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Hai Duong shows strong performance in new-style rural building

The northern province of Hai Duong had recorded impressive results in new-style rural area building between 2010-2019, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.
Hai Duong shows strong performance in new-style rural building ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien addresses the cconference (Photo: https://nongnghiep.vn)

Hai Duong, (VNA) – The northern province of HaiDuong had recorded impressive results in new-style rural area building between2010-2019, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentPhung Duc Tien.

Speaking at a conference to review the 10 years implementingthe new-style rural area building in Hai Duong on October 2, the official notedthat as of September this year, 190 out of the 220 communes in Hai Duong hadbeen recognized as new-style rural areas, reaching 96.3 percent.

A further 11 communes, three districts and a city areexpected to receive the same recognition by the end of this year.

Average per capita income in rural areas has reached 42.8million VND (???USD) annually, up 14.2 million compared to 2015. Meanwhile, therate of poor households has dropped to 2.53 percent, while 91 percent of localshave health insurance, up 15 percent over 2015.

Since 2010, Hai Duong has mobilized over 44.4 trillion VNDfor the programme.

Hai Duong is striving to finish new-style rural areabuilding in 2021. The locality expects 20 percent of its communes to berecognisedas advanced rural areas in 2025, together with 10 percent becoming model ruralareas, with per capita income reaching 55 million VND per year and the povertyratio brought down to under 1 percent.

Deputy Minister Tien advised Hai Duong to focus on reformingits growth model and developing clean and organic agriculture, while continuingimplementing the “One Commune-One Product” programme, and forming rural tourismproducts.

The province should also look at improving ruralsocio-economic infrastructure in line with urban development, enhancing thequality of healthcare and education services, and protecting the environment,he said.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hai Duong Nguyen DuongThai said that in the future, the province will strengthen communication toenhance public awareness of the new-style rural area building programme, whilefocusing on building advanced and model rural areas.

The province will also speed up the reform of theagricultural structure and IT application in production, and optimise resourcesfor the programme, he added.

On the occasion, the committee honoured individuals andcollectives with outstanding achievements in the programme in the 2010-2020period./.
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