating. Every kind of paperwork from civil standing, contracts to celebration membership data, civil servant data…
It seems that Decree 83 December 1996 on the institution of Dakrong district, on the idea of separating 10 communes of Huong Hoa district, recorded the commune’s title as Ba Nang.
To keep away from the above state of affairs persevering with to occur, the Standing Committee of Dakrong District Social gathering Committee issued a call to alter the official title of the commune to Ba Nang from March 2023.
And lots of organizations, unions, faculties… within the commune must undergo procedures to alter their names and seals to unify their names. This job “was accepted by folks due to administrative procedures, however folks appreciated the stomach named Pa Nang”.
Pa Nang Ethnic Semi-Boarding Secondary College is present process procedures to alter its title to Ba Nang – Picture: HOANG TAO
Truly, confusion like this isn’t a uncommon factor in our nation. Studying the newspapers, we nonetheless see circumstances of “twins”, even “triplets” like Dak Lak, Dak Lak, Dak Lak; Ban Me Thuot, Ban Ma Thuot, Buon Ma Thuot…
A reader responded and cited one other instance on Tuoi Tre On-line: In Nha Be district (HCMC) there’s a commune named Phuoc Kien whereas round it there may be Lengthy Kieng wharf, Tan Kieng ward, and Cau Giay bridge. Phuoc Kieng… Southerners don’t pronounce kien, that phrase is decorative, that’s, panorama: decorative crops, decorative gardens, decorative crops…
Unifying the names of administrative locations is in fact a should and the authorities should do, comparable to issuing a Nationwide Record of Administrative Locations so that everybody can search for them simply and use them precisely. physique.
Keep away from the existence of the names “twins”, “triplets” as in latest actuality. The problem value mentioning is the necessity to uphold the spirit of respect for the private title of an individual, a land that has existed for a very long time, which implies having to “signal” because the speech of native “insiders”, can’t be modified arbitrarily.
Though we all know that in actuality we have now to simply accept “left behind historical past”, as a result of it could be extraordinarily costly and particularly trigger enormous administrative chaos when “returning” the unique names to avenue names. , avenue names and native names have been “deformed” through the years.
Particularly, in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, the well-known normal of the Tran Dynasty was Tran Khat Chan (1370 – 1399), not “Tran Khac Chan” (title of two streets, one in Tan Dinh ward, district 1 and one in ward 9, district 1). Phu Nhuan); The well-known scholar of the Nguyen Dynasty was Truong Quoc Dung (1799 – 1864), not “Truong Quoc Dung” (Phu Nhuan district); French resistance warfare chief N’Trang Lengthy (1870 – 1935) not “No Trang Lengthy” (Binh Thanh district); The brand new Vietnamese minister is Kha Van Can (1908 – 1982), not “Kha Van Can” (Thu Duc)…
However in another circumstances, I feel it must be returned accurately, comparable to Tan Son Nhut Worldwide Airport, not “Tan Son Nhat”!
Since then, within the technique of splitting, merging or delimiting administrative boundaries, establishing the title of an administrative unit isn’t purely primarily based on laws on space, inhabitants, pure situations or addition of names; but in addition essentially primarily based on a deep understanding of historical past and traditions related to the identification of a group and a land.
That definitely not solely actively promotes state administration actions, prevents folks from having to “cry and snicker” conditions, and doesn’t must waste social sources, but in addition creates nice non secular motivation from the group. the ability of tradition.
Names are literally tradition, and tradition can also be improvement!
