Dang Son (Do Luong) strives to reach the new rural finish line

(Baonghean) - With the determination to reach the new rural destination in 2017, in recent times, Dang Son commune (Do Luong) has made many efforts to complete the criteria. Currently, the locality is speeding up the progress, determined to reach the destination according to plan.

Coming to Dang Son commune these days, one can clearly feel the urgent atmosphere of preparing for a standard new-style rural commune everywhere. While instructing the top workers to complete the manhole cover system along both sides of the road, Mr. Nguyen Van Thu - Secretary, head of Hamlet 2, excitedly said: "It's busier and harder than during the harvest season, but it's very fun, uncle. Once this item is completed, the work that the hamlet has undertaken is considered completed."

According to Mr. Thu, the benefit of building a new rural area is to promote the strength of the people. It is the consensus of the people in donating land, cutting trees, moving fences, as well as contributing, that has helped the hamlet complete nearly 2km of concrete road. Not to mention, many children in the hamlet who are better off also support money and labor to help the hamlet complete other items such as the stadium, cultural house, etc.

Commune leaders and residents supervise the construction of the stadium. Photo: PV

According to Mr. Hoang Ngoc Tuan - Chairman of Dang Son Commune People's Committee, in the process of building new rural areas, the commune has always received the attention and direction of the province and district and above all, the determination of the entire political system, the consensus and continuous efforts of the people. Therefore, after 5 years of implementing the program, the commune has basically completed 19/19 new rural criteria, the appearance of the commune has changed significantly.

Up to now, infrastructure such as electricity, roads, schools, and stations have been invested in and built, basically meeting the living needs of the people. The material and spiritual life of the people has been constantly improved. Currently, 24.1 km of roads in the village and commune have been completely paved with asphalt and concrete, with a maximum road surface width of 3.5 m, with a drainage system on both sides, helping people travel conveniently, without the situation of muddy dirt roads during storms. The reasonable arrangement and planning of intra-field roads helps to mechanize production and transport of agricultural products, contributing to liberating labor for the people.

Accordingly, the Party Committee, the government, the Fatherland Front and organizations have focused on directing people to change the structure of crops and livestock to increase economic income for households associated with cooperative economy, and directed the construction of many effective economic models. In addition, the trade, industry and handicraft sectors are also on the rise, contributing to the strong development of the local economy. People's lives are increasingly improved. Average income per capita reached 30.5 million VND/person/year. The poverty rate decreased to 2.92%.

On the other hand, in recent years, the political system in the commune has been strengthened, democracy has been widely promoted from within to the people, promoting the motto "people know, people discuss, people do, people inspect" and the people are the direct beneficiaries of the policy of building new rural areas, helping the commune receive support, consensus and unity from the people to successfully implement many important policies. Up to now, in addition to contributing working days, in the total cost of building new rural areas of over 200 billion VND, the people have contributed over 16 billion VND.

Currently, to complete the target by the end of 2017, the local Party Committee and government of Dang Son commune are focusing on directing the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the achieved criteria and targets, along with focusing on completing the construction of schools and cultural facilities.

Talking to us, Mr. Hoang Ngoc Tuan said: Currently, the kindergarten project is in the final stage of building the administrative building and the 2-storey functional rooms of cluster 1 and the 2-classroom block of cluster 2, expected to be completed in early December 2017. The commune is focusing all resources to complete the stadium project.

According to Mr. Tuan, after the Decision on approving the proposal report, approving the investment policy for construction of the project by the District People's Committee, with a total investment of 1.2 billion VND, focusing on building new perimeter walls, drainage systems, expanding and upgrading the yard surface, the commune has mobilized all resources from the state, provincial and district budgets, along with the commune budget, people's contributions, and other legal capital sources to urgently implement. Up to now, this is considered the last key project, basically 60% completed. According to the contractor's commitment, it will be handed over in December 2017.

Health care for local people is of concern. Photo: PV

Mr. Mai Van Dai, a resident of Hamlet 2, said that the local demand for sports is very high, so the attention to investing in building playgrounds with items like this, the people are very excited. Because in the future, every time there are cultural, artistic, and sports activities, people will no longer have to squeeze into the cramped, stagnant water area like before, not to mention that social evils will also be reduced. Therefore, although they cannot help much, people take turns "supporting" the construction teams so that the project can be completed soon.

Thus, with the current roadmap, the goal of reaching the NTM finish line of Dang Son commune will be completed on schedule, accordingly, the new rural appearance of the commune will really improve, bringing many conveniences to the people, serving the people's lives. It is worth mentioning that along with the goal of reaching the NTM finish line, the commune has a policy of not allowing any outstanding debts to occur. Therefore, up to now, no debts have arisen during the implementation process./.

PV