My Thanh (Yen Thanh) received the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces

My Thanh is the cradle of revolution. After 65 years of construction and development, the rural landscape has continuously improved. Photo: Anh Tuan

Attending the ceremony were Major General Doan Ngoc S.Thank you - Deputy Chief of Political Department of Military Region 4 Command, Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representative of theLeaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, provincial departments and branches.

On behalf of the provincial People's Committee, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces during the resistance war against the US to the people and cadres of My Thanh commune. Photo: Anh Tuan

My Thanh is a commune rich in patriotic and revolutionary traditions. During the resistance war against the US, this poor land provided over 1,900 tons of food of all kinds, endured over 23,000 tons of bombs and bullets, nearly 800 young people joined the army, became youth volunteers, and worked on the frontline; 131 people died, over 140 were wounded and sick, infected with Agent Orange, 6 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, hundreds of individuals were awarded resistance medals and medals of all kinds.

Promoting the tradition of the homeland, in recent years, the Party Committee, government and people of My Thanh have promoted the spirit of solidarity, dynamism and creativity, promoted internal resources, took advantage of external resources, mobilized total resources for new rural construction of over 225 billion VND, of which people's contributions accounted for over 59%.

Awarding the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the new rural standards and the project worth 500 million VND to the leaders of My Thanh commune. Photo: Phan Hien

People's lives are constantly improving. Currently, the average income per capita is over 30 million VND/year, the poverty rate is 3.8%. Over 91% of rural roads are paved or concreted; more than 13 km of canals are reinforced with concrete; 9 dams are upgraded; 2 schools are recognized as meeting national standards.

For many years, the Party Committee of My Thanh commune has been recognized as clean and strong, and the government was awarded the Emulation Flag "Leading the Patriotic Emulation Movement" by the Provincial People's Committee. At the end of 2017, the commune was recognized by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee as meeting new rural standards.

At the ceremony, authorized by the President and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces during the anti-American period, the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the new rural standards and a project worth 500 million VND to My Thanh commune.

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong hoped that My Thanh commune would continue to uphold its responsibility to maintain and improve the quality of the new rural criteria it has achieved. The planning management and implementation of the planning must be serious and methodical, creating conditions for sustainable development.

Awarding Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the Nghe An movement to join hands in building new rural areas. Photo: Anh Tuan

Along with that, actively mobilizing and integrating resources in new rural construction; Focusing on developing production, promoting cooperation, joint ventures, and associations in product value chain production to improve people's lives and incomes, striving to build My Thanh into a model new rural commune, worthy of the title of Heroic Commune of the Armed Forces.

On this occasion, 4 collectives and 4 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee; 4 collectives and 4 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee for "having achievements in the movement of joining hands to build new rural areas".