(HBO) – The People’s Committee of Cao Phong district on July 5 held a ceremony to recognise Dong Phong commune as a new-style area. Representatives of several provincial departments and agencies, and local people attended the event.


A representative of the provincial Department of Home Affairs presents the new-style rural area certificate to Dong Phong commune.

 Dong Phong had registered to complete the target of becoming a new-style rural area in 2017. In 2011, the locality fulfilled five criteria of a new-style rural area. At the end of 2017, the commune completed 19 criteria. People’s living standards have been improved significantly, and local political security and social order and safety ensured.

 Local farmers have shifted from rice cultivation to sugarcane planting, and developed citrus orchards on hills. Thanks to such efforts, the commune’s average yearly per capita income hit 15.9 million VND in 2011, and this was brought to 26 million VND last year. The rate of poor households was reduced to 10.7 percent and that of near-poor households, 14.2 percent. Up to 86.5 percent of local households were recognised as cultural families and all the six hamlets in the commune certified as cultural villages. All schools in the commune have met national standards. Health insurance coverage in the locality was 95.3 percent, and 92.9% of the total households had access to clean water.

 Dong Phong aims to maintain and improve the quality of the 19 criteria during the 2018-2020 period. The locality will invest more in rural socio-economic infrastructure, promote production, improve material and spiritual life of local people and ensure sustainable development.

 The Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee presented a welfare facility valued at 450 million VND to Dong Phong commune.

 At the ceremony, the Cao Phong district People’s Committee also presented certificates of merit to two collectives and six individuals in recognition of their outstanding achievements in building the new-style rural area. /.

 

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