New rural appearance of Nghe An

Happy countryside

A few years ago, in the remote commune of Xa Luong, district 30aXiangyang, many people are afraid of the narrow, rocky dirt roads... Now returning, the mountainous countryside of Xa Luong has changed completely. The roads to the centers of the villages have been straightened, poured with smooth concrete, making it easy for vehicles to get in and out; welfare facilities have been invested in and built spaciously.

An experiential lesson at Xa Luong Commune Kindergarten (Tuong Duong). Photo: Xuan Hoang

Xa Luong Commune People's Committee Chairman Lo Thi Tra My excitedly said: Before constructionnew rural areas(NTM), the commune has a low starting point, difficult traffic, high poverty rate... To have the changes like today, Xa Luong focused on both building infrastructure and finding solutions to eliminate poverty and create jobs for people. Xa Luong reaching the NTM finish line in 2020 is an unexpected result, a source of pride for the ethnic people living in the commune after many years of solidarity and joint efforts to carry out the movement.

Being recognized by the province as a commune meeting the NTM standards, everyone in the village is happy, because after many years of efforts, the people have strived. This year, the people of Na Be in particular and Xa Luong commune in general will be more excited. From now on, the ethnic people in the village will try to produce and be active in other movements to maintain the NTM standards.

Mr. Lu Van Quang in Na Be village, Xa Luong commune

Farmers in Yen Thanh district grow flowers for the Tet market. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Also "changing skin" in the lowlands are 3 communes ofDien Chau districtis urgently adding some soft criteria, at the same time completing documents and procedures to be recognized by the province as meeting NTM standards in 2021.

According to information from the People's Committee of Dien Chau district, in 2021, there are 3 communes in the district striving to reach the NTM finish line: Dien Trung, Dien Tan and Dien Ngoc. After 1 year of focusing on completing the remaining difficult criteria, despite the general difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the localities have made efforts to complete them. According to the district's assessment, by December 2021, all 3 communes basically completed 19/19 criteria for NTM construction. When recognized, by the end of 2021, the whole district has 35/38 communes meeting NTM standards.

Traffic routes in the upgraded rural commune of Son Thanh (Yen Thanh). Photo: Xuan Hoang

In the province, there are many communes that are "accelerating" to complete the advanced NTM commune in 2021. One of them is Son Thanh commune (Yen Thanh), the most notable of which is that the people's lives have been significantly improved. Comrade Nguyen Khac Dao - Secretary of the Party Committee of Son Thanh commune said: The traffic system from the main road to the village roads and alleys of Son Thanh has been expanded and upgraded synchronously. Agricultural production continues to have innovations in output and quality. After completing the advanced NTM commune, Son Thanh identified a number of key tasks, striving to successfully build a model NTM commune by the end of 2021.

It can be said that now coming to any rural area ofNghe Analso feel the joy of the people. Joy, from the appearance of the roads installed with lighting systems, the national flags planted neatly on both sides of the road on the colorful flowers grown by the people themselves; and the bustling atmosphere of labor and production. The appearance of the new countryside is also seen in each tiled house, high-rise building, shop, store with a variety of goods...

The Provincial New Rural Area Appraisal Council inspected the greenhouse vegetable production model in Nghi Loc district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Many rural people now have bought cars and modern, expensive appliances and living facilities; cultural and spiritual life is also vibrant and civilized. This is the result of the hard work of localities and people implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction...

In 2021, Nghe An mobilized a total capital source for investment and construction of new rural areas of over 12 trillion VND. Of which: State budget capital is over 1.1 trillion VND; capital combined from programs and projects is over 1.12 trillion VND; credit capital is over 9 trillion VND; enterprise capital is over 535 billion VND; capital contributed by the people is over 710 billion VND.

Overcoming difficulties to reach the finish line

It can be said that the implementation of the emulation movement "Nghe An joins hands to build new rural areas" during the year has continued to promote practical effectiveness. The entire political system from all levels, sectors, the Fatherland Front and especially the community have actively participated, mobilizing large socialized resources. Departments, branches and sectors are dedicated and responsible in directing, guiding and integrating implementation contents for the fields and sectors in charge of the new rural area building program. The Fatherland Front and its member organizations carry out movements associated with new rural area building throughout the province; the community actively participates in contributing working days, donating land, money, intelligence, etc. in implementing the program.

It is expected that by the end of 2021, Nghe An will have 20 more communes reaching the NTM standard, achieving the target assigned by the Provincial People's Council Resolution (increasing the total number of communes meeting NTM standards to 300/411 communes); 24 communes meeting advanced NTM standards; 2 communes meeting model NTM standards; 1 district meeting NTM standards; 46 villages and hamlets meeting NTM standards.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said: In 2021, Nghe An implemented the National Target Program on New Rural Construction under extremely difficult conditions due to complicated weather, natural disasters, and epidemics, especially the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and storms that have greatly affected the production and daily life of the people. Mobilizing people as the main subject in building new rural areas is increasingly difficult. However, each locality has its own way of doing things, suitable to specific conditions, so it has achieved many achievements and strived to reach the finish line on schedule...

Deep green tea hills in Hung Son commune (Anh Son). Photo: Xuan Hoang

Reaching the NTM target does not mean satisfaction, so after completing 19/19 NTM criteria, localities must continue to improve the criteria, moving towards building a model NTM commune. In which, the most important criterion is that localities focus on applying scientific and technological advances to production.increase people's income; care about green - clean - beautiful environmental landscape.

A new year has come, the joy of building new rural areas has been multiplied. The movement to build new rural areas is continuing to be widely implemented by localities, levels and sectors as well as with the consensus and support of each citizen.