Duc Son received the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting new rural standards.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Vu Chien Thang - Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of provincial departments and branches, Anh Son district.

Art program at the ceremony to receive the commune meeting new rural standards. Photo: Thai Hien

Implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, in recent times, with the participation of the entire political system and the active participation of the people, the rural appearance of Duc Son commune has improved significantly. Up to now, the rural traffic system of Duc Son commune has been invested in construction with 23 inter-village roads being hardened; 28.9 km of village roads being concreted; 17/17 villages have invested in building cultural houses according to the standards of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The whole commune has 12/17 villages achieving the title of cultural village.

In recent times, the commune has prioritized integrating programs with a total mobilized capital of over 62 billion VND to focus on building socio-economic infrastructure and developing production, in which people contributed about 17.4 billion VND in working days and money, accounting for 28.1%. Up to now, the poverty rate of the whole commune is only 2.8%, with an average income of 31.5 million VND/person/year.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the Certificate of recognition for Duc Son commune, Anh Son district meeting the new rural standards. Photo: Thai Hien

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh acknowledged and commended the cadres and people of Duc Son commune for their solidarity and efforts to achieve 19 criteria for building a new rural area, contributing to the strong improvement of the face of the homeland. The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that in the coming time, Duc Son commune needs to perform well a number of important tasks: It is necessary to further promote the role of the Steering Committee and the Management Board for building a new rural area of ​​the commune; It is necessary to make efforts and determination to improve the quality of the new rural criteria, build a model new rural commune; Mobilize and integrate resources in building a new rural area, promote propaganda and mobilize all classes of people to join hands in building a new rural area; Pay attention and have solutions to focus on prioritizing economic development, including promoting joint ventures and linkages according to product value chains, replicating effective economic models; Focus on rural environmental sanitation, actively collect and treat waste, plant trees; Preserve the good cultural values ​​of the homeland, build solidarity and neighborliness, and maintain security and order in the area.

Awarding Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee Chairman to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the movement of joining hands to build new rural areas. Photo: Thai Hien

On this occasion, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh awarded the Certificate of recognition to Duc Son commune, Anh Son district, for meeting the new rural standards in 2018 and a reward of a project worth 500 million VND; awarded the Certificate of recognition to Duc Son Secondary School for meeting national standards and the Certificate of Merit of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to 4 collectives and 4 individuals with outstanding achievements in the movement of joining hands to build new rural areas.

Chairman of Anh Son District People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 6 groups and 7 individuals; Duc Son Commune awarded Certificates of Merit to 6 groups and 13 individuals with outstanding achievements in the movement of joining hands to build new rural areas.