Lang Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district) receives certificate recognizing it as an advanced new rural area.
On the evening of August 25th, the Party Committee, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Lang Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district) solemnly held a ceremony to receive the certificate recognizing the commune as having achieved advanced new rural standards.
Attending the ceremony were: Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Internal Affairs; Mr. Nguyen Danh Hung - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; representatives from the Provincial New Rural Development Coordination Office, along with leaders of the Yen Thanh District Party Committee and People's Committee.
Lang Thanh is a semi-mountainous commune in the northern part of Yen Thanh district, with 2,110 households and 8,777 inhabitants. Recognizing that building new rural areas is a continuous process with a starting point but no end, the Party committee, government, political system, and people consider this a key political task.
After the commune was recognized as a New Rural Area in 2018, officials, Party members, and the people of Lang Thanh commune continued to build and improve the quality of the criteria, mobilizing a large number of people to participate, leveraging the strength of the entire population, mobilizing all resources, and taking advantage of support from all levels and sectors to complete the advanced new rural area criteria according to the set of advanced new rural area criteria for the 2021-2025 period.
National defense and security are ensured; the material and spiritual lives of the people are increasingly improved. The political system is always strengthened and consolidated, and internal unity is strong. For many years, the situation has remained stable, and the commune has continued to develop sustainably. In 2023, the Party Committee was recognized as a "Model Party Committee that has excellently fulfilled its tasks".
Annual economic growth rate exceeded 9%. In 2023, total production value at constant prices reached nearly 292 billion VND; per capita income in 2023 reached nearly 58 million VND/person/year, three times higher than in 2015; the multidimensional poverty rate decreased to 1.79%.
Cultural facilities have received significant investment, with social mobilization efforts focused on building cultural infrastructure at government offices, multi-functional buildings, and stadiums. Schools at all levels continue to receive investment to meet teaching and learning needs, with all three levels—preschool, primary, and lower secondary—meeting national standards.
Cultural and sports centers in the seven hamlets have been invested in and upgraded, resulting in modern, clean, and beautiful facilities. Healthcare and rural environmental landscapes are ensured, with a health insurance participation rate of 96.49%. The cultural and spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved, and traditional values and national cultural identity are preserved and promoted.
The irrigation canal system is maintained, repaired, and newly constructed annually to meet the irrigation and drainage needs of the entire commune. The electricity network has been upgraded, renovated, and replaced to ensure sufficient capacity and grid safety, serving the daily life, production, and business activities of the people.
By the end of 2023, Lang Thanh commune had achieved 19 out of 19 criteria for advanced new rural communes according to the National Criteria Set for Advanced New Rural Communes for the period 2021-2025. This was completed one year earlier than the Resolution of the 24th Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term.
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Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Hoang Danh Truyen, Vice Chairman of the Yen Thanh District People's Committee, commended Lang Thanh commune for its achievements in implementing the National Target Program for building new rural areas.
At the same time, it is suggested that the Party Committee and the government of Lang Thanh commune continue to improve the quality and promote the role of the Fatherland Front and other political and social organizations in building new rural areas, in order to build, maintain, and improve the quality of the criteria already achieved; and at the same time, review and plan to continue building the commune to meet the standards of a model new rural area. in the near future.
Mobilizing and integrating resources in building new rural areas aims to create sufficiently strong and synchronized resources to build and improve criteria, in which the resources of the people play a decisive role, leveraging the strengths of the locality and continuing to propagate and encourage all strata of people to join hands and contribute to building new rural areas, making Lang Thanh commune increasingly prosperous, beautiful, and civilized.
