Vinh Thanh (Yen Thanh) received the certificate of recognition of the commune meeting new rural standards.
(Baonghean.vn) - Promoting the tradition of a heroic commune of the people's armed forces, the land honored to be visited by Uncle Ho, Vinh Thanh has joined hands and mobilized the entire political system to participate in the construction of new rural areas, bringing a comprehensive change to the face of the countryside.
On the morning of March 3, Vinh Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district held a ceremony to announce the commune meeting new rural standards in 2017. Attending the ceremony were comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors.
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Delegates attending the ceremony to receive the certificate of recognition of the commune meeting NTM standards. Photo: Anh Tuan |
With the motto of "doing easy things first, doing difficult things later", after 7 years of building new rural areas, Vinh Thanh has mobilized a total of over 370 billion VND, of which the people contributed nearly 70%. Mobilizing nearly 400 households to donate over 1.5 hectares of land to open rural roads, contributing over 34 hectares of production land to expand and upgrade 148 intra-field roads, facilitating intensive farming to increase productivity.
The commune has completed over 50 km of asphalt and concrete communal, hamlet and inter-hamlet roads; built nearly 1,000 solid and spacious houses.
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Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong awarded the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the new rural standards to Vinh Thanh commune. Photo: Anh Tuan |
In particular, along with planning and attracting investment, Vinh Thanh has also encouraged more than 1,000 people to work abroad, both increasing income and creating jobs, bringing the average income per capita to over 36 million VND/month, the poverty rate is currently 2.34%.
The Party Committee has been clean and strong for many years, and mass organizations have been classified as excellent in completing their tasks.
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Awarding Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with achievements in the Nghe An movement to join hands in building new rural areas. Photo: Phan Hien |
Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee acknowledged and commended the efforts of the Party Committee and people of Vinh Thanh in implementing the national target program on new rural construction, being one of 25 communes in the district and one of 181 communes in the whole province that have completed the national criteria for new rural construction.
He also hoped that the Party Committee and people would continue to mobilize resources, consolidate and improve criteria, and build the homeland to develop more and more sustainably, worthy of the tradition of the heroic commune of the People's Armed Forces, the commune that Uncle Ho visited.
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Thanks to the goal of increasing people's income as a premise to implement other criteria, Vinh Thanh has dozens of high-income farm economic models. In the photo: The fattening cow farming model of Mr. Tran Huu Nghia's family in Cao Son hamlet, Vinh Thanh commune. Photo: Phan Hien |
On this occasion, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong awarded a certificate of recognition and a reward of 1 project worth 500 million VND; awarded Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to 4 groups and 4 individuals. 5 groups and 9 individuals were awarded certificates of merit by the People's Committee of Yen Thanh district./.