Nghia Binh Commune receives certificate of recognition for meeting NTM standards: Continuing to improve the quality of criteria

(Baonghean) - ...In 2010, Nghia Binh commune (Nghia Dan) ceded its facilities and office to the newly established Nghia Dan district town; entering the implementation of the national target program on new rural construction, Nghia Binh was chosen by the district as one of the five pilot communes for the district's new rural construction to reach the finish line in 2015.

But the big challenge is that through review, the commune has only achieved 3/19 criteria and must meet the set target of implementing 15 missing criteria within 3 years (including hard criteria, requiring huge investment capital resources)...

New rural road in Binh Thanh hamlet, Nghia Binh commune.

The Party Committee, government and people of Nghia Binh commune have shown their determination with a serious and methodical implementation roadmap. In addition to taking advantage of the support and facilitation of the province and district, the commune has many creative and dynamic ways to mobilize the internal strength of the people. Along with the establishment of the Steering Committee, the Project Management Board, the Working Group for the New Rural Construction Program of the commune has issued regulations assigning specific tasks to each member. One of the first and most important solutions is the work of propaganda and mobilization of the people. The Party Committee of the commune also issued 3 specialized resolutions focusing on direction, each department, organization and member are assigned to undertake appropriate and practical tasks; monthly meetings are held to grasp the specific situation in order to have timely solutions. The Management Board of the New Rural Construction Program of the commune chose Binh Thanh hamlet as a focal point to both gain experience and encourage and motivate the movement of the whole commune.

Comrade Ho Thi Hanh - Chairman of Nghia Binh Commune People's Committee said: With the support and trust of the people, on the basis of balancing resources, the commune has proposed a mechanism when building traffic roads and intra-field roads, in addition to the cement provided by the State, the commune supports a part of the sand and gravel money, but when the road is built, the nearby households must supply water for irrigation, provide drinking water, and even hold a light party to encourage the construction workers. Thanks to that, along with arousing the people's strength, the commune also creates an atmosphere of solidarity and joyful competition among the people when performing common tasks. On the basis of democratic discussion and consultation with the people, specific calculations to assign each hamlet to have a plan to mobilize people's strength per capita within 3 years, the commune has a mechanism to support 30% of the sand and gravel money for residential concrete roads; building new cultural houses is supported with 20-30 million VND; building each cultural village gate is supported with 5-7 million VND...

Comrade Le Viet Thang - Secretary of the Party Cell of Binh Thanh hamlet said: As the hamlet was chosen by the commune as a focal point for the implementation of the new rural construction, initially some households were not informed about the process of implementing the new rural construction. However, thanks to the active participation of the hamlet and the timely support of the commune, everything was implemented well. In addition to contributing 350,000 VND per person according to regulations, many households also donated land and dismantled the surrounding walls so that the hamlet and commune could build roads on schedule.

Thanks to the above proactive and creative measures, in just 3 years, Nghia Binh has mobilized a total of nearly 143 billion VND in resources for new rural construction, of which 77.78 billion VND was mobilized from people's contributions and investments, accounting for 54.7%; 41.5 billion VND was supported by the central and provincial budgets, accounting for 29.2%; over 13 billion VND was from district and commune budgets, accounting for nearly 9%; combined capital was over 8.67 billion VND, accounting for 6.1%....

Health check at Nghia Binh Commune Health Station.

The resources mobilized from the people to build village traffic account for the largest proportion. The reason why the people as well as the commune leaders pay great attention to investing in traffic is because for a red basalt land area like Nghia Binh, the hardening of roads with concrete is very meaningful. With the attention and support of nearly 2,500 tons of cement from the province, although this is the most difficult criterion, the commune has completed the concrete and hardening of all roads and intra-field roads according to regulations; 8/8 cultural houses along with cultural institutions in the hamlets have been invested and upgraded to meet the required standards... Along with the attention to investing in infrastructure, the commune prioritizes investment in the field of education and health care for the people. In 3 years, the commune has invested nearly 50 billion VND to completely build new facilities for preschool, primary school, medical station, stadium, and commune cultural house; the quality of medical examination and treatment and achievements in education have been increasingly improved.

On the other hand, to improve people's income and living standards, the commune has a mechanism to change the structure of crops and livestock, pay attention to creating conditions to attract investment projects, promote small-scale industrial production and secondary industries. Up to now, the commune has dozens of production facilities, service enterprises, and industries attracting nearly 2,000 workers, accounting for 93% of local workers, with an average income of 2-3 million VND/month, an annual economic growth rate of over 13%, and an average income per capita in 2015 of nearly 21 million VND; the number of poor households has decreased to 4.46%...

Looking back on the journey of building a new rural area in Nghia Binh, the commune's Chairman Ho Thi Hanh shared: In 3 years, the commune has achieved 15 criteria as a basis for the superiors to recognize it as meeting the new rural standards, which is a great effort and success beyond the expectations of the Party Committee and the commune government. In that success, there is active support from the province and district, but the efforts and support of the people are extremely important. Having achieved the criteria, the commune still has a lot to do in the coming time, and is determined to maintain and develop the achieved criteria. Promoting the achievements and continuing the tradition of solidarity and democracy of the homeland, the cadres, party members and people of Nghia Binh will be determined, strive and make more efforts to build the commune into a typical new rural commune of Nghia Dan district.

Nguyen Hai