Nam Thai (Nam Dan) received the title of commune meeting NTM standards

(Baonghean.vn) - "Promoting industrialization and modernization of rural agriculture, striving to build Nam Thai for comprehensive development" - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong spoke at the ceremony to receive the title of Nam Thai commune meeting the NTM standards of Nam Thai commune on the morning of April 1.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives with achievements in the movement to build new rural areas in Nam Thai commune. Photo: Kim Dung

As a mountainous commune, people's lives in Nam Dan district are still difficult. The population is not concentrated, mainly living scattered on the hillsides, so the construction of rural infrastructure projects faces many obstacles.

Identifying that difficulty, in recent times, the Party Committee and the government of Nam Thai commune have focused on leading and directing the people to apply scientific and technical advances in production with many models of specialized vegetable cultivation with high economic value, expanding secondary industries such as business, service production of goods from civil carpentry, construction materials, transportation, etc.

Thanks to that, people's living standards have been increasingly improved from 11.5 million VND (in 2010) to nearly 28 million VND/person/year, contributing to promoting socio-economic development with an average annual growth rate of 7-13%, the poverty rate is only below 5%.

Mobilizing people's strength was strongly aroused with 214 billion VND, people contributed over 130 billion VND, accounting for 60.6%, up to now, Nam Thai has completed 19/19 criteria for building new rural areas.

Playground of Nam Thai commune kindergarten. Photo: Thu Huong

Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee praised and highly appreciated the efforts of the Party Committee and people of Nam Thai commune in the movement of building new rural areas in recent times. He hoped that the Party Committee and the government of Nam Thai commune would continue to improve the quality of criteria in the coming time, especially promoting industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas, striving to build Nam Thai for comprehensive development.

At the ceremony, 4 collectives and 4 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Provincial People's Committee; 2 collectives and 2 individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Nam Dan District People's Committee; Nam Thai Commune People's Committee also awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 9 individuals who had outstanding achievements in the local movement to join hands in building new rural areas.

Kim Dung

(Nam Dan Radio)