Roads are concretised in all communes in Hoa Binh city (Photo: VNA)Hoa Binh (VNA) – The northern province of Hoa Binh’s Hoa Binh city wasrecognised for having fulfilled the new-style rural building mission as said inthe Prime Minister’s Decision No.269/QD-TTg dated March 8, 2019.
The decision was presented to the provincial People’s Committee on April 7 byDeputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, who is also head of the SteeringCommittee for the National Target Programmes.
According to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Quach Tung Duong,thanks to the engagement of the local political system, all seven communes inthe city, namely Dan Chu, Thong Nhat, Su Ngoi, Hoa Binh, Yen Mong, Thai Thinhand Minh Trung, were recognised as new style rural areas after eight yearsimplementing the national target programme on new-style rural area building.
During the period, the cityworked to mobilise nearly 95 billion VND (4.1 million USD) from local peoplefor the construction of transport system, irrigational system, electricityinfrastructure, culture houses and sport zones.
It paid due attention to preserving traditional cultural values, and promotingthe establishment of cooperative economic models while encouraging businessesto invest in agriculture, especially developing concentrated vegetable plantingareas, and seafood cultivating zones.
The city was successful with its agricultural restructuring by applying hightechnologies to improve product quality and value. Besides, various projectswere branched out for advanced production development to increase localfarmers’ income. Based on each commune’s potential and strengths, specialisedgrowing areas of crops, Lingzhi mushroom, guava and longan, among others, wereset up.
Currently, the city is home to more than 100 effective economic models, 120hectares of high-quality rice, 1,000 fish breeding cages, and some 150,000 headsof livestock and poultry.
Local income per capita is estimated at 57 million VND (2,450 USD) a year, therate of poverty household is 1.31 percent, and about 91 percent of ruralworkers have stable jobs.
On the occasion, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Quangpresented certificates of merit to 10 organisations and 20 individuals fortheir excellent contributions to the new-style rural area building programme.
The national target programme onnew-style rural area building, launched in 2010, sets 20 criteria aiming toboost the development of rural areas across Vietnam.
So far, three localities have had 100 percent oftheir communes meeting all criteria, namely Nam Dinh Province (193 communes),Dong Nai Province (133 communes) and Da Nang City (11 communes).
Meanwhile, 61 district-level localities in 31provinces and centrally-run cities have been recognised as having completed theprogramme.-VNA
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