Quynh Tam Commune (Quynh Luu) received the Certificate of recognition as a commune meeting new rural standards.

Attending the ceremony were comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

During the 7 years of implementing the New Rural Development Program, Quynh Tam Commune (Quynh Luu) has carried out administrative reforms, creating all conditions to attract businesses to invest in the area. At the same time, it has carried out socialization work well, launched emulation and democracy movements, and promoted people's initiative.

Comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the ceremony and awarded the Certificate of recognition of the commune meeting the NTM standards to the officials and people of Quynh Tam commune. Photo: Hong Dien

Thanks to that, the commune has mobilized a total resource of 288 billion VND and propagated and mobilized people to donate more than 120,000 m2 of land. Quynh Tam has invested in asphalting 3/3 km of inter-commune roads; asphalting and concreted 15.9/16.8 km of inter-hamlet roads, renovating 32.6 out of a total of 37 km of main irrigation canals; upgrading 4 reservoirs, and building pumping stations.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals of Quynh Tam commune. Photo: Hong Dien

Diversify industries, strongly develop policies on afforestation, aquaculture and small-scale industry development, and encourage people to export labor.

Thanks to that, from a purely agricultural commune with a monotonous economy, the average income per capita has doubled, from 14 million VND/person in 2012 to 31 million VND/person in 2018; the poverty rate has decreased from 11% to 2.5%; over 98.4% of houses are solid and there are no more makeshift, dilapidated houses.

Quynh Tam commune's traffic roads are concreted, creating favorable conditions for people to travel. Photo: Hong Dien

Over the past 4 years, the commune has mobilized over 5.5 billion VND to build classrooms and purchase equipment for teaching and learning. The quality of universal secondary education is increasing, and by the end of 2018, Quynh Tam Secondary School was recognized as a national standard school.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Van Lap - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development acknowledged and praised the achievements that Quynh Tam commune has achieved in the process of building the new rural area. At the same time, he hoped that the locality would continue to promote the spirit of solidarity, self-reliance, exploit all potentials reasonably, promote strengths, focus resources and boldly invest in production and business fields.

Quynh Luu district awarded certificates of merit to individuals and collectives of Quynh Tam commune with outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement in the period 2012 - 2020. Photo: Hong Dien

Continue to develop plans, strive to become a model new-style rural commune; strengthen propaganda and mobilize people from all walks of life to join hands and contribute to building an increasingly rich and civilized homeland.

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee presented Quynh Tam commune with a welfare project worth 500 million VND, and presented Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 4 individuals; the District People's Committee presented Certificates of Merit to 5 collectives and 7 individuals with outstanding achievements in the movement to build new rural areas in the period 2012 - 2020./.