The Central Steering Committee of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction worked with the People's Committee of Nghe An province.

(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of April 2, the Inspection Delegation of the Central Steering Committee led by Mr. Cao Viet Sinh - Permanent Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Investment had a working session with the Provincial Steering Committee on the implementation status and results of 2 years of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Development (NTM) in Nghe An. Working with the delegation were Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee and members.

Overview of the meeting.

After 2 years of implementing the program, up to now, 13/435 communes have achieved 14-17 criteria. The whole province has mobilized nearly 9,878 billion VND, of which the state budget invested nearly 4,200 billion VND. From the mobilized capital sources, over 2,400 km of rural roads of all kinds have been built and upgraded with a total cost of over 2,100 billion VND. 299 new cultural houses have been built to meet standards, including 78 communal cultural houses, 221 village cultural houses, 328 markets have been upgraded to meet standards... The movement to build new rural areas has created changes, raising awareness of all levels of sectors and people about the program.

However, there are still some limitations such as: The quality of new rural planning in some communes is still low, the progress is slow. The implementation of key contents on new rural construction in many communes is still limited. The work of developing production and increasing income for people in many localities has not received due attention. The implementation of integrating programs and projects in new rural construction is still limited, facing many difficulties and obstacles.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reported on the province's achievements in 2 years of implementing new rural construction.

At the meeting, on behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reported to the Delegation on the efforts and achievements of the province in the 2 years of implementing the construction of the new rural areas. The province has mobilized the political apparatus to participate and received high support and consensus from the people. However, Nghe An also faces many difficulties such as large area, many poor communes and low starting point of building the new rural areas. Currently, the province is directing strongly, creating many mechanisms for localities to promote internal resources to be able to reach the finish line earlier than the set target.

After listening to the reports of relevant departments and branches, on behalf of the Central Steering Committee, Deputy Minister Cao Viet Sinh acknowledged the efforts and endeavors of localities in the 2 years of implementing the new rural construction program. Together, learn and share with the province about the difficulties and problems, the reasons for the slow implementation of many policies such as lending and cement support. Find solutions to implement criteria that are considered difficult to achieve. Promote mobilization and integration of resources for new rural construction. Thereby, he reminded all levels and branches in Nghe An to make efforts and identify 2013 as a decisive pivotal year to implement the new rural construction program in accordance with the set schedule.

Cong Sang