On the morning of March 9, the Association of Architects of Ca Mau Province held the Congress of the Association of Architects of Ca Mau Province, Term VI, evaluating the results of activities in the 2019-2024 term; setting out directions and tasks for the 2025-2030 term.
Attending the Congress were: Dr. Architect Phan Dang Son, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Architects; Architect Nguyen Truong Luu, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Architects, Mr. Le Van Su – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ca Mau Province, Mr. Luu Van Vinh – Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee, along with delegates, guests, and news agencies and newspapers.
The Association of Architects of Ca Mau Province was established under Decision 03/TCHV-TLHCS dated July 12, 2001, formerly the Association of Architects, with an initial group of only 12 members, increased to 23 members in the 2019-2024 term and now has 51 members (including 40 Central members).
According to the summary report of the 2019-2024 term, the Association has organized many practical activities, related to expertise, such as: launching the Executive Board of the Ca Mau Young Architects Club, term II; participating in the Autumn Meeting workshop with the theme “Residential architecture adapting to climate change” in Vinh Long; participating in designing house models for people with meritorious services in Ca Mau province; Participated in designing the Southeast Rural Housing model – Mekong Delta… The Provincial Association of Architects has also actively contributed to the province in social security work, such as: visiting and giving meals to 500 patients of Ca Mau Mental Hospital; annually organizing scholarships for poor and studious primary school students; participated in designing house models for the poor in coastal areas of Ca Mau province; contributed to building houses for the poor; participated in relief activities for typhoon Yagi in the North organized by the Central Association of Vietnamese Architects…
Speaking at the congress, Dr. Architect Phan Dang Son, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Architects, highly appreciated the practical results achieved by the Association of Architects of Ca Mau province in the past term. At the same time, he expected that, with the creativity and enthusiasm of each architect, Ca Mau will have new successes, outstanding creativity, strengthen connections, accompany the Association of Architects of provinces, cities and internationally, mobilize creativity to have a more general and creative perspective, create valuable architectural works, contribute to a new and spacious appearance for the homeland of Ca Mau.
In addition to the achieved results, the activities of the Association of Architects of the province still face certain difficulties and limitations, such as: the number of works and architectural projects is still quite modest; consulting units outside the province have increased their activities in the area, reducing opportunities for local members to participate in large projects; Association activities have not been carried out regularly and the management and use of support funds have not been effective; the Phan Ngoc Hien Literature and Arts Award of Ca Mau province has been organized for the 5th time but no works or architectural projects have been honored.
Orienting the tasks for the 2025-2030 term, the Association of Architects of Ca Mau province has set an important goal in building an increasingly strong Association, with the theme “Solidarity – Responsibility – Creativity – Quality”. Specifically, in the new term, all members will strive to fulfill their functions and tasks according to the Regulations on the operation of the Association of Architects of Ca Mau province, while contributing to the development of urban and rural areas of Ca Mau in the direction of Green, Sustainable and Identity.The specific goals of the Association in this term include building a strong and professional Association, ensuring the excellent completion of assigned tasks. The Association also aims to develop its membership, with at least 05 new members from the Central and 05 new members from the local level, while organizing periodic architectural competitions and participating in prestigious domestic awards. Exchange and learning activities will also be focused on, including visits, sports and cultural activities, expected to be held at least 02 times during the term.
The 6th Congress of the Association of Architects of Ca Mau province elected a new executive committee of 5 members. Architect Ma Hung Minh was elected as the President of the Association. With clear goals and specific solutions, Architect Ma Hung Minh, representing the Executive Committee of the Association of Architects of Ca Mau province, pledged to make every effort to contribute to building a sustainable, green and distinctive Ca Mau.
The Executive Committee of the Association of Architects of Ca Mau Province for the term 2025-2030 includes:
- Architect Ma Hung Minh – Chairman
- Architect Tran Huu Minh – Vice Chairman
- Architect Nguyen Chi Cuong – Vice Chairman
- Architect Lam Thang Loi – Member
- Architect Le Thi Kim Huong – Member
At the congress, the Vietnam Association of Architects and the Provincial Association of Architects also commended collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the term 2020-2025
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