Dien Truong commune aims for model new rural area

(Baonghean) - Implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Development, Dien Truong Commune (Dien Chau) has promoted the potential advantages of the locality, shifted the structure, developed the economy, and increased the income of the people. The material and spiritual life of the villages here is increasingly improving, the face of the countryside is increasingly renewed and civilized.

Headquarters of Dien Truong Commune People's Committee (Dien Chau). Photo: Tran Canh Yen

Dien Truong is a purely agricultural commune. Five years ago, the commune started implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Development, with a low starting point (only meeting 8/19 criteria). Promoting the revolutionary tradition of the homeland, the Party Committee and the people are always united and join forces to compete in the movement: "All people join hands to build new rural areas" with the motto "Maximizing all resources", in which "People must truly be the subject of the Program". Thanks to that, the commune has made a strong transformation on the path of innovation and development, being recognized as a new rural commune and aiming to become a model new rural commune.

In order to mobilize the participation and promote the internal strength of the entire people, Dien Truong commune has well performed the role of Party leadership, State management, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and departments, branches and organizations in propagating and mobilizing people to well implement movements and campaigns.

Over the past 5 years, the Party Committee, the government, the Fatherland Front and mass organizations have focused on directing and mobilizing farmers to consolidate their fields; change the structure of crops and livestock, and develop household economies. Local people have built many effective economic models, helping each other to reduce poverty and increase income. Over the years, credit institutions have supported hundreds of households to borrow capital for development, export labor, and expand production, with billions of VND.

Thanks to that, the economic situation of Dien Truong is increasingly prosperous, people's lives are increasingly improved. According to statistics in 2016, the average income per capita is 28 million VND/year. There are no more temporary or dilapidated houses in the commune; up to now, the poverty rate of the whole commune has decreased to about 3%. The rate of local workers with regular jobs is over 93%.

Infrastructure construction is one of the contents of new rural construction, requiring the concentration of resources and large budget. The mobilization, management and use of resources in recent years have achieved high results. In the past 5 years, the commune has mobilized more than 260 billion VND to focus on building rural infrastructure.

The traffic system with commune and inter-commune roads is asphalted and concreted at 100%, village and hamlet roads are 70-100%. The irrigation system has been focused on by the commune in building and upgrading to meet production and people's needs. The canal system managed by the commune includes 93 routes with a total length of 76.92 km, over 85% of which has been solidified. The electricity system ensures the requirements for life and production.

The spiritual life of the people here has also changed a lot, 100% of households have audio-visual equipment. The village road system has electricity for lighting, 20/20 hamlets have cultural houses. Of which, 6 hamlets have built new cultural houses with a cost of 250 million VND/hamlet, spacious community activities. The rate of cultural families annually reaches 82%; 14/20 hamlets have achieved the title of "Cultural Village".

People in hamlet 16, Dien Truong commune (Dien Chau) are completing the construction of concrete roads in the village.

Education, learning encouragement, and talent encouragement are given attention. 20/20 hamlets and clans have learning encouragement funds. The quality of teaching and learning is increasingly improved. All three levels of preschool, primary, and secondary education meet national standards and are cultural units.

100% of children of school age go to school. Primary health care and medical care for the people are taken care of. The rate of people participating in insurance in the whole commune is 85.48%. The medical station is well-built. National health programs are fully implemented. The commune meets national health standards. The rate of households using clean water is 100%, the rate of households having 3 facilities: bathroom, toilet, clean water tank is 100%...

Dien Truong has built a comprehensive and strong political system. The Party Committee with 444 members has been continuously recognized as a clean and strong Party Committee. The political organizations of the commune have all achieved the title of excellently completing their tasks. 100% of the commune's cadres and civil servants meet the standards, have capacity, qualifications, and a high sense of responsibility. The Fatherland Front and its member organizations have been continuously recognized as excellent. In recognition of the efforts and struggles of the commune's cadres and people in patriotic emulation movements, Dien Truong commune has been commended by the Provincial People's Committee and the District People's Committee for many consecutive years as a unit that has excellently completed its tasks.

Mr. Le Hong Nghe - Chairman of Dien Truong Commune People's Committee excitedly said: To achieve the results as today, the most important factor is solidarity, unanimity, the Party's will in line with the people's will, the people have clearly identified their responsibility as the subject in building new rural areas. Being recognized as a new rural commune is a premise, a motivation for cadres, party members, and people of the commune to continue to strive to improve, meet the development needs of society; towards building Dien Truong commune to become a model new rural commune.

Luong Mai