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 many 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 for 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. Infrastructure has been invested in upgrading and becoming more spacious, 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 diversifying employment, Cong Thanh has now brought the average income per capita to over 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 |

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