Yen Thanh determined to build an advanced new rural district
(Baonghean.vn) - After completing the construction of new rural areas (NTM), the Party Committee and the government of Yen Thanh district are continuing to strive to build advanced, exemplary NTM. Nghe An Newspaper reporter interviewed comrade Nguyen Quy Linh - Standing Deputy Secretary of Yen Thanh District Party Committee about this issue.
PV:Yen Thanh is striving to build a district that meets advanced new rural standards. Can you tell us about the locality's proposed roadmap?
Comrade Nguyen Quy Linh:After more than 10 years of implementation, the new rural construction program of the districtYen Thanhhas made an important contribution to changing the face of rural areas. To increasingly improve the quality of life for the people, Yen Thanh district continues to build the district to meet the advanced new rural standards with the common goal of: Continuing to improve the quality of criteria of communes and districts that have met the new rural standards in order to constantly improve the quality and material and spiritual life of the people. Ensuring sustainable growth and development of rural areas, modern socio-economic infrastructure, suitable for the ecological environment, cultural identity is preserved and promoted, political security is ensured, the political system is strong. Further promoting the role of the people as the subject in building advanced new rural areas.
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Provincial and Yen Thanh district leaders visited the orange growing model in March 2021. Photo: PV |
According to the roadmap, Yen Thanh district strives to have 23-27/38 communes meeting the standards by 2025.advanced new rural(accounting for 60%). By 2028, the district will achieve advanced new rural standards. In particular, by the end of 2021, 6 communes will achieve advanced new rural standards, including Son Thanh, Tan Thanh, Long Thanh, Tang Thanh, Hoa Thanh and Vinh Thanh.
Comrade Nguyen Quy Linh:In order to build the district to meet the advanced new rural standards, Yen Thanh district continues to effectively implement a number of programs and projects such as the Project on restructuring the agricultural sector towards linking value chains to increase added value and sustainable development; The plan "Developing agriculture in Yen Thanh district in association with the National Target Program on building new rural areas and restructuring the agricultural sector towards sustainability by 2035, with a vision to 2050"; The project "Developing high-tech agriculture in Yen Thanh district, associated with processing and consumption"...
Accordingly, Yen Thanh builds a concentrated commodity production area, implements production linkages according to commodity value chains for key products associated with the orientation of local service and tourism development. Develops high-tech production models, applies mechanization in production stages associated with food safety production. Solves employment for rural workers in the district, through models of economic restructuring in rural areas. Pays attention to training human resources for agricultural, industrial and service development.
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Harvesting spring rice in Yen Thanh district. Photo: VT |
Continue to focus on attracting investment, promoting the development of industry, small-scale industry and rural occupations, creating jobs and increasing income for people; speed up the implementation of 2 projects: Eco-tourism project combined with planting fruit trees and timber trees at Ve Vung Lake (Livestock Breeding Development Company Limited under TH Group is the investor); and the An Hung Garment Factory investment project in Cong Thanh commune with a scale of 6,000 - 8,000 workers has come into operation.
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Harvesting oranges in Dong Thanh commune, Yen Thanh. Photo by Lu Tieu Ho Cac |
PV:Can you tell us specifically about the solutions that the locality is implementing?
Thanks to that, the movement to build advanced new rural areas has been strongly promoted. Localities have mobilized maximum resources to build infrastructure, develop household economy, and improve people's lives. Up to now, basically 3 communes Son Thanh, Tan Thanh, Long Thanh have completed the documents to submit to the relevant departments for appraisal on advanced new rural areas.
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Workers at a garment factory in Yen Thanh district. Photo: VT |
The locality also strengthens the inspection and supervision of Party committees, Party organizations, cadres and Party members in the construction of new rural areas. Continue to promote extensive propaganda among cadres, Party members and people to raise awareness of the goals, meanings and solutions for implementing new rural construction in the coming period; promote the role of the people as the main subject. Focus on thoroughly grasping the documents of the Central and the province on building advanced and model new rural areas, building model new rural residential areas, and the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program. Focus on the comprehensive leadership and direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels for the program, clearly defining this as a regular, long-term task with no end point; The content of building advanced and model new rural areas must become a political task of the locality.
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One of the highlights in the process of building new rural areas in Yen Thanh is to combine the development of ecological agriculture with the development of ecological and spiritual tourism with local characteristics and advantages. In the photo: Ve Vung Dam is the largest dam in Yen Thanh rice district, with a water surface area of 720 hectares and a reserve of 18 million m3 of water. This is the pride of Yen Thanh rice land, a destination for many tourists. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
Regarding policy mechanisms, Yen Thanh takes advantage of support sources from the Central Government, provincial budget sources, and integrates project programs to support communes in building advanced new rural areas. Such as continuing to implement the mechanism of supporting cement for communes registering to meet advanced and model new rural standards. Supporting the construction of model new rural residential areas, building new rural standard gardens, greenhouses, production development models, intensive farming, and high-tech application. Supporting the construction and implementation of the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program...
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Yen Thanh Environmental Services Joint Stock Company collects rural waste in the district. Photo: Van Truong |
PV:Thank you comrade!