Announcing Cong Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) meeting NTM standards in 2019
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of November 18, Cong Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district solemnly held a ceremony to announce the commune meeting new rural standards (NTM) in 2019.
Attending the announcement ceremony were comrade Nguyen The Ky - Member of the Party Central Committee, General Director of VTV, leaders of the Provincial New Rural Area Coordination Office and leaders of Yen Thanh district along with a large number of people of Cong Thanh district.
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| Delegates attending the ceremony to announce Cong Thanh commune meeting new rural standards. Photo: Anh Tuan |
Although it is a commune with a low starting point, with the participation of the entire political system and the consensus of the people, Cong Thanh has made a breakthrough with many synchronous solutions to successfully implement 19/19 criteria on building new rural areas. The total resources mobilized to build new rural areas in the past 10 years reached over 322 billion VND, of which the people contributed more than 236 billion VND. The infrastructure has been invested in and upgraded, and the appearance has changed significantly.
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| Comrade Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Provincial New Rural Office awarded the Certificate of recognition of meeting new rural standards to Cong Thanh commune (Yen Thanh). Photo: Anh Tuan |
With many appropriate policies and mechanisms in transforming the agricultural economic structure, focusing on job diversification, Cong Thanh has now brought the average income per capita to more than 34 million VND/person/year. The poverty rate has decreased to only 4.3%. Social culture has made much progress, the face of the countryside has been renewed, the landscape environment has been ensured, political security and social order and safety have been maintained...
With those efforts, on September 17, 2019, the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee signed Decision No. 3639, recognizing Cong Thanh commune as meeting NTM standards in 2019.
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| A corner of the new rural area of Cong Thanh commune, Yen Thanh. Photo: Anh Tuan |
Nghe An farmers increasingly promote their role as the main subject in building new rural areas.
(Baonghean.vn) - That was the affirmation of Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Son during a working session with the Central delegation of the Vietnam Farmers' Union on the Association's work and farmers' movement in Nghe An in 2019.
Yen Thanh 'reached the finish line' as a new rural district, with absolutely no outstanding debt.
(Baonghean.vn) - Up to now, Yen Thanh district has had 38/38 communes meeting the new rural standards; the provincial appraisal council assessed that the district has met 9/9 criteria for building a new rural district.
