Efforts to implement new rural construction program

With the determination and efforts of Party Committees, authorities and people at all levels in implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, 23 communes focusing on investing in New Rural Construction, advanced New Rural Construction, and model New Rural Construction in 2024 have basically achieved the criteria.

Determined to achieve set goals

Implementing the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee has given drastic directions to achieve the important targets. The new rural construction in the province has gained some achievements, notably in the two districts of Khanh Son and Van Ninh.

Children at break time in Van Phu Commune.

According to the leader of Khanh Son District People's Committee, the district has 7 communes participating in the new rural development program. All communes have achieved over 12 criteria with Son Binh and Son Hiep communes meeting 19/19 criteria. This achievement was thanks to drastic direction of the Party Committees and authorities at all levels and especially the mobilization of consensus of all people.

According to Nguyen Quoc Dong, Vice-Chairman of Khanh Son District People's Committee, promoting the development of gardening economy, expanding orchards has brought high economic efficiency, gradually helping people raise their income and improve their living standards sustainably. Along with economic development, the new rural construction program in Khanh Son District has also focused on improving the quality of cultural, social and environmental criteria; continuing to comprehensive education.

Van Ninh District has 10/11 communes meeting new rural construction standards, of which the 2 communes of Van Hung and Van Phu have met advanced new rural construction standards. In 2024, the remaining coastal disadvantaged commune of Van Thanh is striving to meet the new rural construction standards to complete the goal of bringing Van Ninh District to fulfill rural construction district standards.

Van Phu Commune is focusing on model new rural construction.

Increasing the number of communes meeting new rural construction standards

According to the leader of the Provincial New Rural Program Coordination Office, implementing the policy of the Provincial Party Committee, with the drastic direction of the Provincial People's Committee and the determination of the localities, the adjusted plan increases the number of communes striving to meet the standards this year to 8 new rural communes, 13 advanced new rural communes and 2 model new rural communes.

Thanks to the synchronous implementation of solutions, out of the 8 communes registered to meet the new rural construction standards this year, by the end of September, 7 communes had met 19/19 criteria, the remaining communes are focusing on completing the final target. For the communes registered for advanced new rural construction, up to now, 8 communes have completed the criteria according to regulations, the remaining 5 communes are focusing on implementing some targets to complete in the coming time. For the 2 communes of Van Phu (Van Ninh District) and Ninh Quang (Ninh Hoa Town), after assessment, they have completed the necessary requirements to become the first model new rural construction communes of the province.

Khanh Hoa is urgently completing the dossier to submit to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for submission to the Prime Minister for consideration and recognition of Dien Khanh district as meeting the new rural construction standards in 2023. In Khanh Son District, up to now, 2 communes, Son Binh and Son Hiep, have met 19/19 new rural construction criteria; The Council for reviewing and recognizing communes meeting new rural construction standards is appraising the dossiers for these 2 communes. With that result, it is expected that by the end of 2024, Khanh Hoa will achieve 2 important goals in the new rural construction program, which are having a district-level unit recognized as meeting the standards, completing the task of building new rural construction.

Up to now, the whole province has 65/92 communes (70.6% of communes) recognized as meeting new rural construction standards. They include 19 advanced new rural construction communes. By 2024, the whole province is striving to have 8 more new rural communes and 2 model new rural communes, namely Van Phu (Van Ninh), Ninh Quang (Ninh Hoa). Nha Trang City and Cam Ranh City have completed the task of new rural construction standards; Van Ninh District has met new rural standards.

H.D

Translated by N.T