Every time I return to Nam Dan district, I have a new feeling about the transformation here. The infrastructure of transportation, schools, canals, broadcasting systems, cultural houses, sports and entertainment facilities, etc. are increasingly invested in, becoming more and more synchronous, spacious and modern. The material and spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved, creating a new atmosphere and spirit in each residential area.
The special thing in Nam Dan district, through the construction of new rural areas, has eliminated the gap, creating even development between regions and localities. For example, Nam Thanh commune is located in a difficult semi-mountainous area, with a purely agricultural economy, rice, corn, and peanuts are the main crops; the Party Committee, government and people have innovated their thinking, transformed the structure of crops and livestock with many models and bright spots: Vegetable, root and fruit model in greenhouses; growing fruit trees using drip irrigation technology with dozens of hectares; growing green squash for sale; raising pigeons in cages; raising black apple snails; raising biologically safe hybrid fighting chickens with a scale of 6,000 birds/batch. Especially exploiting the advantage of hilly land, Nam Thanh currently has 143 farms and farms growing fruit trees combined with livestock, bringing high economic value.
In addition to material life, people of Nam Thanh commune also enjoy many spiritual values when cultural and sports institutions are invested synchronously in hamlets; rural security is ensured; the rural landscape is green - clean - beautiful. In particular, according to comrade Tran Dang Khoa - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nam Thanh commune: The model new rural criteria on education have been assessed by the district, creating a more outstanding development for the locality in education, when 2 kindergartens and primary schools have been recognized as meeting national standards level 2, the kindergarten meets the criteria: Green, clean, beautiful, safe, friendly; the secondary school is completing the recognition process for level 2 standards.
Nam Kim commune has many difficulties when it is more than 25km from the center of Nam Dan district. In the process of building and achieving new rural and advanced new rural standards (by 2022), the Party Committee, the government and the entire political system have joined in, sticking to each hamlet, residential area, and household to propagate and mobilize people to donate land, contribute working days to open roads; contribute money to build concrete roads, lighting lines, install cameras, traffic signs, flower beds, trees; build cultural houses, sports grounds... with a total cost within 4 years (2020 - 2023) of more than 20 billion VND. The face and rural landscape in Nam Kim commune have completely changed. Many bright spots in the economy in this mountainous commune have been formed, such as: Thien Nhan lemon cooperative with 6 products meeting OCOP standards; Ho Thanh dam eco-tourism site; hill garden economy has been promoted with lemon trees as the main crop, of which 8 gardens have met the standards.
Building to meet new rural standards in 2015, advanced new rural standards in 2021 and model new rural standards in 2022, in addition to synchronous and spacious infrastructure investment, Nam Nghia commune has a truly rural environmental landscape system: Bright - green - clean - beautiful, with nearly 13 green tree-lined roads, purple flowers, bauhinia flowers... Each family has 3 trash cans to classify organic waste, inorganic waste, and recyclable waste. People's economic life is constantly improving, breaking the monoculture of rice, switching to diversifying vegetable and fruit crops, developing livestock, and providing services.
Comrade Nguyen Hong Son - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nam Dan district, shared: Building new rural areas is both a policy and a practical requirement for local development to realize President Ho Chi Minh's wish for his homeland: Building Nam Dan into a model district.
Therefore, implementing Decision No. 17 of the Prime Minister on building Nam Dan district into a model new rural district in the direction of developing culture associated with tourism, in the period of 2018 - 2025, the Party committees and authorities at all levels in the district have closely followed the content of each criterion of advanced and model new rural communes and districts to direct the implementation. The district launched a movement to build headquarters, agencies, hamlets, blocks, residential areas, "bright - green - clean - beautiful" roads; "safe, friendly, green - clean - beautiful" schools; to create synchronous development of infrastructure, creating an overall picture of beautiful countryside in Uncle Ho's homeland.
During the direction process, Nam Dan district clearly defined the responsibilities of each organization in the political system, attached the responsibilities of each standing committee, Party committee, head of organization, agency, unit at district and commune levels; paid attention to removing difficulties, the district helped the commune, the commune helped the hamlet in implementing each criterion; especially focused on propaganda and explanation so that people could clearly understand the role of the subject, creating endogenous strength - an important factor ensuring success in building advanced and exemplary new rural areas.
Along with the internal strength of the locality, the Party Committee and authorities at all levels in Nam Dan district have strengthened their grasp, coordination and taken advantage of the support of the Central Government, the province and resources from businesses and children living far from home to invest in and perfect cultural and sports institutions at the district and commune levels; preserve and restore historical, cultural and revolutionary relics; build and perfect infrastructure works connecting tourism and some cultural models associated with tourism, products serving tourism; develop cultural, artistic and sports movements, build a cultural lifestyle...
Nam Dan district has become the leading unit in the province in terms of the number of communes meeting advanced new rural standards with 9 communes and 5 model new rural communes (not including the district that has just assessed 6 more communes completing advanced new rural standards and 2 communes completing model new rural standards); there are 69 products meeting OCOP standards.
The district has completed 35/42 criteria for a model new rural district in the direction of cultural development associated with tourism according to Decision No. 17 of the Prime Minister; in which many contents and criteria exceed the regulations and are ahead of schedule, especially the number of communes meeting advanced and model new rural standards.
