Phuc Tho Commune (Nghi Loc): Striving to achieve new rural standards in 2015

(Baonghean) - Correctly identifying goals and tasks, taking advantage of favorable conditions, overcoming difficulties, in the 2010 - 2015 term, the Party Committee of Phuc Tho commune (Nghi Loc) has promoted the combined strength of the entire political system to achieve and exceed the set targets, creating important marks in all fields.

In recent years, the Party Committee and the government of Phuc Tho commune have focused on directing comprehensive and solid economic development. Timely grasping the mechanisms and policies to promote the available advantages in the area, the Party Committee has focused on leading the shift in crop structure, restructuring all new varieties, increasing the area of ​​peanuts, vegetables, summer-autumn crops, forming 3 main crops in the year. Applying scientific and technical advances to production, increasing the productivity of crops, bringing all new varieties into cultivation for high productivity. Developing many suitable models has effectively promoted the conversion of gardens to fields. Thanks to the good promotion of exploitation types, good combination of aquaculture, the lives of fishermen have been maintained stable and developed, the aquaculture area has reached over 8.5 hectares. The whole commune has 50 boats of all kinds exploiting aquatic and marine products in the inlet and offshore. The output of aquatic products reached 500 tons.

Traditional bamboo weaving in Phuc Tho commune (Nghi Loc).

The Party Committee also focuses on promoting the development of service industries, handicrafts and labor export. Construction has expanded many new industries such as mechanics, repair, electronic assembly, motorbike repair, high-class carpentry, civil carpentry, construction material services, the construction workforce is increasingly developing and highly skilled with nearly 600 workers in the teams having regular jobs and good income. Trade and service industries have developed steadily, accounting for over 70% of the economic income in the area. Non-agricultural hamlets along the Lam River, eco-tourism areas with many services have been opened.

Implementing the Resolution of the 19th Party Congress, Trai market was expanded and planned to create conditions for hundreds of regular business households, creating jobs for people in the surrounding areas. As a result, the average economic growth rate during the term reached 8.5%, up to now the average income per capita is 28 million VND/year.

Along with focusing on economic development is mobilizing resources to invest in building infrastructure, creating a breakthrough in building facilities to serve economic development, building new rural areas, and improving people's lives. Completed construction of 7 km of inter-hamlet roads, expanded, paved, and concreted village and inter-family roads to meet the trend of agricultural and rural modernization. People in hamlets have actively participated in contributing working days and money to upgrade and renew roads and cultural houses. Many hamlets have cultural houses and cultural institutions that meet the criteria of new rural areas, ensuring service for people's meetings and activities. The total investment value in the past 5 years reached 30 billion VND (of which people contributed 4.5 billion VND, including works in communes and hamlets). All investment projects are guaranteed to be put into effective use, contributing to building trust among the masses in the leadership of the Party Committee.

Shipbuilding contributes to job creation and income increase for people in Phuc Tho commune.

The cultural and social fields have many positive changes. The Party and people give priority to education, build schools that meet national standards (2/3 schools), invest in building schools, classrooms, and equipment for teaching and learning. Medical work and public health care have been put into order, with quality in all three aspects, disease prevention, treatment, and good implementation of the national health program. At the same time, taking care of people's spiritual life, cultural, artistic, and sports activities have been raised to a higher level in quality. Integrating cultural activities into the implementation of the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas", hamlets always implement well the conventions, village covenants, and new cultural lifestyles on weddings, funerals, and festivals; promoting the title of a provincial-level cultural commune.

The Party Committee regularly pays attention to hunger eradication, poverty reduction and job creation for workers, opens vocational training classes, creates conditions for poor households to develop their economy such as supporting preferential loans, helping members to do business of association organizations, contributing to reducing the poverty rate to below 4%. National defense and security work in recent years has had many positive changes, political security is stable, and social order and safety is maintained. Mass organizations, political and social organizations operate effectively.

Along with leading socio-economic development, the Party Committee has focused on leading and directing the Party building work. The quality of Party cells and Party members has been improved, with 22/23 Party cells achieving the title of clean and strong Party cells. In the annual Party building work summary, there are no average or weak Party cells. The Party Committee has achieved the title of Strong Party Cell for 18 consecutive years, excellent and Strong Party Cell for 5 consecutive years; in the past term, the Party Committee has developed 62 new Party members...

From the results achieved in the last term, the Party Committee of Phuc Tho commune firmly entered the new term, the local leaders continued to successfully implement the goals set out in the Resolution of the Party Congress of the commune for the term 2015 - 2020. Promoting all potentials and advantages of the locality, accelerating economic development, creating a breakthrough in the direction of commodity production in agriculture, strongly developing the handicraft industry and trade services, mobilizing all resources to build infrastructure, improve the material and spiritual life of the people and the quality of the cultural commune, ensuring national defense - security, building the commune to meet new rural standards in 2015.

Le Xuan Quang

(Party Secretary of Phuc Tho commune)