The first commune of the remote district of Ky Son - Nghe An received the certificate of recognition for meeting new rural standards.
(Baonghean.vn) - On November 23, the mountainous commune of Huu Kiem, Ky Son district (Nghe An) solemnly held a ceremony to receive the certificate of recognition of the commune meeting new rural standards. Attending the ceremony were comrade Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Provincial New Rural Coordination Office and representatives of provincial departments.
Being a poor commune with a low starting point, in 2011, Huu Kiem commune only achieved 1/19 new rural criteria (NTM), the poverty rate was over 72%; when the NTM program was first implemented, it was really difficult when some cadres, party members and people still had the mindset of waiting for support programs from the Party and State.
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Delegates attending the ceremony to receive the Certificate of recognition of meeting new rural standards of Huu Kiem commune (Ky Son). Photo: Lu Phu |
Is one of two communes registered to reach the NTM target in 2020.Ky Son district, after 9 years of efforts to utilize support resources from the policy programs of the Party, the State, the entire political system of the district and commune, along with the consensus of the people, Huu Kiem commune is the first commune of the Ky Son border district to reach the NTM finish line, with results in implementing criteria such as: 100% of traffic routes are concreted; 100% of households have access to the national grid; 1,015/1,072 households have semi-permanent houses or more, reaching 94.6%.
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Producing clean vegetables in Huu Kiem commune (Ky Son). Photo: Lu Phu |
Per capita income increased from 8.3 million VND/year to 36.24 million VND/person/year in 2020; Facilities at 3 levels of education and the commune health station system were invested in; 100% of people participated in health insurance; 7/9 villages achieved cultural villages, 3 villages were recognized by the district as New Rural villages.
Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Provincial Office for New Rural Area Coordination acknowledged and commended the achievements that Huu Kiem commune has achieved in the new rural area construction movement over the past 9 years.
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Comrade Nguyen Van Hang - Deputy Chief of the Provincial Office for New Rural Area Coordination awarded the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting new rural standards and the amount of 500 million VND from the Provincial People's Committee to the Party Committee, government and people of Huu Kiem commune. Photo: Lu Phu |
At the same time, propose the Party, government and peopleHuu Kiem communeContinue to promote the spirit of solidarity and democracy, improve the criteria of the new rural area, especially pay attention to improving the spiritual and material life of the people, in the spirit of voluntary democracy, absolutely not imposing on the people.
On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 4 individuals; The District Party Committee and People's Committee of Ky Son district awarded 100 million VND to the cadres and people of Huu Kiem commune, the first locality in the district to reach the NTM finish line. The District People's Committee also awarded certificates of merit to 2 collectives and 4 individuals who had outstanding achievements in the NTM construction movement in the locality.
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