Lac Thuy district: Upgrading and building new cultural houses in the villages and the residential areas

11/17/2020 - 3:18:58 PM

(HBO) - In recent years, the investment in building and completing the cultural institutions in Lac Thuy district has always been paid attention to and directed by the Party Committee and the authorities. Up to now, the percentage of the villages, the hamlets and the residential areas having cultural houses has reached 97.8%. However, the number of the cultural houses meeting the prescribed standards is only nearly 50%, the rest have deteriorated, damaged, broken or lacked synchronization.

The cultural house of Tay Ngai village (old), now it is the cultural house of Ngai Long village, Chi Ne town (Lac Thuy) was built in a low-lying location, frequently flooded, and is currently proposing to be built.

After merging villages, hamlets and residential areas in the localities, a lot of cultural houses do not guarantee the size of area, equipment to operate according to the regulations. To overcome the above situation, each locality, basing on the actual situation, has flexible solutions to overcome difficulties in exploiting and using the cultural houses after merger in the most optimal way.

The People's Committee of the district has issued a project to support the budget to construct, repair and upgrade the cultural houses of the villages and the residential areas in the locality in the period of 2019 - 2021. Accordingly, the villages and the residential areas that do not have cultural houses or the cultural houses have been degraded, the area has not met the requirements, they are not qualified according to the criteria of the new rural areas, the people in the village or residential areas voluntarily contribute to building cultural houses will be supported with funding. The priority is given to the villages belonging to communes registering to complete building new rural areas and the cultural houses in the villages and the residential areas after merger are no longer suitable or do not meet the local requirements. During this period, the district plans to repair 24 cultural houses, build 47 new cultural houses with the support level from 30-100 million VND each cultural house.

The communes and the towns with the financial support of the State, the consent of the People and from the sources of socialization, many cultural houses of the villages, the hamlets and the residential areas have been repaired, upgraded and newly built. The cultural houses have been invested in building, putting into use and step by step exploiting and promoting the effectiveness of the local political tasks. They are the places to organize the cultural, sports and entertainment activities, meeting the people's creative needs, enjoying the spiritual culture, and improving the people's physical condition.

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