Yen Khe is the first commune of Con Cuong to reach the NTM finish line.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of January 15, Yen Khe was the first commune in Con Cuong district to receive the Certificate of recognition for meeting the new rural standards awarded by the People's Committee of Nghe An province. Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy of the Provincial Steering Committee for New Rural Areas attended and awarded the certificate.

A large number of delegates, officials and local people attended the ceremony.

The commune has a natural area of ​​over 5,245 hectares, with a population of 5,643 people belonging to 5 ethnic groups. Yen Khe has 1 Vietnamese Heroic Mother, 31 martyrs, 22 wounded soldiers, and is considered a commune with great contributions to the cause of liberating and protecting the Fatherland.

In 2011, Yen Khe commune only achieved 5/19 criteria of the Target Program for New Rural Development. By December 2015, this commune, which was considered difficult, had completed 19/19 criteria.

Mr. Vi Van Dau - Chairman of Yen Khe Commune People's Committee reported on the local efforts to bring a disadvantaged commune to meet NTM standards.

In order to strive to bring Yen Khe commune to the first place in the district in the new rural construction, the Party Committee and the commune government have made efforts to convert crops into commodities, turning a low-lying commune with monoculture of rice into the largest tea material area and orange growing area in the district. The whole commune currently has 78 highly effective livestock models.

In addition, Yen Khe also promotes service development. The whole commune currently has 15 rice milling machines, 5 trucks, 3 tea processing facilities, 40 grocery stores. 32 people are working abroad, bringing in large income for the locality. Average income is nearly 19 million VND/person/year. The poverty rate is 9.98%.

Regarding culture and education, the whole commune has 9/9 villages with cultural houses, 7/9 cultural villages. All villages have education promotion funds.

Comrade Nguyen Ho Lam - Deputy Chief of the Standing Office of the Provincial New Rural Program Coordination Office announced the decision to award the certificate of standard achievement to Yen Khe commune and the commendation of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee to individuals and collectives.

Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee awarded the certificate of recognition of meeting NTM standards to Yen Khe commune.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Dinh Viet Hong said that the province currently has 109 communes meeting the new rural standards, reaching 25% of the total number of communes in the province, exceeding the target of 20%. He noted that meeting the standards does not mean that the new rural construction has been completed, but only the initial important results, creating motivation to complete the criteria at a higher and more comprehensive level.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested the authorities and the Party Committee of Yen Khe commune to pay more attention to agricultural, rural and farmer issues. Focus on developing production to increase farmers' income, creating a green, clean and beautiful rural environment.

Con Cuong district must consider Yen Khe commune as a typical example for other communes to visit, learn from, and draw lessons in directing the implementation of the national target program on new rural construction.

Special performance to welcome the ceremony.

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