Announcing Son Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) reaching new rural standards

(Baonghean.vn) -On the afternoon of April 26, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held a ceremony to announce and recognize Son Thanh commune - Yen Thanh district - the first unit of Nghe An province to meet new rural standards.

Attending the announcement ceremony were comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors; leaders of People's Committees of districts and towns in the province, communes finishing in 2014 and a large number of cadres and people of Son Thanh commune.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong awarded the Certificate of recognition as a new rural commune to Son Thanh commune.

Son Thanh is one of the five communes selected by the People's Committee of Nghe An province as a pilot commune in implementing the national target program on new rural construction. After 3 years of efforts, Son Thanh commune has now completed 18/18 new rural criteria (except criterion No. 7 on rural markets which is not included in the planning), the rural appearance has many positive changes, the material and spiritual life of the people has been improved; security and order have been maintained. During the implementation of the new rural construction program, the commune has mobilized more than 233 billion VND to invest in building rural infrastructure, in which people contributed and donated land worth more than 200 billion VND. Currently, the average income per capita of the commune reaches 27.7 million VND/year; the poverty rate is only 2.91%, the annual economic growth rate reaches 15-16.2%. With the achieved results, on March 11, 2014, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 858 recognizing Son Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district as a commune meeting the New Rural standards in 2013 according to the National Criteria for New Rural Areas.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong spoke at the ceremony.

Son Thanh people at the ceremony to receive the certificate of recognition.

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong praised and congratulated the achievements of Son Thanh commune in the movement of building new rural areas. On behalf of the provincial leaders, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong awarded the Certificate of recognition of new rural commune to the Party Committee and people of Son Thanh commune.

Mr. Tuan