Son Thanh Commune strives to achieve model new rural commune status by 2020

Conference to review 3 years of implementing model new rural commune of Son Thanh commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

On the morning of September 29, Son Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) held a conference to review 3 years of implementing the model New Rural Commune. Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, along with representatives of a number of relevant departments and branches attended the conference.

According to Son Thanh's report, in the past 3 years, the commune has continued to create unity and consistency within the Party, consensus among the people, promoting the movement to build a model new rural area; changing the face of the countryside. The material and spiritual life of the people has been increasingly improved.

The economic growth rate of the commune in the past 3 years has continuously reached 14%/year; per capita income reached 56.6 million VND/person/year; poor households have decreased to 2%.

In 3 years, the locality has invested 160 billion VND in building infrastructure for environmental landscapes, many outstanding economic models: mushroom production, fruit trees... planting flowers on both sides of the road in many hamlets.

Up to now, Son Thanh has achieved 17/19 criteria for a model New Rural commune, but has not achieved 2 criteria: traffic and irrigation criteria.

Previously, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and delegates visited some production models, schools, flower streets... in Son Thanh commune. In the photo: The delegation visited Son Thanh Commune Kindergarten. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the achievements of Son Thanh commune in the past 3 years. At the same time, he requested the locality to continue reviewing the criteria, thereby building an implementation plan with the highest determination, with the motto "building a new rural area is a regular, continuous process, with only a starting point, no end point".

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 2 individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in the model new rural construction movement of Son Thanh commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mobilizing resources to invest in building new rural areas, with the motto of mainly using resources from the population.

In agricultural production, the locality continues to promote agricultural restructuring, organize production in the form of linkage to create commodity chains... With the achieved results and future orientations, it is hoped that Son Thanh commune will achieve the goal of a model new-style rural commune before 2020.

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 2 individuals and groups; the District People's Committee awarded 4 Certificates of Merit to 4 groups and 3 individuals with outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement of Son Thanh commune./.