Rural development from new rural construction

Ky Tan CommuneCurrently, there are 7,114 people, distributed in 7 hamlets, of which 20% of the population are Catholics. With the goal of building a rich, beautiful, and civilized homeland, in recent years, the Party Committee and Catholics of Ky Tan commune have always promoted the spirit of solidarity, joint efforts, and unanimous efforts to overcome all difficulties, actively participated in patriotic emulation movements, successfully built a commune that met new rural standards in 2018, was awarded the Third Class Labor Medal by the President in 2020, and are determined to successfully build a commune that meets advanced new rural standards in 2023.

Clean, beautiful concrete roads in Ky Tan commune. Photo: Cam Tu

The mark in Ky Tan is that the people of all religions and ethnic groups have contributed their efforts and money together with the Party Committee and the communal government to complete and improve 19 criteria, typically building rural concrete roads. For example, the road connecting Ho Chi Minh road to Highway 15B is nearly 1,000m long, with a concrete road surface of 11m wide, a unique road in Nghe An province. The people donated up to 4 hectares of rice fields and gardens, contributing 1 million VND per person to build the concrete road. Since the road was completed, it has created favorable conditions for the people in the commune and more than 700 kindergarten and primary school students to travel smoothly and safely every day.

Mrs. Tran Thi Thinh in Hamlet 6, Tan Son, whose house is located next to the road, happily said: "Previously, the dirt road was narrow and difficult to travel. Since the concrete road was built, the muddy scene in the rainy season has ended. More people travel, the road is wider so cars can easily avoid each other, and the village has become much more civilized. Households living along the road often work together to sweep and plant trees to ensure the road is always green, clean, and beautiful, serving well for travel, economic and social development."

In the campus of Thanh Tan Village Cultural House, Ky Tan Commune, there are 2 volleyball courts and 1 soccer field. Photo: Cam Tu

Identifying economic development, hunger eradication and poverty reduction as important criteria in building cultural life in residential areas, local authorities have promoted and mobilized people to focus on transforming crop and livestock structures, developing along the value chain, in order to stabilize product consumption and improve economic efficiency. In the commune, many high-income economic models have appeared, such as biomass corn growing model, sweet corn growing model, potato growing model, with economic efficiency of 200 million VND/ha/year. Livestock model combined with afforestation, small and medium-sized production and business model...

With appropriate orientations, combined with the proactiveness and positivity of the people in economic development, the average income per capita has continuously increased, reaching 51.1 million VND/person/year in 2022, well-off and rich households account for 65% of the total number of households, the poverty rate has decreased to only 0.82%.

Nghe An province recognized 9 provincial-level cultural models in 2022, including Thanh Tan hamlet, Ky Tan commune. Photo: Cam Tu

Entering the construction of advanced new rural areas, with the viewpoint of making sure everything is done, the Party Committee and the communal government have stepped up propaganda, combined with skillful mass mobilization, to mobilize the huge resources among the people to invest in building new and upgrading rural infrastructure works.

With economic development, people compete to build cultural families and cultural villages. Ky Tan is a pioneer in implementing cultural, artistic, physical education and sports activities, creating a healthy playground and improving the spiritual life of local people. Every year, it participates in all district-level competitions and tournaments and often wins prizes, such as the Sen Village Singing Festival and the volleyball tournament celebrating the 60th anniversary of Tan Ky district's establishment, recently winning third prize.

Along with building a cultural life, the commune also focuses on building cultural and sports institutions, creating community living spaces for people. Up to now, 100% of hamlets have cultural houses and sports grounds; hamlets have established cultural - artistic, physical education - sports clubs and regularly hold activities. By the end of 2022, 6/7 hamlets achieved the title of Cultural Village, the rate of Cultural Families reached 83.9%. In particular, it is an honor for Ky Tan commune to have Thanh Tan hamlet recognized as a provincial-level cultural model "Typical Cultural Village that well implements village covenants and conventions associated with new rural construction".

Sports and physical activities are well received by the people of Ky Tan commune. Photo: Cam Tu

Chairman of Ky Tan Commune People's Committee - Trinh Huy Toan said: "The Steering Committee for New Rural Construction of the commune has developed a specific annual plan to implement each criterion, making the most of resources to build 9.8 km of concrete roads, build 3 new hamlet cultural houses and implement many solutions with the determination to complete the construction of advanced New Rural Construction in 2023"./.