Tan Huong Commune (Tan Ky): Focus on improving people's lives
(Baonghean) - As a "young" commune of Tan Ky district, with many difficulties, under the close leadership of the Party Committee, the drastic management of the government, the active propaganda of the Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, and the high consensus of the people, Tan Huong commune has strived to achieve many positive results in all fields, basically completing the goals set out in the Resolution of the 2nd Party Congress, term 2010 - 2015.
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Cooking molasses in Tan Huong hamlet, Tan Huong commune - Tan Ky. |
The economy has developed quite well, the average annual economic growth rate reached 14.6% (exceeding the plan by 2.6%). The total production value by 2015 is estimated at 119 billion VND, the average for the period reached 12.62%, an increase of 6.6% compared to the congress target; the average income per capita is estimated at 15.1 million VND/year, exceeding the plan by 3.6%.
Facilities and teaching and learning equipment are increasingly consolidated. The quality of education has improved, the rate of mobilizing children of the right age and students to move up to the next grade every year reaches 100%. Every year, 3/3 schools maintain the district level, primary schools meet national standards level I, and are continuing to build a kindergarten that meets national standards level I by the end of 2015. The quality of initial medical examination and treatment for the people is guaranteed, the Commune Health Station has been recognized as meeting the national criteria for health.
The movement of joining hands to build a new rural area has been unanimously responded to by the entire population, with 16/16 hamlets developing their own projects, and 12/16 hamlets clearing the corridor to expand traffic according to the new rural criteria. Up to now, the commune has completed 7 new rural criteria. In implementing the work of converting land, arranging fields, completing the project of "consolidating fields, exchanging plots" in some fields, with an area of 34 hectares according to the plan, currently continuing to implement step 2 with an area of 36.5 hectares.
Entering the 2015 - 2020 term, Tan Huong determined to maximize its available potential, focusing on strong economic development in the direction of commodity production, attaching importance to small-scale industry and afforestation, gradually reducing the proportion of agriculture, and developing the service industry. Promoting internal resources, taking advantage of investment programs and projects in infrastructure construction. Constantly improving the spiritual and material life of the people, maintaining and stabilizing politics, social order and safety, linking socio-economic development with environmental protection; determined to build a strong Party and political system in all aspects to escape poverty and become a well-off commune in the district by 2020.
Talking about Tan Huong, we know about two famous occupations, which are forestry seedling production and sugarcane pulling and molasses cooking. Therefore, according to comrade Le Dinh Dung, Party Secretary of the commune, in the next term, the Party Committee will continue to orient the development of two traditional occupations: With forestry seedling production, each year Tan Huong forestry seedling nursery cooperative produces 7-8 million seedlings, with a revenue of nearly 2 billion VND, creating jobs for hundreds of local workers; the molasses cooking profession currently sells thousands of liters of molasses to the market every year...
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Production of forest seedlings in Tan Huong |
Based on favorable local conditions, Tan Huong Party Committee set the main targets for 2020: Average economic growth rate of 11 - 12%/year. Production value by 2020 is estimated at 179.7 billion VND; average income per capita is estimated at 26 million VND/year. Total food output in paddy equivalent is estimated at 3,000 tons... Strive for Tan Huong to achieve 13 - 15 NTM criteria by 2020. Regarding culture - society: 100% of schools meet and maintain national standards level I, moving towards meeting national standards level II. The rate of cultural families is 77%, the rate of hamlets meeting cultural standards is 62.5%; 100% of hamlets have community houses; build synchronous cultural, information, physical training and sports institutions by 2020. Strive to reduce the annual poverty rate by 2 - 3%; The Party Committee achieves the title of Strong Party Committee, admitting 5-7 new members each year; building an excellent government.
To achieve these targets, Tan Huong continues to plan 3 economic zones, which are: Color and industrial crop growing areas along the river banks. Fruit trees, raw material trees along the Ho Chi Minh road. Stabilizing the area and crop structure, applying scientific and technological advances, intensive rice cultivation. Expanding the corn area from 130 - 150 hectares. Stabilizing the sugarcane area, reaching an annual average of 300 hectares, striving for a yield of 65 - 70 tons/hectare. Vegetables, beans, sesame, tubers, fruits and other foods with an area of 60 hectares by 2020. Developing livestock farming in the direction of goods, increasing the output and quality of buffalo, cow, goat and pig herds. Developing industries and services suitable to local realities...
With the Party's high concentration in leadership and direction, the government's serious and drastic participation and the strong support of the entire people, in the new term 2015 - 2020, Tan Huong is determined to achieve even higher results in all fields, strongly aiming at the goal of improving the spiritual and material life of the people.
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