(HBO) – Lac Thinh commune in Yen Thuy district was recognised as a new-style rural area at a ceremony held by the district People’s Committee on the occasion of the opening of the 13th National Party Congress on January 25.
Yen Thuy district so far has six out of ten communes meetingnew-style
ruralareabuilding standards, including three satisfying advanced
standards.
The Yen Thuy safe agricultural cooperative is taking the lead in associating
with the value chain, applying VietGAP standards in production activities, and
signing contracts with enterprises to link production and consumption of
products.
According to Chairman of the district People's Committee Bui Van Hai, over the
recent years, the national target programme on new style rural area building
has been implemented effectively in the locality, contributing to raising
public awareness of the importance of the programme, and promoting the crucial
role played by local residents in the scheme.
As a result, income and living standards of the people have been improved and
the rural areas have been given a facelift, laying a solid foundation for the
local authorities to continue implementing the programme and further promoting
advanced new-style commune, model new-style rural residential area and garden
building movement.
To achieve that result, the mobilisation of resources for infrastructure
development and collective economic development plays a key role in the
modernisation of agriculture and rural areas in the locality.
In 2020, 123 projects were launched in the district, using the State budget,
including provincial, central, district budgets; targeted supplementary
capital, and capital from the national target programmes on new-style rural area
building and sustainable poverty reduction programmes.
Notably, 25 transport works with a total length of about 11.8km were built,
plus six educational projects, five irrigation works, one stadium and one solid
waste treatment facility.
In addition, the
district People's Committee directed authorities of communes and townships to
launch a campaign calling people to participate in building rural roads with a
total length of 260.4 km in 2020. The campaign mobilised 683.5 million VND.
Meanwhile, 0.7km of rural road was concreted with a total investment of 586
million VND, of which 380 million VND sourced from the State budget, and 206
million VND was contributed by local people.
Relevant agencies have coordinated with the district’s electricity sector to
review and roll out investment plans for building electrical works in line with
the locality’s socio-economic development planning.
In 2020, 10 power grid projects were developed in the district, costing 19.33
billion VND. Of which, two belong to the electricity supply programme in rural
and mountainous areas with a total investment of 4.89 billion VND.
Up to now, all local households have gainedaccessto
thenational grid, and all the ten communes have met the criteria for
electricity access in the new-style rural area building programme.
Along with infrastructure development, many new models of cooperatives
associating with value chains and applying VietGAP standards in production were
established. Those have signed contracts to link production and consumptionofproducts
with enterprises in order to create jobs and improve income for labourers,
contributing to promoting the local socio-economic development.
In 2020, seven cooperatives and four cooperative groups were set up in the
district, lifting the number of cooperatives and cooperative groups to 33 and
39, respectively, generating jobs for about 2,000 labourers with a monthly per
capita income of about 3 million VND.
Under the close and drastic leadership of the Party committees and authorities at
all levels, the active involvement of the entire political system and the
positive response of local people, on average, each commune in the Yen Thuy
district has finished 16.5 criteria set in the national target programme on
new-style rural area building, and no commune finished less than 10 criteria.
The district has nine model residential areas and 42 model gardens. Per capita
income reached 41.2 million VND per year. The poverty rate decreased to 8.38
percent.
Eight out of ten communes were recognised as meeting national criteria on
health. 96.5 percent of the district’s population has held health insurance
cards. The rate of trained workers stands at 53.58 percent, while 80 percent of
households and 91 out of 115 villages met cultural standards./.
Over recent years, the Farmers' Union of Mai Chau district has implemented numerous specific programmes and activities to support its members in developing products under the One Commune One (OCOP) programme. These efforts have contributed to enhancing local agricultural branding, increasing goods value, and improving incomes and living standards for residents.
Since 2022, the Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training has provided advice for the provincial People's Committee to issue Plan No. 219/KH-UBND on November 17, 2022, which outlines the implementation of a project titled "Enhancing the application of Information Technology (IT) and Digital Transformation in Education and Training for the 2022–2025 period, with a vision to 2030.” As of now, the local education sector has made significant progress in IT adoption and digital transformation.
Hoa Binh allocated over 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.18 billion USD) to develop infrastructure systems in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2019 - 2024. Priority was given to transport and irrigation infrastructure; markets; schools; medical stations; communal houses; and power grid, telecommunication, radio, and television systems.
The Hoa Binh provincial organising committee for anniversary activities on December 17 held a ceremony to unveil a ceramic mural on the local military-civilian ties and release a book on the Party and political work of the provincial armed forces during 1947 – 2024, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival.
In recent years, Hoa Binh has allocated significant resources to foster cooperative economy, helping ethnic minorities capitalise on their potential and advantages to escape poverty.
As a mountainous district still facing numerous challenges, Da Bac has made notable progress in advancing administrative reforms across various areas. The district has prioritised reorganising and streamlining its administrative apparatus, operating "one-stop-shop” units, and applying information technology (IT) in the handling of administrative procedures. Efforts have also been directed toward upgrading infrastructure and equipment to enhance service quality for residents and businesses.
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