Thanh Chuong determined to exceed new rural construction targets
New rural construction is one of the important goals and targets set by the Thanh Chuong District Party Committee and local authorities for the 2020-2025 term. The district is determined to exceed the target of the term in 2025.
Mai Hoa • February 13, 2025
New rural construction is one of the important goals and targets set by the Thanh Chuong District Party Committee and local authorities for the 2020-2025 term. The district is determined to exceed the target of the term in 2025.
When setting the goal and determination to bring Thanh Ha commune to the new rural finish line in the 2020 - 2025 term, many cadres, party members and people were skeptical and considered this as a willful ideology, due to the limited infrastructure of cultural houses in hamlets, schools and transportation, while the economic conditions of the people were difficult and the communes were all purely agricultural.
Comrade Dang Huu Bien - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Ha commune shared: When Thanh Ha determined to bring the commune to the new rural finish line in 2024, the leaders of the district and each department, agency and branch at the district level accompanied the commune to directly survey the current situation, provide orientation, guidance on how to do it, and create favorable conditions in terms of resources for the locality to complete each content and criterion. The commune assigned cadres and civil servants to be in charge of each content, criterion and village area for direction; in particular, focusing on propaganda work, raising awareness among cadres and people. Each village specified each task for each self-management group, promoting the people's ownership according to the motto "people know, people discuss, people do, people inspect, people enjoy", creating consensus among the people and children far from home...
Joining hands to “build” new rural areas, in Thanh Ha commune, there is a poor household like Mr. Tran Van Duan in village 2, who sold his calf for more than 10 million VND to contribute to road construction. Or 5 households in village 3, in addition to contributing according to the general standard of the village, the households discussed and contributed 60 - 80 million VND each to build a concrete road in front of their house.
A typical example is the family of Mr. Nguyen Van Sinh, who sold a buffalo, borrowed money from brothers, relatives and received support from his children to contribute 80 million VND to build a road, plus more than 27 million VND to pour concrete to connect the alley to the house. Mr. Nguyen Van Sinh said: "The State's support for cement is an opportunity, so the family tries to borrow money to build. Even though the debt has not been paid off yet, having a beautiful road, a beautiful house and especially this Tet, no more muddy scenes when it rains is exciting."
Thanks to the efforts of the entire political system, especially the strength of the people, no one stands outside the new rural construction, by the end of 2024, Thanh Ha commune had completed 19/19 criteria submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for recognition as a commune meeting new rural standards.
In Hanh Lam - the first border commune to meet the province's new rural standards (in 2017), when entering the construction of the advanced new rural area, officials, party members and people unanimously responded. However, according to comrade Dang Huu Hanh - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Commune People's Committee: "There are certain difficulties when the standards of 19 advanced new rural criteria are different and require much higher standards than the 19 new rural criteria".
From clearly identifying difficulties, Hanh Lam commune has built a plan and a specific implementation roadmap for each criterion in each specific period of time to resolutely direct on the basis of establishing steering groups; determining to implement difficult criteria first, including traffic, irrigation, cultural facilities, environment... as a "leverage" for the remaining criteria. In particular, the commune is interested in creating jobs, increasing income for people through creating conditions for labor export, converting crop and livestock structures, building OCOP products...
Currently, Hanh Lam commune has more than 380 workers abroad; expanded the tea growing area to more than 400 hectares; converted some areas of sandbank land to commercial green squash growing; the commune has 3 products that meet OCOP standards... Average income per capita in 2024 is 62 million VND/year. Hanh Lam commune has completed 19 advanced new rural criteria in 2024 and is also the first border commune in the province to meet advanced new rural standards.
By the end of 2023, Thanh Chuong district had 29/37 communes meeting new rural standards, of which 5 communes met advanced new rural standards and 1 commune met model new rural standards. In 2024, the district continued to direct 4 more communes to meet new rural standards (raising the total to 33/37 communes) and 4 communes to meet advanced new rural standards (raising the total to 9 communes). This result affirms the outstanding efforts of the entire political system and people in the midland mountainous district of Thanh Chuong.
Thanh Chuong district currently has 33/37 communes completing the new rural program, of which 9 communes have completed the advanced new rural program and Dung town has met civilized urban standards.
Thanh Chuong district's approach is that the district builds the district's roadmap, and the commune builds the commune's roadmap. For communes that are directed to reach the finish line each year, the district prioritizes investment resources, combined with calling on businesses and children far from home to support the implementation of difficult criteria such as schools, transportation, irrigation, cultural facilities; supporting an additional 200 - 500 tons of cement/commune, in addition to the province's policy.
Communes that do not direct the new rural target are required to direct the completion of 1 commune-level criterion and have at least 1 hamlet achieve new rural status within the year. Communes that have achieved new rural status will continue to improve the criteria to build advanced new rural status; communes that have achieved advanced new rural status will continue to improve the criteria to build model new rural status and continue to improve the quality of models for model communes. This creates a deep and wide movement to build new rural status throughout the district, demonstrating the viewpoint that "building new rural status has a starting point, not an ending point".
Comrade Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong District said: In building new rural areas, besides the joy of the number of communes recognized as meeting the standards, the important thing is that the quality of life of the people, both materially and spiritually, has been greatly improved. That is the core issue and the most successful achievement of new rural areas. Along with that, the face of the new rural areas has completely changed, becoming more spacious, civilized, and modern, creating a joyful and excited atmosphere and spirit among cadres, party members, and people as well as children far from home who want to return.
“With this momentum, Thanh Chuong district continues to direct 2 communes to meet new rural standards by early 2025; determined that by mid-2025, the whole district will have a total of 35/37 communes meeting new rural standards; exceeding the target of the Resolution of the District Party Congress, term XXXI, term 2020 - 2025 on rural construction set out by 31-33/37 communes; striving to make Thanh Chuong a new rural district in the term 2025 - 2030”, comrade Trinh Van Nha added.
