Synchronizing solutions to build Nam Dan into a model new rural district
Decision No. 17 dated January 4, 2019 of the Prime Minister approved the Pilot Project to build Nam Dan into a model new rural district in the direction of developing culture associated with tourism by 2025. By the end of 2024, Nam Dan district had completed the criteria for an advanced new rural district and completed 40/42 contents of the 5 criteria for a model new rural district on "developing culture associated with tourism".

Plum Blossom• December 15, 2024
Decision No. 17 dated January 4, 2019 of the Prime Minister approved the Pilot Project to build Nam Dan into a model new rural district in the direction of developing culture associated with tourism by 2025. By the end of 2024, Nam Dan district had completed the criteria for an advanced new rural district and completed 40/42 contents of the 5 criteria for a model new rural district on "developing culture associated with tourism".

To realize the goal of achieving the standards of an advanced new rural district, the Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations in Nam Dan district have closely followed each criterion and content, focused on mobilizing all resources, proposed many creative measures and plans, and promoted combined strength.
Comrade Tran Thi Hien - Standing Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Nam Dan district shared: The Standing Committee of the District Party Committee determined that, first of all, it is necessary to do a good job of ideological work, create unity and consensus in terms of policies and guiding ideology, and create determination in the political system from the district to the grassroots level.
Accordingly, in addition to establishing a district-level steering committee, Nam Dan district established steering groups for model new rural construction, headed by members of the District Party Committee Standing Committee, who regularly work with the communes.
Thereby, reviewing criteria, orienting methods and approaches and assigning each commune to develop a plan to improve the quality of achieved criteria, and directing the implementation of unachieved criteria.
Every month and quarter, the district steering committee organizes thematic meetings with working groups and localities to both grasp progress and direct the removal of difficulties and obstacles.
The Standing Committee of the District Party Committee works with the executive committee and standing committee at weak bases, with limitations in implementing the congress resolution targets as well as the locality's key political tasks, to find solutions to create changes.

In 2024, to bring the remaining 3 communes to the advanced new rural finish line and Nam Dan town to complete the task of building a civilized urban area; the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, the head of the Party Committee and the district government also organized meetings and directly dialogued with cadres, party members and people of the localities.
The Standing Committee of the District People's Council conducted explanation and questioning sessions with the District People's Committee, district-level professional departments and establishments. Through the above activities, all levels and sectors clarified each criterion and content that had not been achieved; analyzed and clarified difficulties and obstacles; clearly defined the responsibilities of each unit in directing, coordinating and supporting the establishments to achieve the criteria.

Comrade Nguyen Anh Tuan - Secretary of the Party Committee of Nam Dan town shared: After the dialogue activities of the heads of the Party Committee, the district government and the explanation and questioning session of the Standing Committee of the District People's Council with specific instructions to assign responsibility to key officials, the entire political system of the town has taken action, identified the tasks that need to be done to implement, and at the same time, stepped up propaganda and mobilized people to implement.
Accordingly, many key tasks have been implemented, creating positive changes in urban beautification, upgrading roads, planting trees, flag roads, flower roads, building a system of propaganda boards, environmental sanitation, etc.; thereby, creating many roads that meet the criteria of "bright, green, clean, beautiful". Notably, up to now, the town has completed 9/9 civilized urban criteria.
In the "One Commune One Product" (OOCP) Program, to ensure that all communes have products that meet OCOP standards, the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee invited the heads of Party committees and authorities at the grassroots levels that have not yet developed products to discuss and both encourage and assign specific tasks.
Therefore, currently, 19/19 communes and towns in Nam Dan district have built OCOP products, with a total of 81 products reaching 3-star or higher, 9 products reaching 4-star; leading the whole province in the number of OCOP products.
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In addition to propaganda and persuasion, the Party Committee and the government of Nam Dan district also showed a resolute attitude in replacing and rotating the work of cadres and civil servants who have not changed and have low ability to meet the requirements of completing tasks; including 1 Party Committee Secretary and 2 Commune People's Committee Chairmen. This is a measure that both creates deterrence and motivation for cadres and civil servants who have high awareness, responsibility, and make every effort in their work.

Building a model new rural district in terms of cultural development associated with tourism is a key task of the Party Committee, government and people of Nam Dan district. Therefore, in addition to promoting leadership and direction in a close and specific manner; Party committees and governments at all levels in Nam Dan district pay special attention to propaganda and mobilization work, associated with organizing models and bright spots that appeal to the people, in order to promote internal strength and promote the movement to complete the contents and criteria of advanced new rural communes, model new rural areas and model new rural districts.

The focus, according to comrade Nguyen Hong Son - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nam Dan district, is that the district has organized and implemented the emulation movement "All people join hands to build new rural areas"; launched the movement to build blocks, hamlets, headquarters, schools, residential areas, "Bright - green - clean - beautiful" roads; built standard gardens, new rural model gardens and OCOP products; transformed the structure of crops and livestock, increased the application of science and technology and joint ventures and associations in production...
In building new rural models and bright spots, localities take the example of "saying and doing", taking the lead from cadres, party members and prestigious people in the community to spread. At the same time, in the implementation process, all levels focus on promoting the people's mastery, implementing well the motto "people know, people discuss, people do, people inspect and people benefit", creating the strength of the people's hearts, sacrificing personal interests for the common movement.

Nam Dan district has also attached responsibility and promoted the role of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations participating in the new rural construction movement through specific movement contents and tasks. For example, the Fatherland Front, in addition to propagating and mobilizing people to donate land, property, and contribute money to build new rural areas, has also taken the lead in implementing well the work of collecting people's opinions on the new rural areas and mobilizing resources to care for the poor and people in difficult circumstances.
The Farmers' Association organizes the construction of agricultural models, model gardens, standard gardens and OCOP products; builds "Farmers' trees grateful to Uncle Ho". The Women's Association takes the lead in implementing the movement "Building Nam Dan women of the new era: Having knowledge, morality, health, aspiration to rise up, being responsible for themselves, their families and the Fatherland"; building families of "5 no, 3 clean" and "5 yes, 3 clean"...

The Veterans Association presides over the organization of the “Lighting up the Countryside Roads” Program, building self-managed routes for security and order… The Youth Union presides over the construction of flag routes, flag clusters, playgrounds for children, “Bright, green, clean, beautiful” routes; handling environmental black spots…
From 2019 to present, the whole district has mobilized more than 630 billion VND from the people; donated more than 42,000m2land; remove nearly 30,000m2fence and contributed more than 61,000 man-days.

By the end of 2024, Nam Dan district has completed the criteria for an advanced new rural district. In particular, looking at the target of Decision No. 17 of the Prime Minister to have 6 communes achieving model new rural areas by 2025, up to this point, Nam Dan district has had 7 communes achieving, 1 commune more than the target; 100% of communes meeting advanced new rural standards, 15/18 communes have achieved, 3 communes are focusing on reaching the finish line in 2024. Nam Dan town has achieved a civilized urban area. For 42 contents of 5 model new rural criteria on "cultural development associated with tourism"; currently 40/42 contents have been achieved.

From the results and lessons learned in the direction, Chairman of Nam Dan District People's Committee Nguyen Hong Son said: The district is continuing to set the determination to fully complete the targets and criteria of a model new rural area so that by 2025 it will be recognized by the Prime Minister as a "model new rural district in cultural development associated with tourism", on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday; at the same time, at a higher level, building Nam Dan district into a livable countryside, worthy of being the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh in the hearts of the people of the whole country and international friends.
