(Baonghean) - Creating consensus in implementing policies and providing good solutions to implement criteria have been valuable experiences of Nghi My in the process of building new rural areas. This is a great effort for Nghi My to reach the new rural area on schedule when Nghi Loc district chose it as a point to build new rural areas since 2012.

Rise from consensus

Before building the new rural area, Nghi My was just a poor commune, purely agricultural production, people's lives were still difficult, infrastructure was still weak. However, after 5 years of building the new rural area, this countryside has "changed its skin". Many new and spacious constructions have been built, the muddy dirt roads of the past have now been replaced by concrete and asphalt roads.

The commune People's Committee headquarters and many other buildings in Nghi My were built spaciously. Photo: Ha Chi

These days, Mr. Ngo Tri Dien in Hamlet 6, Nghi My, like many people in the commune, cannot hide his joy when the locality was recognized as a commune that met the new rural standards. Mr. Dien confided: "I am over 80 years old this year, I am proud to witness the changes in my hometown. I see the dynamism and boldness of the local leadership team, the consensus and solidarity of the people have helped Nghi My have such a breakthrough."

As a semi-mountainous commune located in the West of Nghi Loc district, Nghi My has a population of 4,676 people distributed in 13 hamlets. To achieve the target of 2015 when Nghi Loc district selected it as a point for building new rural areas in 2012, the Party Committee and the government of Nghi My commune have focused on propaganda and mobilization work for the people.

From publicizing the planning map to organizing dozens of meetings to propagate to every household about the policy of building new rural areas, in just a short time, the mass movement to participate in building new rural areas was widely spread throughout the commune and received the people's support.

Typically, the movement of donating land to open rural roads has received the approval and support of many people. The whole commune has had more than 30 households voluntarily donating land to rebuild architectural works, contributing tens of thousands of working days and tens of billions of VND. Typical in this movement are Mr. Hoang Trung Luong's household in hamlet 6 donating 70m of embankment, Mr. Hoang Trung Duc in hamlet 4 donating 100m.²surrounding wall...

With the attention of all levels, sectors, the support of units and enterprises combined with the mobilization of internal resources from the people, Nghi My has effectively integrated programs and projects associated with the task of building new rural areas. Up to now, Nghi My has invested in infrastructure with a total implementation cost of over 150 billion VND, of which the people contributed nearly 69 billion VND.

Recess of teachers and students at Nghi My Kindergarten.

The cultural house of hamlet 10, worth more than 500 million VND, was built and donated by a child of Nghi My. Photo: Ha Chi

One of Nghi My’s strengths is that it has received support and contributions from children far from home. From the cultural house in hamlet 10 worth more than 500 million VND to the welcome gate of the commune worth more than 100, all are the contributions of Nghi My’s successful businessmen to their homeland.

Sustainability through economic development

Determining that new rural construction must be sustainable by improving people's lives, Nghi My has had many concerns for local economic development.

Nghi My has introduced many high-yield and high-quality rice varieties into cultivation such as AC5 and Thien Uu. Photo: Ha Chi

Many households in Nghi My develop commercial cattle farming. Photo: Ha Chi

Mr. Nguyen Huu Dung - Chairman of Nghi My Commune Farmers' Association said that in order to quickly increase the value per unit area and promote the experience of intensive rice cultivation, the commune has transformed production models, applied science and technology, and introduced highly effective varieties such as AC5 and Thien Uu rice into cultivation. Along with that, livestock farming has been developed in the form of farms and family farms.

Taking advantage of having two roads running through the commune, provincial road 534 and inter-district road 535, Nghi My also actively focuses on creating favorable conditions to attract investment, promote the development of secondary industries and service systems in the area.

Tam Chinh corrugated iron production facility - one of the effective businesses of Nghi My.

Up to now, Thuong Nghi My Market has met the standards of a type III market, meeting the needs of trading goods in the area and neighboring communes. The commune has 4 enterprises and 214 business and service households operating effectively. Thanks to that, the rate of employed laborers in the whole commune reaches 98%, the average income per capita is 28.3 million VND/year, the poverty rate has decreased to 4.7%. In the commune, there are many highly effective models of commercial service economy, creating jobs for many local workers.

Improve the quality of criteria

With continuous efforts, over the past 5 years, Nghi My Commune Party Committee has always been clean and strong, and all organizations have been classified by the district as having excellently completed their tasks. With the strong leadership of the Party Committee and authorities from the commune to the hamlet, and the consensus of the people, Nghi My Commune has now achieved 19/19 criteria for building a new rural area.

Mr. Hoang Duc Tri - Chairman of Nghi My Commune People's Committee shared: "In order to gradually improve the quality of the criteria to a higher and more sustainable level, the Party Committee, government and people of Nghi My commune continue to identify the implementation of the national target program on new rural construction as a key task of a long-term, regular and continuous nature, requiring more drastic and synchronous participation of the entire commune's political system and the joint efforts of the majority of the people of the commune".

Promoting the achieved results, to maintain the title of a commune meeting new rural standards, in the coming time, Nghi My will continue to invest in many construction projects, focusing on inter-district roads, secondary schools, rural markets and some cultural houses... contributing to making Nghi My increasingly developed, becoming a bright spot of Nghi Loc district./.

Quang Dung - Ha Chi