Tan Ky focuses resources on improving new rural communes

Eagerly welcoming the new advanced rural commune

Returning to Nghia Dong commune after 10 years, this locality held a ceremony to announce and receive the new rural commune status and witnessed the changes here. In 2014, Nghia Dong was the first locality ofTan Ky districtand is also the "top" commune of the province to reach the new rural finish line.

Nowadays, the rural appearance of Nghia Dong commune has clearly improved. Roads, schools, medical stations, cultural houses in hamlets, etc. have been invested in and built spaciously, the rural environment is green, clean, and beautiful, many new economic development models have appeared, etc.

Coming to Nghia Dong commune, the general feeling is that each person here truly realizes the depth ofNational Target Program on New Rural Construction. Stopping at the flower street in Hamlet 6, chatting with Mr. Nguyen Trung Hieu, we learned that to have such a beautiful flower street, every year the family buys flowers to plant. To have the conditions to take care of the flowers, the family installs a watering system to the place, so that even in the hot summer, the flowers always bloom.

“When the neighborhood organized the construction of concrete roads, families contributed money to buy sand and gravel, and even donated land to pave the road. When the road was built, families planted trees and flowers… Many families in the neighborhood also volunteered to plant flowers on both sides of the road to create a green, clean, and beautiful environment,” said Mr. Nguyen Trung Hieu.

Mr. Vo Duy Hien - Chairman of Nghia Dong Commune People's Committee said that the Provincial New Rural Area Appraisal Council voted to recognize Nghia Dong as an advanced new rural area in 2024. During many years of implementing advanced new rural area construction, all criteria have been invested in, but the most obvious changes are the two criteria of traffic and health.

From 2021 up to now, along with the cement support of the province and district, people in the commune have agreed and voluntarily contributed materials to continue pouring concrete for traffic roads.

Up to now, the total length of 5.3km of communal roads has been concreted/asphalted and the section passing through residential areas has drainage ditches along both sides of the road, has an electric lighting system, and has fully installed traffic signs according to regulations. The system of village and hamlet roads of more than 10km has also been 100% concreted, all of which have been installed with electric lighting systems.

"The Party Committee, government and people in the commune are actively preparing for the ceremony to receive the title of advanced new rural commune. After reaching the advanced new rural finish line, Nghia Dong commune will immediately start building a model new rural area. In particular, the locality will immediately focus on health criteria to meet the standards of a model new rural area in health" - Mr. Vo Duy Hien shared.

Tan Phu Commune (Tan Ky) is a locality that is urgently completing unmet criteria to strive to reach the advanced new rural finish line by the end of 2024.

Mr. Tran Xuan Nam - Chairman of Tan Phu Commune People's Committee said, according to the reality of the local self-assessment, by the beginning of July, Tan Phu Commune had 16/19 criteria meeting the advanced new rural standards. There are 3 criteria that have not been met, including: Traffic, environment and cultural facilities.

Accordingly, the traffic criteria currently still have 5km of residential roads in the hamlets: Ha Suu, Dong Nhat... not yet concreted due to lack of resources. To build this 5km of road, the commune will mobilize resources to build 2km, and for the remaining 3km, it will request superiors to support 500 tons of cement and contributions from the people.

Regarding the environmental criteria, there are still some roads that have not built drainage systems, however, from now until the end of the year, social resources will be mobilized to implement them. Regarding the cultural infrastructure criteria, the cultural houses of the hamlets have been invested in, built and upgraded, however, there are still some cultural houses that have not invested in the construction of auxiliary items.

"With the attention and direction of superiors, along with the efforts of the locality and the support of the people, it is hoped that by the end of 2024, Tan Phu commune will reach the advanced new rural area target as planned," said Mr. Tran Xuan Nam.

Similarly, Ky Tan commune is also striving to reach the advanced new rural finish line by the end of 2024. According to the local self-assessment, by mid-2024, Ky Tan commune still has 2 unmet criteria: education and cultural facilities.

Regarding the educational criteria, the junior high school currently lacks 8 classrooms, the primary school still lacks a fence and yard, so it does not meet the physical standards. Regarding the cultural criteria, the Quy Hau hamlet cultural house is currently in disrepair and has not been invested in to build a new one that meets the standards.

Mr. Trinh Huy Toan - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Tan commune said that from now until the end of the year, the locality will continue to mobilize the entire political system to implement the new advanced rural area target as planned. However, the locality needs the district's support in terms of resources to invest in building facilities at schools and hamlet cultural houses.

Prioritize resources for communes to finish on schedule

New rural construction is one of the key tasks that Tan Ky district has carried out since the beginning of the term. Up to now, it has achieved many encouraging results, namely 3 communes meeting new rural standards: Tan Huong, Nghia Hanh and Dong Van; Nghia Dong commune has reached the advanced new rural finish line. Currently, the district is focusing on directing and mobilizing all priority resources for Tan Phu and Ky Tan communes to reach the advanced new rural finish line in 2024.

Accordingly, the district has a specific plan to support the implementation of unmet criteria in Ky Tan commune, which are schools and hamlet cultural houses. For Tan Phu commune, the district will directly work with the commune to find solutions to implement unmet criteria.

Mr. Phan Van Giap - Chairman of Tan Ky District People's Committee said: According to the Resolution of the District Party Congress for the 2020 - 2025 term, Tan Ky strives to have 17 to 18 communes meeting new rural standards. Up to now, 17 communes have met the standards and the district is focusing on directing 18 communes to reach the finish line, specifically focusing on directing the remote commune of Tien Ky to reach the new rural finish line in 2025.

As a remote commune, the majority of the population is ethnic minorities. However, with the efforts of the entire political system and investment resources from the State, in recent years, Tien Ky has had many innovations, especially the transportation system, schools, medical stations, etc. have been invested in and built, creating momentum for the locality to reach the new rural finish line. For the advanced new rural commune, in addition to the two communes reaching the finish line in 2024, the district strives to have Ky Son commune reach the finish line in 2025.

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Building a new countryside has a “starting point, but no ending point”. With that viewpoint in mind, Tan Ky district always directs localities after reaching the new countryside finish line to continuously improve the criteria to reach advanced new countryside, model new countryside… aiming at the goal of improving the material and spiritual life of the people.

Mr. Phan Van Giap - Chairman of Tan Ky District People's Committee