Chau Tien Commune (Quy Chau) received the Certificate of recognition for meeting National New Rural Standards.

Attending the ceremony were comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief of the Provincial New Rural Coordination Office. Also attending were representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors, leaders of Que Phong and Quy Chau districts and many people.Chau Tien commune people.

Mass art performance to celebrate the Announcement Ceremony and Receiving the New Rural Standard Certificate in Chau Tien Commune. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Starting the construction of new rural areas in 2012 with only 5 criteria, after more than 7 years of implementation, Chau Tien commune has reached the NTM finish line with all 19/19 criteria. To achieve the above results, in addition to the active support from the policies and mechanisms of the district and province, the Party Committee and people of Chau Tien commune have made efforts and had creative ways of doing things.

In the past time, the commune mobilized about 135 billion VND, of which 75 billion VND was directly invested in the NTM program and created conditions for people to borrow over 60 billion VND in credit capital to develop production models and industries.

Thanks to that, the poverty rate decreased rapidly from 57% in 2012 to about 4.33% in 2018 and the average income per capita increased from 8 million to 33 million VND in 2018; eliminated and thereby solidified over 300 makeshift houses for poor households, gradually built models of seedlings and craft villages to create jobs for people.

Chau Tien currently not only has a synchronous essential infrastructure, basically meeting the essential needs of the people, but also aims to be a community tourism destination with rich potential and strong identity.

Awarding the Certificate of recognition for meeting the new rural standards and the finishing prize of 500 million VND to Chau Tien commune. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Attending and sharing joy with the Party Committee and people of Chau Tien commune, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development presented the Certificate of Recognition and the award for achieving the NTM target from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to Chau Tien commune. On behalf of the provincial leaders, he warmly congratulated the Party Committee and people of Chau Tien commune; at the same time, he hoped that the commune would continue to promote the achievements, continue to have solutions to improve the quality of the criteria, and build Chau Tien homeland to be more and more prosperous.

On the occasion of receiving the Certificate of recognition for meeting the new rural standards, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit and the Chairman of the Quy Chau District People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the movement to join hands to build new rural areas in Chau Tien commune in the period of 2012-2018./.