Appraisal of documents, recognition of Quynh Luu district as a new rural district

The working delegation of the Central Office for New Rural Area Coordination led by Mr. Nguyen Minh Tien - Director, Chief of the Central Office for New Rural Area Coordination as the new head of the delegation to appraise and evaluate the results of the implementation of the new rural area program in Quynh Luu district in 2021. Accompanying were representatives of central ministries, branches, leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Quynh Luu district.

The inspection team inspected the 3-phase shrimp production model using spirulina in Quynh Luong commune. Photo: Thanh Toan

In 2011, when starting to build the new rural area, Quynh Luu district faced many difficulties with a low starting point, the average of the whole district only achieved 7-8 criteria; the poverty rate was 15.3%; the average income per capita was 14.8 million VND. Infrastructure serving production and people's daily life was lacking and still had many weaknesses. Production organization was backward, mainly production on a household scale.

Realizing this is a big challenge but also an "opportunity" to comprehensively change the economic and social life of rural areas, the Party Committee, government and people of Quynh Luu district have unanimously determined to successfully implement the program.

Over the past 10 years, with the support capital from the Central and the province, Quynh Luu district has mobilized nearly 18,500 billion VND to build new rural areas; of which, people contributed cash, labor days, donated land, renovated houses, and reproduced production accounting for 57.3%.

Currently, the lives of rural people have improved, the poverty rate has decreased, economic infrastructure, cultural facilities, traffic and irrigation systems have been renovated and upgraded. The average income per capita in 2021 reached over 49 million VND/person, the poverty rate has decreased to 0.73%. The quality of education and training has always been maintained and gradually improved. The medical examination and treatment system from district to grassroots level has been consolidated and enhanced in terms of both material and medical staff; environmental sanitation, building bright - green - clean - beautiful rural landscapes. Political security, order and social safety have been ensured. Up to now, the whole district has 32/32 communes recognized as meeting NTM standards, Quynh Doi commune has met the model new rural standards; the district has met 9/9 NTM district criteria.

To assess the situation of new rural construction in Quynh Luu district, the Central working delegation surveyed the infrastructure, culture, vegetable production areas, value chain production for key products, OCOP products; rural traffic system, environmental landscape, medical facilities, and schools in Quynh Luu district.

After checking the documents and going on field trips, the delegation members also noted that Quynh Luu district needs to continue to improve the criteria, pay attention to evaluating the value of economic models, planning concentrated vegetable production areas, linking product consumption; focus on environmental sanitation, planting more trees and flower roads, paying more attention to clean water issues for people...

Overview of the working session. Photo: Thanh Toan

Based on the comments from ministries and branches, at the appraisal session, Chief of the Central Office for Coordination of New Rural Development Nguyen Minh Tien shared the difficulties and efforts of Quynh Luu district in completing the New Rural criteria. He also requested the district to continue to supplement and improve the criteria and complete the dossier so that the working group can synthesize and submit to the Central New Rural Appraisal Council for consideration and recognition of Quynh Luu district as a New Rural district in 2021.

On behalf of the Steering Committee for New Rural Construction in Quynh Luu District, Comrade Hoang Danh Lai - Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the District People's Council respectfully thanked the members of the appraisal team for their comments on New Rural Construction. He also said that in the coming time, the district will continue to supplement and complete the information as noted by the team to be approved by the Central New Rural Appraisal Council to recognize Quynh Luu as a New Rural District.