Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong inspected the progress of new rural areas in Yen Thanh

Before working with the district leaders, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong and other members of the delegation inspected the progress of new rural construction in the mountainous communes of Duc Thanh, Ma Thanh and Lang Thanh. These are 3 of the 9 communes registered with the province and district to strive to reach the new rural target in 2018.

Despite many difficulties, with the high determination and consensus of the people, up to now, all communes have achieved 17/19 criteria; striving to complete the rural traffic criteria and school criteria by the end of August 2018.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong and members visited the high-tech vegetable production model in Tan Thanh New Rural Commune. Photo: Thai Duong

Visit the model of safe vegetable production using biotechnology grown in a greenhouse with an area of ​​nearly 5,000 m²At the new rural commune of Tan Thanh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong highly appreciated the positive movements in the development of high-tech agriculture in Yen Thanh, which is a signal to open a turning point in agricultural production adapting to climate change, as well as improving the competitiveness of agricultural products.

Although it is an agricultural district with a low starting point, with the spirit of promoting internal resources and taking advantage of support sources from the Central and local governments, after 7 years of implementing the National Target Program on new rural construction, Yen Thanh has had 25 communes recognized as new rural communes.

Currently, the district is focusing on implementing 5/15 criteria that have not been achieved, which are planning, the rate of standard district road kilometers; the rate of standard high schools; the solid waste collection and treatment system... to strive to achieve the new rural district status by the end of 2019, along with promoting propaganda work, mobilizing the participation of the entire political system, and in the immediate future, focusing on directing the remaining 13 communes to mobilize all resources to reach the finish line on schedule.

Yen Thanh District also requested the Provincial People's Committee to advance 7,350 tons of cement according to the province's mechanism so that the remaining communes can complete the rural traffic criteria. At the same time, support 35% of land collection fees from now until 2020 for the district to invest in new rural areas and departments and branches need to pay attention and help the district with the criteria of post offices and rural power grid systems.

Overview of the working session with leaders of Yen Thanh district. Photo: Thai Hong

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong highly appreciated the efforts of Yen Thanh district in the movement to build new rural areas. At the same time, he urged communes that are striving to reach the finish line to promote their internal resources and absolutely not to owe criteria and financial budget for new rural areas.

In the immediate future, the district needs to promote linkages in agricultural production, gradually building brands and trademarks of goods, in which cooperatives play an important role in creating value chains and increasing farmers' income. Continue to mobilize people's resources to complete infrastructure criteria, in which priority should be given to communes that have not yet met the standards according to the support mechanism of the province and district. For communes that have reached the finish line, it is necessary to continue to improve the quality of criteria in a sustainable manner./.