Thinh Thanh (Yen Thanh) received the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting new rural standards.

Attending the ceremony to announce Thinh Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) meeting the new rural standards on the morning of December 21 were comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Dinh Viet Hong - Former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and representatives of a number of provincial departments and branches. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Thinh Thanh is one of the most difficult communes in Yen Thanh district. With the active participation of the entire political system and the solidarity of the people, after 9 years of implementing the new rural construction movement, Thinh Thanh has completed 19/19 new rural criteria, and was recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as a standard commune at the end of 2019.

The highlight of Thinh Thanh commune today is the invested and built traffic system, 100% of the commune and inter-commune roads have been asphalted or concreted; more than 70% of the hamlet and inter-hamlet roads have been concreted, hardened and ensured convenient car travel. The main intra-field roads with a rate of over 70% are paved with clean hill gravel, not muddy in the rainy season. The irrigation system ensures proactive irrigation of 80% or more of the production land area.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu presented the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the new rural standards to the Party Committee, government and people of Thinh Thanh commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

School facilities at all three levels: kindergarten, primary school and secondary school have been strengthened to meet standards. The commune health station has been invested in and built spaciously; the cultural house system in the hamlets has been invested in and upgraded to meet standards by the people.

Along with the development of agricultural and forestry economy, combining labor export and children working as workers in domestic factories and companies... the average income of Thinh Thanh commune reached over 34 million VND/person/year; the poverty rate decreased to 4.38%.

Yen Thanh District Party Committee leaders presented Certificates of merit for collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement in the locality. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Speaking at the ceremony to receive the Certificate of recognition for meeting the new rural standards of the commune, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu praised and acknowledged the results that Thinh Thanh commune has achieved in the new rural construction movement. At the same time, he directed that building a new rural area "has a starting point, no ending point", so in the coming time, Thinh Thanh commune will continue to improve the criteria, especially paying attention to production and improving the lives of the people.

Rural traffic route of Thinh Thanh commune today. Photo: Xuan Hoang

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Thinh Thanh commune a project worth 500 million VND and presented Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 4 individuals; Yen Thanh District People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 4 individuals with outstanding achievements in the local movement to join hands in building new rural areas.

After 9 years of implementing the new rural construction, Thinh Thanh commune has mobilized resources of over 373 billion VND to invest in building traffic infrastructure, welfare works, residential housing, etc. Of which, people contributed over 266 billion VND, the rest is the central budget of nearly 9 billion VND, the provincial budget of over 75 billion VND, the district budget of over 9 billion VND, and the commune budget of over 13 billion VND.