Mr. Nguyen Lan, the first Vietnamese person appointed to be the mayor of Thuan Hoa city (before that, this seat was filled with French people), had a public action plan with the people of the city. For your wide reading reference, we would like to introduce the full text of the Declaration which is considered as the first convention of cultural behavior of Hue proposed by Director Nguyen Lan:
“The new position, but the grace of the Holy Spirit, is only given to the director of Thuan Hoa city.
When starting to take on the job, I want to declare the minimum program later, I hope that people in the city will help me fulfill my duties, so as not to betray the trust of His Majesty the King, the trust of the Cabinet and the people's expectations:
1. Eradicating traces of the French: Rename the streets; renovating the monument of the battle of the dead generals into a memorial for the declaration of independence;
2. Banning gambling: In the meantime, whether men or women, regardless of their position, if they are infatuated with gambling, they will be taken to court, and will be severely punished;
3. Eliminate black market problem;
4. Elimination of beggars: Will cooperate with the central relief council as educators and hospices, to force the poor (difficult) to learn trades and work;
5. Elimination of bribery: Those who intend to bribe those who carry out their positions as well as those who take bribes will be taken to court and sentenced to very severe sentences;
6. Reorganize police ranks to maintain order;
7. Take care of the general hygiene: Set up a place for garbage; repair bridges and sewers; banning defecation on the roadside, at the riverbank and in the bunkers (the bad guys will be fined, and if they repeat the offense, they will be put on a sign to guide them through the streets);
8. Repaint the roads, depending on the budget;
9. Set up a council, consisting of enthusiastic people from all walks of life;
10. Distributing food fairly: Those who falsely claim to limit their wages will be sentenced to severe punishment in court;
11. Control the taxation of the market to be fair;
12. Reorganization of popular prisons;
13. Ask young people to use their free time to do public works: Dig holes for shelter, one by one; planting cassava on both banks of the river and in the wasteland to feed the poor to beg for alms to help the Relief Board; making handicrafts and selling them for money to help the poor;
14. Control the measurement in the city to be fair and advise people to follow the metric system;
15. Reorganize passive defense.
Those jobs, the position will depend on the authority that tries to do it fully. Whether there are results or not also depends on the sincerity and zeal of the city people for public affairs.
There is no time like now, the government and the people have to work together at the same time; There is no time like now, we must advise each other: Work hard and follow the discipline!
As for the official part, the official will take the following sentence of Tran Hung Dao as the maxim for the rule: "The law of the country does not respect friendship".
Thuan Hoa, May 28, 5.
Director: Nguyen Lan
Today, re-reading and reflecting on 15 articles of regulations in the management and building of a cultured and civilized lifestyle of Hue people proposed by the Governor of Thuan Hoa city 78 years ago, there are some things that are still valid.
