Hung Nguyen strives to overcome difficulties to reach the new rural district finish line in 2023

Hung Yen Nam is a semi-mountainous commune, about 12km north of the center of Hung Nguyen district. With a mountainous terrain and low-lying areas, it is often affected by natural disasters such as landslides, droughts, floods, etc. The infrastructure is still lacking and weak due to the process of separating the commune in the early days, so the work of building new rural areas faces many difficulties.

People of Hung Yen Nam commune join hands to build new rural roads. Photo: Nguyen Chau

However, with great efforts from the government and people, the locality has overcome difficulties to complete the criteria for building new rural areas. In Hung Yen Nam commune these days, traffic roads have been upgraded and expanded, construction works have been invested in, and the material and spiritual life of the people has been improved. The locality has been recognized by Nghe An province as a commune meeting new rural standards in 2022.

With Hung Yen Nam commune recognized as a new rural commune, the wholeHung Nguyen district17/17 communes have met the new rural standards. This is an extremely important criterion to bring Hung Nguyen district to the new rural finish line in 2023. However, to complete the remaining criteria, there are still certain difficulties.

Lemon is a prominent agricultural product in Hung Yen Nam commune, helping people have a stable income. Photo: Nguyen Chau

According to Decision No. 320 of the Prime Minister, to achieve a new rural district, the following requirements must be met: 100% of communes in the area must meet new rural standards; At least 10% of communes in the area must meet advanced new rural standards; 100% of towns in the area must meet civilized urban standards; The satisfaction rate of local people with the results of the district's new rural construction must reach 90% or more. In addition, there are 9 criteria that must be completed before submitting for appraisal.

For Hung Nguyen district, the requirement of the number of communes meeting the new rural standards has been completed when 17/17 communes reached the finish line, a rate of 100%. The requirement of having at least 10% of communes meeting the advanced new rural standards has also been ensured when 3/17 communes achieved this title, including Hung Tan, Hung Phuc, Long Xa, reaching a rate of 18%.

A corner of Hung Nguyen town. Photo: Thanh Cuong

However, for the requirement of 100% of towns meeting civilized urban standards, Hung Nguyen town has not met this requirement. According to the National Criteria, Hung Nguyen town must complete 9 criteria with 52 contents; including some contents such as: the town People's Committee headquarters, cultural houses, schools, medical stations are newly built or renovated, upgraded to ensure standards, regulations are managed and used for the right purposes; effectively manage, exploit, and use public works in the area, serving public interests; there are no cases of encroachment, illegal use of public land and public works; traffic safety corridors ensure urban aesthetics; there are no phenomena of encroachment on roads, sidewalks for business, trading, violating traffic safety order...

Mr. Cao XuanBinh - Chairman of Hung Nguyen Town People's Committee said: To implement the contents according to civilized urban standards, many synchronous and drastic solutions are needed. Recently, the district's working group also returned to the locality to inspect and evaluate the implementation of civilized urban areas, pointing out the limitations of the locality that need to be overcome. In the coming time, the locality will strengthen propaganda work; focus on mobilizing resources, investing in building infrastructure. Develop a plan to organize the clearance of traffic corridors; actively propagate people not to encroach on traffic corridors... to complete the remaining contents this year.

Hung Nguyen district inspects the progress of civilized urban construction in Hung Nguyen town. Photo: CSCC

In addition to "hard requirements" such as the number of communes reaching the new rural finish line, the rate of advanced new rural communes, towns meeting civilized urban standards, the rate of people's satisfaction... a district reaching the new rural finish line must meet 9 criteria according to Decision No. 320 of the Prime Minister.

However, according to Hung Nguyen district's assessment, the locality has only basically completed 2 criteria, including criterion number 1 on planning and criterion number 4 on electricity. The remaining 7 criteria that need to be completed include: traffic; irrigation and disaster prevention; culture - health - education; economy; environment; quality of living environment; security, order - public administration.

Through the discussion, Mr. Hoang Anh Tien - Vice Chairman of Hung Nguyen District People's Committee said: Although there are still many difficulties when some criteria and requirements have not been met, besides, the capital to implement the criteria is still limited. However, with the highest determination, Hung Nguyen District is still focusing on directing localities and units to make efforts to overcome difficulties to drastically implement solutions, complete the criteria in the shortest time, determined to reach the new rural district finish line in 2023.