Quynh My Commune (Quynh Luu) received the Certificate of recognition for meeting new rural standards.

Scene of the ceremony. Photo: Hong Dien

Quynh My is a purely agricultural commune, people's lives are still difficult, so when starting to build a new rural area, the commune encountered many difficulties and challenges. However, with the solidarity, creativity and consensus of the staff and party members, after more than 9 years of implementation, it has achieved many outstanding results.

Typically, Quynh My commune has mobilized resources to build new rural areas of more than 441 billion VND, of which people contributed and donated more than 12.5 billion VND to build welfare works. The commune has completed 1.2 km of inter-commune roads, 8.1 km of inter-village roads, reaching 100% and concretized 8.1 km of intra-village roads; 100% of the main intra-field roads ensure year-round transportation of goods.

Over the years, the commune has gradually developed production planning, transformed the structure of crops and livestock; applied science and technology to promote economic development. Thanks to that, the average income per capita was only 12 million VND in 2012, but by the end of 2019 it had increased to 34 million VND; the poverty rate decreased from 14% to 1.1%... Quynh My currently has 6/6 villages recognized as Cultural Villages, the rate of cultural families is 83% or more; 100% of villages have built village covenants and conventions; the rate of households using clean water according to national regulations is 99%...

Mr. Bui Van Quang's ostrich farming model in hamlet 5, Quynh My commune (Quynh Luu) brings in an income of about 700 million VND/year. Photo: Hong Dien

With the achievements, Quynh My commune was recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as a commune meeting the NTM standards at the end of 2019, 1 year earlier than the Resolution of the 29th Party Congress of the commune, term 2015 - 2020.

Quynh My commune is aiming for the goal of "Building a new rural area that is increasingly rich, beautiful, democratic, fair, civilized, with a reasonable economic structure, suitable production relations, and increasingly modern socio-economic infrastructure". At the same time, the commune strives to achieve advanced new rural area by 2024.

Comrade Nguyen Tien Lam - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Hong Dien

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Nguyen Tien Lam - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province acknowledged and commended the achievements that Quynh My commune has achieved in the process of building a new rural area... He suggested that in the coming time, in order to achieve an advanced new rural area, the Party Committee, government and people of the commune continue to pay attention and carry out a number of key tasks such as: Strengthening propaganda work, promoting the role of the people in proactively and voluntarily participating in the new rural area construction program; focusing on developing production, creating jobs, increasing income to improve people's lives; continuing to review and adjust the new rural area planning to suit the restructuring of the agricultural sector; integrating and effectively using resources to continue maintaining and improving the quality of essential facilities invested in the locality, especially strictly implementing democratic regulations in mobilizing people's contributions.

Comrade Nguyen Tien Lam - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development awarded the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the NTM standards to Quynh My commune. Photo: Hong Dien

At the ceremony, on behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Tien Lam - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development awarded the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting new rural standards to Quynh My commune and awarded 500 million VND to the commune to build welfare works in the coming time.

Awarding Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee to individuals and collectives of Quynh My commune with outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement. Photo: Hong Dien

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 4 individuals; Quynh Luu District People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 6 individuals; Quynh My Commune People's Committee also awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 19 individuals with outstanding achievements in the process of building new rural areas in the period 2011 - 2019.