Two villages in Con Cuong are recognized as meeting new rural standards.
(Baonghean.vn) - Chom Muong and Ke Sung villages are Thai ethnic communities in Mau Duc commune (Con Cuong). From poverty and backwardness, the people of these two villages have risen up with many innovations. The people are progressive, united, and pioneers in local socio-economic movements. Recently, the two villages were recognized by the State as achieving the title of New Rural Area.
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| Ke Sung village, Mau Duc commune on the day it was recognized as a new rural area. Photo: Tuong Vi |
Chom Muong village has been recognized as a cultural village since 1999. The village has a traditional craft of making wine that is famous not only in Con Cuong district but also in Nghe An province. Currently, the villagers are making efforts to promote the traditional craft to be recognized as a craft village. Chom Muong has 197 households with 865 people, and their livelihood mainly depends on livestock production according to the combined agricultural and forestry model.
Implementing the National Target Program on new rural construction, in recent years, the people of Chom Muong village have unanimously overcome all difficulties to achieve 15/15 criteria of a new rural village. Currently, nearly 60% of the village's inner-village roads are concreted, the intra-field traffic, irrigation canal system meet the needs of drainage and transportation of agricultural products. The rural electricity system is guaranteed, the material facilities, cultural institutions, physical training and sports meet the needs of the people, the national cultural identity is preserved and promoted. In particular, 100% of people of working age have regular jobs, 138/147 people have trained labor. The average income per capita of the village is over 36 million/person/year. The number of poor households is only 11.67%. Regarding education, the village has no dropouts, the completion rate of cultural programs at all levels is achieved. The criteria for health, environment, political system, security and order, and village conventions all met the set targets.
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| Con Cuong district leaders presented flowers to congratulate Chom Muong village. Photo: Tuong Vi |
As for Ke Sung village, there are 190 households with 908 people, most of whom are Thai ethnic people. The village achieved the cultural title in 2014. The village has over 73% of the village roads concreted, 67% of irrigation canals to irrigate over 82% of the inner field area. The people have income mainly from planting raw acacia and raising livestock.
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| Women of Chom Muong village perform art on the day the village receives the title of new rural area. Photo: Tuong Vi |
Average income per capita is over 36 million VND/person/year. All criteria have been met and exceeded the set plan. In particular, the environmental criteria have been well implemented by the people with the movement of each family having "3 cages, 3 holes" to ensure reasonable waste storage; people actively plant trees to create a landscape, village roads and alleys are increasingly clean and civilized.
Thanks to completing 15 criteria according to the standard, in 2020, Chom Muong and Ke Sung villages were recognized as meeting new rural standards. And this title was awarded on April 21./.
