The first commune of Que Phong district to reach the new rural finish line

On the afternoon of January 15, the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Que Son commune (Que Phong) solemnly held a ceremony to receive the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the new rural standards according to the decision of the Provincial People's Committee. Attending the ceremony were comrades: Dinh Viet Hong - former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; leaders of the District Party Committee and People's Committee of Que Phong district.

At the ceremony, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 4 individuals; Que Phong District People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 3 collectives and 3 individuals with outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement in the locality.

The whole political system is involved.

Talking to us about the commune's efforts, Mr. Tran Diep Trung Duong - Vice Chairman of Que Son Commune People's Committee said: These days, many people in the commune are eagerly waiting for the ceremony to announce the commune meeting new rural standards and welcome the new year 2020, so the atmosphere is bustling everywhere.

Comrade Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development awarded the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the new rural standards to the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Que Son commune. Photo: Tho Ba Cuong

Reaching the finish line today is a process of efforts of the entire political system, the local people join hands, unanimously contribute to this victory. This is also the effort of Que Phong district over many years, together with the locality to guide the implementation of each criterion, especially the difficult criteria, requiring a lot of investment resources.

Collectives and individuals of Que Son commune received Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee for their outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement. Photo: Tho Ba Cuong

To create high unity in the process of deployment and implementation, the Party Committee and local government determined to do a good job of propaganda and mobilization to the people. From there, all cadres, party members and people clearly understood the attention of the Party and State to the locality, the practical benefits of the people in implementing the construction of new rural communes.

Along with promoting propaganda work, the commune proactively builds and implements plans for each specific criterion, suitable to the local reality and well implements democratic regulations, publicly for people to grasp and have the right to supervise. Thanks to that, the program is actively supported by ethnic people in the commune.

Comrade Le Van Giap - Chairman of Que Phong District People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement in the locality. Photo: Tho Ba Cuong

Therefore, the most difficult criterion is to build roads, but thanks to the support of the people, during the process of site clearance, people voluntarily donated land, removed fences, cut down crops and participated in the construction of roads within the hamlets and villages. Hundreds of households voluntarily donated thousands of square meters of land.

Along with the participation of the Party Committee and the communal government, mass organizations also play a major role in mobilizing people to implement the new rural construction program. Each mass organization is assigned specific tasks: Women's Union with the movement of planting flowers on both sides of the road, cleaning the environment; Vietnam Fatherland Front propagandizing and mobilizing people to clear the corridor; Farmers' Association with the movement of competing for good production...

Office of Que Son commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Thanks to that, the face of Que Son countryside seems to be wearing a new coat, spiritual and material life is raised, security and order are ensured. The impression when coming to Que Son is that on the main roads of the commune, village, and hamlet, many flowers are blooming, which is the result of women launching a competition to plant flowers on both sides of the road. According to Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee Tran Diep Trung Duong, the commune has more than 4 km of flower roads after the road surface has been concreted.

After 9 years of implementing the new rural construction, Que Son commune has mobilized resources of over 67 billion VND to invest in building traffic infrastructure, welfare works, residential housing, etc. The rural face has been renewed and more civilized, essential infrastructure has been upgraded, the grassroots political system has continued to be consolidated, and people's income and living conditions have been improved and enhanced.

The traffic system has been invested in construction, the main roads of villages, hamlets, and inter-village roads have been hardened to 100%. The internal roads of villages and hamlets have been concreted to 100%. The irrigation system ensures proactive irrigation of 80% or more of the production land area. The school facilities of 3 levels: kindergarten, primary school and secondary school have been consolidated to meet standards. The commune health station has been invested in and built spaciously; the cultural house system of hamlets has been invested in and upgraded to meet standards by the people.

Que Son Primary School is spacious and well-built, creating favorable conditions for teaching and learning. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Building sustainable criteria

To increase people's income, in the process of building new rural areas, Que Son commune clearly identified the goal of developing multi-industry, multi-occupation and labor export.

Accordingly, currently there are 40 children working abroad in countries such as Taiwan, Japan, Korea... In the commune, people develop handicrafts, transportation services, brick making... In the agricultural production sector, people promote large-scale livestock farming, forest planting, vegetable, fruit production... Especially recently, the cooperative producing seedlings and livestock has been certified by VietGAP.

The internal traffic system of Que Son commune has been concreted. Photo: Xuan Hoang

With the implementation roadmap, the commune's goal of reaching the new rural area has been completed, the life and landscape of the new rural area of ​​Que Son commune have improved day by day. Along with the atmosphere of preparing to welcome the new year, Que Son multiplied the joy of welcoming the new rural commune.

"Reaching the NTM finish line is only the initial result, there are still many tasks that need to be focused on to build a commune that meets the criteria in a sustainable way and building a NTM is a long-term process without a destination, and we cannot be subjective. From that perspective, the commune steering committee will continue to focus on the tasks of building a NTM in the coming time and the following years, paying attention to improving the quality of the criteria to achieve sustainability" - Mr. Tran Diep Trung Duong - Vice Chairman of Que Son Commune People's Committee said.

People in Que Son commune have been growing winter flowers and vegetables commercially for many years. Photo: Xuan Hoang

As a particularly difficult district in the 30a category of the country, the process of building new rural areas in localities has encountered many difficulties. However, with the active participation of the locality, along with the consensus and support of the ethnic minorities in the commune, Que Son is the first commune in Que Phong district to reach the new rural finish line. Hopefully, this will create a strong chain effect, promoting other localities in the district to move forward in building new rural areas.

Mr. Le Van Giap - Chairman of Que Phong District People's Committee