Nghe An will provide cement to all communes that have not reached the new rural finish line.

According to the data of the Provincial New Rural Area Coordination Office, after 9 years of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Area Construction, Nghe An province has supported 674,626 tons of cement for rural roads. The total number of kilometers of rural roads built and upgraded in the whole province is 10,160.4 km, with a total cost of more than 13,071 billion VND.

Up to now, in Nghe An, 285/431 communes have met traffic criterion number 2, accounting for 66.13%.

With the support of the state for cement, people in Nghe An contributed their efforts and money to build rural roads. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In many places, people are racing to plant flowers, creating more beautiful rural roads. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In the coming time, the Provincial New Rural Development Coordination Office will advise and propose to the Provincial People's Committee to continue implementing the policy of supporting cement for localities building roads; in addition, it is recommended that the province support more cement for localities building irrigation works.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Provincial Office of New Rural Development

Unlike previous years, this year the Provincial New Rural Area Coordination Office advised the Provincial People's Committee to support cement for all communes that have not yet reached the New Rural Area target in the province (previously, support was only provided to communes that registered to reach the New Rural Area target).