Son Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh) celebrates its 70th anniversary and receives the Certificate of recognition as a model new rural commune.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Danh Hung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Office of New Rural Area Coordination of Nghe An province; leaders of Yen Thanh district and a large number of people of Son Thanh commune.

Rising from the difficult land

In 1954, Son Thanh commune was separated from Hop Minh commune, Quan Trung commune, Yen Thanh district, a mountainous commune, located in the south of the district, with an area of ​​over 1,512 hectares.

Son Thanh commune has gone through 70 years of construction and development, starting from a purely agricultural commune. With a tradition of culture, love of learning, hard-working and creative people in labor, production and business, along with the efforts of the Party Committee, the government and all the people, Son Thanh commune is struggling to find every way to get rich and increase income. People's lives have been improved in all aspects, the income level is higher year after year.

In particular, after the 23rd Congress of Son Thanh Commune Party Committee in 1995, with the political goal of promoting the development of service industries, encouraging workers to work outside the province and cooperate with foreign countries to develop the economy and society. The local political system is increasingly united and strong. Thanks to that, Son Thanh commune has gradually risen to the top of Yen Thanh district in terms of economy and society.

Model new rural commune

Looking back on the nearly 15-year journey of promoting industrialization and modernization associated with new rural construction (2010 - 2024), the Party Committee and people of Son Thanh commune have constantly strived to overcome difficulties, promote advantages and potentials, mobilize and effectively use resources from the Central, province and district, and promote internal strength, arouse the strength of the masses.

Thanks to that, the economy has made great strides, shifted in the right direction, had a good growth rate, culture and society have made many advances, national defense and security have been maintained, the political system has been gradually consolidated and strengthened, the material and spiritual life of the people has been increasingly improved, and the appearance of the countryside has changed a lot.

The outstanding results in the movement to build advanced and exemplary new rural areas of Son Thanh commune are: 100% of rural roads are asphalted and concreted to ensure the criteria of "bright - green - clean - beautiful". Education at all 3 levels and health care meet national standards; 4 consecutive years without poor households; 8/8 villages have achieved the title of cultural village, of which 1 village has achieved provincial level.

The average income per capita of the commune exceeds 87 million VND/year (ranking first in the district). The Party Committee, government and political system always fulfill their tasks well and excellently. Security and social order are always ensured. People actively participate in the movement "All people protect national security".

With the achievements, in 2023, Son Thanh commune was recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as a model new rural commune. This is a recognition and a noble reward for the people and officials of the commune, and at the same time, a great encouragement and motivation for Son Thanh commune to continue to promote and achieve even higher results in the coming time.

These achievements are, first of all, thanks to the leadership of the Party Committee, the government, the coordination and combination of the departments, branches and organizations at the commune level as well as the direct guidance of the Party Committee and the government at higher levels, which have proposed appropriate steps for each stage, closely following the specific conditions of the locality, creating unity within the Party, receiving consensus from all walks of life. That is the strength of solidarity, the driving force for the Party Committee and people of Son Thanh commune to be honored and proud to receive the noble awards of the Party and the State.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Hoang Danh Truyen - Vice Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee congratulated and commended the proud achievements that the Party Committee, government and people of Son Thanh commune have achieved over the past 70 years.

At the same time, it is recommended that the Party Committee, government and people of Son Thanh commune be proactive and creative in directing, managing and operating, promptly approaching new issues, creating motivation for change, and at the same time, focusing on mobilizing all investment resources to complete socio-economic infrastructure, gradually synchronizing and modernizing, meeting development requirements, successfully building digital government, digital society and digital economy, making Son Thanh commune more and more civilized and modern.

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 2 collectives and 4 individuals with outstanding achievements in the construction and development of Son Thanh commune; awarded Certificates of Merit to 3 collectives and 4 individuals with outstanding achievements in the movement of building advanced new rural areas, model new rural areas and awarded 1 welfare project worth 700 million VND. Yen Thanh district awarded Son Thanh commune a banner and 1 welfare project worth 1 billion VND; awarded Certificates of Merit to 3 collectives and 5 individuals with outstanding achievements in the construction and development of Son Thanh commune; awarded Certificates of Merit to 6 collectives and 10 individuals with outstanding achievements in building advanced new rural areas, model new rural areas.

Xuan Hoang