Son Thanh Commune was specially honored at the National Patriotic Emulation Congress

(Baonghean.vn) -Son Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District is honored to be the only representative of Nghe An to be honored at the ceremony to commend and honor outstanding collectives in the emulation movement "The whole country joins hands to build new rural areas". This is an activity in the programThe 9th National Patriotic Emulation Congress will be held on December 6 and 7.

Son Thanh is the first commune chosen by Nghe An province to be the site for new rural development. From a poor mountainous commune, the road to the new rural destination in Son Thanh encountered many difficulties.

However, with its own unique solutions, the commune has spectacularly reached the finish line with 18/19 criteria (except for the rural market criterion which was not included in the planning).

Son Thanh commune is the first unit of Nghe An province to achieve the title of commune meeting NTM standards.

According to Mr. Ngo Tri Hoa - Secretary of the Commune Party Committee, for a poor mountainous commune like Son Thanh, building a new rural area is not simple. However, from the strength of the people's trust in the staff, combined with the will, determination, mettle and will of the people, Son Thanh has broken through to escape poverty, becoming one of the first communes in the province to meet the new rural standards.

Son Thanh commune has more than 600 high-rise buildings and villas.

"Going up from the road, reaching out from the fields" is considered a "2D" breakthrough of Son Thanh. With the motto "The State and the people work together", the commune chose rural transportation as a breakthrough, land consolidation and plot exchange as the focus, in a short time the locality has completed the NTM criteria comprehensively.

With the solidarity of the entire political system and the support of the people, Son Thanh has mobilized more than 233 billion VND to invest in building rural infrastructure, of which 96 billion VND is invested in traffic infrastructure.

Mushroom growing model of Mr. Le Van Hanh - Hamlet 12, Son Thanh Commune.

With the completion of traffic infrastructure and land consolidation, Son Thanh has an average economic growth rate of 16.5%, average income of 27.7 million VND/person/year, and is considered the commune with the highest average income in Nghe An province.

The unique feature and strength of Son Thanh is that more than 1,800 children have gone to work abroad, accounting for 52% of the total number of workers in the commune. Son Thanh people mainly go to Russia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Germany. From the foreign currency sent back each year from 250 to 300 billion VND, the commune now has 660 villas and high-rise buildings, accounting for 37% of the total number of households.

Dung Thuy Company Limited's garment factory creates regular jobs for nearly 100 workers.

Many good business production models have been formed in this dynamic locality, typically the mushroom farm of Mr. Le Van Hanh - Hamlet 12, mainly produces wood ear and oyster mushrooms, and now produces lingzhi mushrooms, which is not enough to supply the market. This facility regularly creates jobs for 10 workers, with an annual revenue of 500 to 600 million. Or to mention the Dung Thuy garment factory with approximately 100 workers specializing in sewing labor protection products and sun protection clothing.

On April 26, 2014, Son Thanh held a ceremony to receive the title of new rural standard unit and with its achievements in this movement, the commune was honored to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister./.

Clip of Son Thanh's experience in building new rural areas:

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