Nghe An: Proposal to allocate more than 442 billion VND of the central budget to build new rural areas

The total central budget support capital in 2018 was more than 442 billion VND, 14 billion VND more than in 2017, of which 319.5 billion VND was development investment capital and more than 123.5 billion VND was career capital.

Lang Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District registered to reach the NTM target in 2018. In early 2018, the locality received State support to invest in building a secondary school that meets NTM standards. Photo: Xuan Hoang

With the above capital, 191 communes will be supported, including: 104 extremely disadvantaged communes, requesting support of 1,670 billion VND/commune; 27 communes registered to meet NTM standards in 2018, with support of more than 2 billion VND/commune (including 2 extremely disadvantaged communes receiving support of 2.5 billion VND/commune); 10 communes that did not register but reached the finish line in 2017 requested support of 1,192 billion VND/commune; 22 communes of Nam Dan district and 3 model NTM communes were requested to receive support of more than 2 billion VND/commune.

There are 25 communes that met the standards in 2014, with a support level of 1 billion VND/commune (except for communes that were allocated 1,900 billion VND in 2017 and communes in Nam Dan district, 03 communes implementing the model NTM project).Particularly, 76 communes meeting the standards in 2015 and 43 communes meeting the standards in 2016 will be distributed in 2019 and 2020.

Farmers in Dien Phong commune, Dien Chau district grow hot chili peppers for export. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Office of the National Target Program for New Rural Development in the province said: The reason why communes that met the standards in 2014 and the following years were proposed for support is for localities to upgrade construction works and improve the criteria for New Rural Development. Currently, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee have approved the plan, and an official document will be submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval.