Nghe An prioritizes resources for building new rural areas in difficult mountainous areas

Comrades:Trinh Thi Thuy - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism;Hoang Nghia Hieu -Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee co-chaired the meetingAlso attending were representatives of ministries and branches who are members of the Central Steering Committee on New Rural Construction;departments, branches, unions and the Provincial New Rural Office.

Nghe An mobilizes 10,600 billion VND to build new rural areas

Overview of the working session of the Central Steering Committee on New Rural Construction with leaders of Nghe An province on the new rural construction situation of the province by 2020. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the meeting, representativesNTM Coordination OfficeThe province informed some basic features of the results of building new rural areas in the province by 2020. Accordingly, by November 30, 2020, 23 more communes had been assessed by the province, of which 1 commune had been recognized by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee as meeting the standards, bringing the total number of communes meeting new rural standards to 246 communes to date, accounting for nearly 59.8% of the total number of communes, with 2 communes assessed as meeting advanced standards, 6 communes in poor district 30a and 2 border communes meeting new rural standards; 4 district-level units have met new rural standards.

In 2020, Nghe An mobilized 10,637 billion VND to build new rural areas. Currently, the whole province has 283/411 communes meeting 19 criteria, accounting for 68.85% and 841 villages meeting new rural standards.

Comrade Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Provincial New Rural Area Coordination Office reported on the new rural area construction situation of Nghe An province in 2020. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In the recent period, Nghe An has been recognized by the Central Government for its creativity in the field of new rural construction when it issued criteria for villages meeting new rural standards, thereby encouraging the new rural construction movement in remote and disadvantaged areas; allocating resources to implement new rural construction in27 border communes; continue to build support mechanisms to encourage communes to build model new rural areas, advanced new rural areas, build model gardens and standard gardens.

The province also allocates resources to build Nam Dan district into a model New Rural district; continues to issue mechanisms to effectively implement the program "Each commune 1".OCOP productsof the Prime Minister.

Cultural village gate of Quynh Yen New Rural Commune, Quynh Luu. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In addition to the above achievements, Nghe An also achieved a number of outstanding achievements in the fields corresponding to the criteria groups on the movement of the whole people uniting to build a new cultural life, cultural institutions, building civilized residential areas, and cultural families. The province also mobilized resources from the central budget to preserve national heritages; continue to promote cultural heritages in the community...

New Rural Flower Street in Nghi Van Commune, Nghi Loc. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the working session, through presenting the implementation status of programs and projects approved by the Central Government and the results of merging administrative units of communes and villages, the departments and branches proposed that the Central Government provide more specific guidance, attention, and support in terms of resources for Nghe An to promptly complete the criteria, especially resources and personnel to preserve historical and cultural relics, cultural, informational and sports institutions at the grassroots level...

Prioritizing resources for building new rural areas in mountainous areas

A representative of the Department of Sports, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that the rate of people playing sports regularly is only at the national average and needs to be improved. Photo: Nguyen Hai

At the meeting, representatives of a number of ministries, departments and branches of the Central Steering Committee answered and responded to a number of recommendations from Nghe An departments and branches on environmental criteria, grassroots cultural and sports institutions, and village and hamlet levels; at the same time, they also requested Nghe An province to clarify resources to continue implementing the OCOP program in the coming period, continue to improve the quality of villages, hamlets and communes that have met the NTM standards; and arrange resources, including clarifying capital from the national NTM target program to invest in NTM and local resources so that implementation plans are more feasible.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke in response to some suggestions from ministries and branches on building new rural areas. Photo: Nguyen Hai

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu respectfully received the clear and detailed comments and suggestions of the members of the Central working group on new rural construction.

Appreciating the significance of the new rural construction program in stabilizing and improving people's lives, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that in the face of difficulties, Nghe An has had a creative approach and a specific support mechanism for each commune or village level. The province has clearly seen its key points in rural transport infrastructure and grassroots cultural institutions, so it has focused on investment and support. In the near future, although the budget has not been balanced, the province has determined to continue to prioritize and allocate resources to support mountainous communes, villages and hamlets in building new rural areas....

Comrade Trinh Thi Thuy - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Head of the working delegation, discussed with leaders of Nghe An province. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism - Trinh Thi Thuy acknowledged and highly appreciated the province's efforts in building new rural areas in recent times. In difficult conditions, the budget has not been balanced, but it has invested in rural transport infrastructure, cultural institutions and new rural areas at the village level.

Basically agreeing with the direction of building new rural areas in the coming time of the province, the Deputy Minister noted that Nghe An needs to give high priority to building new rural areas in mountainous and highland areas because only mountainous villages and hamlets that meet new rural standards can the whole province and the whole country complete the new rural target.

Based on the synthesis of comments from members, the Deputy Minister suggested that Nghe An continue to pay attention to investing in new rural areas, devoting resources to strengthening the system of grassroots cultural institutions and environmental sanitation in special areas and coastal areas, building solidarity relationships within the community to mobilize more resources and firmly maintain the achieved new rural criteria./.