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The People's Committee (Vietnamese: Ủy ban Nhân dân) is a key local governmental body in Vietnam, serving as both the executive arm of the People's Council and the local state administrative authority.
The three main avenues in the district, Lạc Long Quân, Âu Cơ, and An Dương Vương, were names of leaders of early Vietnamese civilization.The smaller streets in the district are named after renowned Vietnamese poets, artists and music composers, such as Xuân Diệu, Tô Ngọc Vân, Trịnh Công Sơn, Nguyễn Đình Thi and Đặng Thai Mai.
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
The executive branch of a province is the People's Committee (Uỷ ban Nhân dân or UBND for short). The People's Committee is responsible for implementing policy and executing laws and orders. The People's Committee is equivalent to the executive Government of Vietnam.
Xuân Trường is a major rice growing province and Xuân Đài rice - rice is still cultivated on 1,000 hectares (10,000,000 m 2) every year. The district has many traditional villages that produce crafts, including: Xuân Tiến - village of mechanics; Xuân Hồng - village of mulberry planting, silkworm raising and pulling cocoons
The district capital lies at Thới Lai. [1] The district borders Vĩnh Thạnh district to the west, Kiên Giang province to the southwest and Thốt Nốt district to the north. The district is notable for being an important headquarters of agricultural research into rice production in the region and contains the office of top scientists.
1863 map of Long Xuyen. In 1789, a group of explorers established a small outpost in the Tam Khe canal, naming it Dong Xuyen. Soon after, a marketplace was created and named Long Xuyên, but by the 1860s the area became better known for the Long Xuyen market than by the official outpost's name.
In 2004, the population was predominantly ethnic Vietnamese with 93.33%.The second-largest ethnic group was the Chinese with 6.38%.Other ethnic groups included Khmer with 0.11%, Tày with 0,05%, Nùng with 0,03%, Mường with 0,02%, Chăm with 0,02% and Thái with 0,01% of the population.