Hung Nguyen has 3 more communes completing the new rural finish line

Hung Chau is a commune with a large population and a large area, making it difficult to build a new rural area. However, officials and people have made efforts to mobilize capital sources of 182 billion VND, of which people contributed 64 billion VND to build a new rural area.

Up to now, 13 km of rural roads have been hardened to meet standards. Pumping stations and irrigation canal systems have been solidly built; meeting irrigation needs for agricultural production.

The provincial New Rural Appraisal Council inspects facilities at Hamlet 5, Hung Chau Commune. Photo: Thanh Tam

Due to the characteristics of being a commune along the Lam River dike, which is often flooded every year, Hung Chau is always proactive in natural disaster prevention and rescue work. Cultural facilities from the commune to the hamlet have been invested in and built spaciously, meeting the prescribed standards. Primary and secondary schools have been recognized as national standard schools; Craft villages have maintained good operations, creating jobs and stable income for hundreds of workers.

My Market has been invested in and built spaciously, attracting many traders inside and outside the commune to do business. The rate of regular employment reached 94.5%; the average income per capita in 2018 reached 34.3 million VND; the poverty rate decreased to 2.9%; the rate of households using clean and hygienic water reached 100%.

Village roads and alleys are paved with wide concrete. Photo: Thanh Tam

The commune Party Committee has achieved "clean and strong" status every year, and the government has excellently fulfilled its tasks. All mass organizations have achieved good or better. The security and order situation in the area has remained stable...

After surveying the actual implementation of the criteria at the site, listening to the commune representative report on the process of building new rural areas and checking supporting documents, the members of the Appraisal Council agreed that the locality had completed 19/19 criteria for building new rural areas.

Panorama of the new rural appraisal conference in Hung Chau commune (Hung Nguyen). Photo: Thanh Tam

However, members of the Provincial New Rural Appraisal Council are still concerned about the low quality of some criteria, and request the commune to continue to improve the quality of the criteria.

Previously, the Provincial Council for Appraising New Rural Criteria had a working session in Hung Linh and Hung Khanh communes. After inspecting the site and appraising supporting documents, the members agreed to recognize Hung Linh and Hung Khanh as meeting 19 new rural criteria.

Thus, in 2018, Hung Nguyen district had 3 more communes reaching the new rural standard, bringing the total number of communes reaching the new rural standard to 15.