(Baonghean.vn) - On March 26, Thanh Tien commune (Thanh Chuong) solemnly held a ceremony to receive the National New Rural Standard certificate and the emulation flag of the Provincial People's Committee. Attending the ceremony were comradesVo Viet Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee - Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee,Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representativeProvincial New Rural Development Coordination Office, key leaders of Thanh Chuong district.

Many people from all walks of life attended the ceremony to receive the certificate of recognition of meeting the new rural standards of Thanh Tien commune.

Selected as a key commune in the construction of new rural areas in Thanh Chuong, over the past years, Thanh Tien commune has proactively and actively invested many resources, gradually built plans and implementation roadmaps with high determination. After 5 years of building new rural areas, Thanh Tien has mobilized 106 billion VND to harden roads, upgrade all pumping stations and irrigation canals to ensure irrigation needs for 200 hectares of rice and vegetables in the area.

The school infrastructure system has been invested in, the quality of teaching and learning has been improved, 3 schools have been recognized as meeting national standards. 100% of villages and hamlets have standard cultural houses and sports areas, 11/13 hamlets have met the standards of cultural villages. The commune has been recognized as meeting national standards for level II health. Environmental sanitation work has been focused on.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivered a welcome speech.

In addition to socio-economic development, Thanh Tien is also a unit that performs well in Security - National Defense tasks. The Party Committee has been clean and strong for many years, the mass organizations have operated effectively, contributing to the work of mobilizing the masses to join hands in building new rural areas. With great determination, Thanh Tien has completed 19/19 criteria and received a Decision from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to recognize the commune as meeting the NTM standards. On this occasion, Thanh Tien cadres and people were also honored to receive the emulation flag of the Provincial People's Committee for their leading achievements in the emulation movement in 2015. On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee also awarded Certificates of Merit to 4 collectives and 4 individuals with outstanding achievements in the process of building NTM.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, awarded the certificate of new rural standards to Thanh Tien commune.

On behalf of the provincial and district leaders, comrades Le Ngoc Hoa, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Vo Viet Thanh, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee and Nguyen Van Que, Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee presented certificates, emulation flags and other rewards to collectives and individuals.

Comrade Vo Viet Thanh, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee, presented the emulation flag of the Provincial People's Committee to the commune.

Thanh Tien Primary School (Thanh Chuong). Photo: Dam Phuong

Ha Temple

* Also on March 26, Quynh Hung (Quynh Luu) held a ceremony to announce the commune meeting the NTM standards. Attending were Mr. Vi Luu Binh - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province, Mr. Hoang Danh Lai - Deputy Secretary, Chairman of the District People's Committee, representatives of provincial and district departments and branches, leaders and people of Quynh Hung commune.

Comrade Vi Luu Binh, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief of the Provincial Office for New Rural Area Coordination, awarded the New Rural Area standard certificate to Quynh Hung commune.

After 5 years of implementing the new rural construction program, Quynh Hung commune has mobilized over 282 billion VND to invest in new rural construction. Of which, more than half of the investment capital (equivalent to over 197 billion VND) is contributed by the people. Along with that, there are households that voluntarily donated more than 7,000 square meters of land, contributing thousands of working days to build rural roads.

Up to now, 100% of commune roads, inter-village roads, alleys and main roads leading to the fields have been paved. The system of medical stations, schools and cultural houses in the villages has been built spaciously. Quynh Hung commune has completed 19 criteria in the national criteria set for building new rural areas. With these results, Quynh Hung commune was recognized by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee as a commune meeting new rural standards at the end of 2015.

Collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the new rural construction movement of Quynh Hung were rewarded.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Vi Luu Binh - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province highly appreciated the results that Quynh Hung commune has achieved in implementing the national target program on building new rural areas. He requested the Party Committee, government and people of Quynh Hung commune to promote internal strength, unite to build a strong political system, improve the leadership capacity of the Party organization, and the direction and management of the government. Continue to improve the quality of criteria in a sustainable direction. Continue to do well in health care, education, and social work to give people a better and better life.

Also at the ceremony, on behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Vi Luu Binh - Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development awarded the certificate of recognition of the commune meeting new rural standards to Quynh Hung commune and awarded 500 million VND to the commune to build welfare works in the coming time.

Thanh Toan

Quynh Luu Station