Mobilizing 172 billion 740 million VND to build new rural areas

(Baonghean) - Overcoming difficulties, after 5 years of implementing the 'National Target Program on New Rural Construction', Hung Thanh commune has achieved remarkable results, and to date, the basic criteria have been completed.

Being a newly established poor mountainous commune (separated from Hau Thanh commune in 2007), it has a low starting point: all fields and industries are underdeveloped. People's income mainly depends on agriculture, while people have not boldly changed the structure of crops and livestock towards farms, family farms, and commodity production. Investment resources for construction of works to ensure new rural criteria are too large while local budget sources and mobilization of people's contributions still face many difficulties. In 2010, the average per capita only reached 14.62 million VND/year; the poverty rate was 15.2%; the rate of labor in the agricultural sector was 79.08%. The most difficult thing is that rural traffic, intra-field traffic... have not ensured travel, irrigation, production and people's lives.

Awarding certificate of recognition of commune meeting new rural standards to leaders of Hung Thanh commune.

Overcoming those difficulties, after 5 years of implementing the program 'National Target Program on New Rural Construction', Hung Thanh commune has achieved remarkable results, and so far the basic criteria have been completed. During the implementation process, it has created unity and consensus among cadres, Party members and people. Maximizing all resources, attracting investment, synchronously implementing truly democratic and effective criteria, creating motivation and trust among the people. Infrastructure has been invested and upgraded, the economy has developed, and social culture has made much progress. The rural face has been renewed, the ecological environment has been ensured, and social security has been taken care of. Political security, social order and safety have been maintained. The material and spiritual life of the people has been improved.

Drill to respond to the incident of dam break at Don Hung - Hung Thanh commune - Yen Thanh.

In addition to the tasks and functions of each organization and collective, Hung Thanh commune determined that it must take the people as the root. All actions, work, and policies on building new rural areas must be associated with the people, receiving consensus, solidarity, and contributions from the people. Result: with a total mobilized capital of 172 billion 740 million VND; of which, people contributed 125.3 billion VND (accounting for 72.5%), this is considered an effort and a great success demonstrating the spirit of consensus, trust, and active support of the people in implementing the national target program on building new rural areas. With this capital, it has created conditions for Hung Thanh commune to successively complete all criteria for building rural areas. In which, the criterion for building rural traffic accounts for the most important part, demonstrating all the spirit and momentum of a movement.

Mr. Nguyen Van Linh, in Dong Trach hamlet happily said: Right from the beginning, we had commune and village officials discuss with the people about building new rural areas, all opinions of the people were listened to and respected by the officials. The advantage in building new rural areas in Dong Trach hamlet in particular and Hung Thanh commune in general is the consensus, unity and trust. Particularly in Dong Trach hamlet, people voluntarily donated thousands of square meters of land and fences to widen the roads, up to now 100% of the alleys have been poured with clean concrete.

Comrade Ho Ngoc Sy - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and members of the Provincial Flood and Storm Control Committee inspected the Don Hung - Hung Thanh - Yen Thanh dam.

Mr. Tran Van Trung, Chairman of Hung Thanh Commune People's Committee shared: Rural transportation is the key factor in rural infrastructure development. With that goal, in the process of building new rural areas, the Party Committee and people of Hung Thanh Commune have focused on many solutions to complete this criterion. Because once transportation is developed, people's travel and transportation of goods will be improved, material and spiritual life will be raised, and the rural appearance of the commune will become more and more prosperous.

From those efforts, up to now, the whole Hung Thanh commune has had 17/17 km of commune and inter-commune roads asphalted; village roads and alleys have basically been concreted, hardened, and not muddy in the rainy season, meeting the requirements for convenient motor vehicle travel to serve production... When traffic develops, many industries in the commune have been improved. In the commune, there are 03 enterprises, 96 production groups, 01 agricultural service cooperative operating effectively. Currently, the average income per capita of the whole commune is 22.62 million VND/year; In 2015, the total income was 132.991 million VND. Of which, the income in the Agriculture - Forestry - Fishery sector was 66.416 million VND; the industry and basic construction sector was 17.192 million VND and the service sector was 15.278 million VND. The poverty rate has decreased to 4.92%.

Thu Huong