Happy spring in the new rural area

Leaders of the Provincial People's Committee and the provincial NTM appraisal team visited the safe vegetable production field in Van Dien commune, Nam Dan district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The rich countryside

The joyful and excited atmosphere is present in all villages, especially in the 29 communes that have just been recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as meeting the NTM standards in 2017. That joy is evident from the mountainous areas to the midlands and coastal areas.

Coming to the mountainous commune of Tam Quang, Tuong Duong district, we can see that the people are preparing to welcome Tet this year more prosperously and excitedly, because this locality has just been recognized by the province as a commune meeting the NTM standards; at the same time, the income of families is increasingly increasing thanks to the development of effective economic models. Mr. Vi Van Mao in Tung Huong village, Tam Quang commune happily shared: "This Tet, my family as well as other households in the village are happier, because the roads are more convenient. Every family is repairing and decorating their houses and gardens to prepare for Tet...".

Chairman of Tam Quang Commune People's Committee, Mr. Ho Viet Son added: "After more than 6 years of joining hands to build the new rural area, the locality has now completed 19/19 criteria. This is a great effort of the entire political system and the active contribution of the ethnic people in the area."

When starting to build a new rural area, Tam Quang highland commune encountered many difficulties, especially in the effort to reduce poor households. Therefore, the locality focused on many sources to support poor households with breeding animals to develop livestock farming; supported the construction of houses, and eliminated dilapidated bamboo and thatched houses. Since then, the number of poor households in the commune has been significantly reduced. According to the survey in 2017, the poverty rate of the commune has decreased to less than 5%. Up to now, the cultural and spiritual life of the people has been improved, the inter-commune and inter-village roads have been concreted, spacious, clean and beautiful. This new spring is truly a complete joy for the Party Committee and people of Tam Quang commune.

Nghe An discusses 6 new rural criteria for special communes

(Baonghean.vn) - Regarding the cultural criteria of communes in mountainous and especially difficult areas, it is agreed that the communal stadium area should be reduced to suit actual conditions - Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded at the meeting on the afternoon of March 3 on the criteria of New Rural Communes.

Coming to Dien Chau plain district, we went to Dien Xuan commune, when the commune was just recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as meeting the NTM standards at the end of 2017. Mr. Dang Xuan Man - Secretary of the Commune Party Committee, excitedly said: "To achieve today's results, in the context of limited financial resources, the locality has had its own, creative way of doing things, suitable to the characteristics of the commune, where resources are available, we do it firmly. What is proud is that many construction projects have mobilized socialized capital, at the end of the year, children who work far away are all proud to contribute a part to building a rich and beautiful homeland. Of the more than 321 billion VND mobilized to build NTM, resources contributed by the people account for 63.2% and thousands of working days".

The joyful atmosphere of waiting for Tet is clearly shown on the faces of every resident of Uncle Ho's hometown, because by December 2017, Nam Dan had 100% of its communes reaching the NTM finish line. It was even happier when the district completed the documents to submit to the Government for approval of the district meeting the NTM standards. The appearance of Nam Dan today stands out with prosperous residential areas running along flat asphalt and concrete roads, which is the joint efforts of the people and the Nam Dan district government in the process of building the NTM over the past 7 years.

Continue to improve people's lives

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction in the province - Comrade Dinh Viet Hong assessed: In the process of implementing the New Rural Construction, although the localities encountered many difficulties, from the beginning of the year, the Provincial People's Committee directed the relevant departments and branches resolutely, together with the enthusiastic support of the people, up to now, all 20 communes signed a commitment with the province to reach the New Rural Finish Line have been recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as completed, in addition, there are 9 communes registered with the districts also reaching the finish line in 2017. Although each place has a different way of doing things, the most common thing that the rural areas have achieved is that the material and spiritual life of the people is constantly improving, the appearance of the countryside is increasingly prosperous. The concern of the province and also of the Party Committees and authorities is that after reaching the finish line, they continue to take action, further improving the material and spiritual life of the people...

A corner of a village road in Quynh Ba commune, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The new spring, receiving the achievements in building the new rural areas has created new motivation for the Party committees, authorities and people of localities across the province to firmly step on the path of innovation. Deep in the hearts of every citizen and also the goal of every Party committee and local authority is to continue to improve people's income and life, building the homeland to be more and more prosperous.

In 2017, Nghe An mobilized more than 3,100 billion VND to invest in building new rural areas; of which, the central budget was 420 billion VND, the local budget was more than 420 billion VND, the combined capital was more than 856 billion VND; credit capital was 763 billion VND; enterprise capital was more than 193 billion VND; and people contributed more than 474 billion VND. By the end of 2017, the total number of communes meeting new rural standards in the whole province was 181.