Over the past 30 years, under the direct leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, and the coordination and support of departments, branches, sectors, the Fatherland Front and mass organizations of the province, districts, cities, the Party Committee, Government and People of Yen Khanh have united, proactively and creatively overcome difficulties and challenges, inherited and promoted the heroic revolutionary tradition of the homeland, exploited the potential and strengths of the locality and achieved many great achievements in all fields, creating momentum and strength for Yen Khanh to break through in the new period.
In the early days of re-establishment of the district, the district's socio-economic situation faced many difficulties and challenges: The economy was mainly agricultural production (the proportion of agriculture, forestry and fishery accounted for 82%) but the level of intensive farming was backward, production was fragmented, productivity was low, the value per hectare of cultivation was only 18 million VND/ha/year. Technical facilities and infrastructure were still lacking and weak, transportation, schools, hospitals, and medical stations were degraded, equipment was outdated, people's lives were difficult, the staff was lacking and not uniform; the proportion of poor households was still high...
In the midst of the difficulties of the early days of re-establishing the district, inheriting and promoting the glorious revolutionary tradition, the entire Party Committee has demonstrated high political determination, identifying economic development as the central task, Party building as the key and the requirement is to exploit the maximum potential and advantages of the locality, creating a solid step forward. Through the District Party Congresses, the Party Executive Committee and the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee have always thoroughly grasped and correctly and creatively applied the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws to the specific conditions of the district with a consistent leadership and direction perspective, which is: Promoting democracy, solidarity, effectively implementing the work of building a clean and strong Party and political system; perfecting a streamlined government apparatus that operates effectively and efficiently; promoting administrative reform; focusing on leading economic development with focus and key points, mobilizing, allocating and effectively using development investment resources; attach importance to promoting the tradition of studiousness, respecting teachers, caring for comprehensive cultural and social development, constantly improving the quality of life for the people...
In particular, after 8 years (2011-2018) of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction (NTM), with the determination of the entire political system, the joint efforts of cadres, party members and people of all walks of life, Yen Khanh district has been recognized as a district meeting NTM standards (completed 2 years earlier than the target of the 23rd District Party Congress). Not stopping there, determining that NTM construction only has a starting point, not an ending point, so immediately after completing the goal of NTM construction, Yen Khanh district continued to focus on mobilizing resources among the people, taking advantage of the attention and support of the province, the Central Government and sectors and localities to maintain and improve NTM criteria, continue to launch the movement to build advanced NTM, model NTM. Many good and creative ways have been deployed, implemented and widely replicated; The democratic regulations are highly promoted, creating a practical emulation movement with high spreading power, proactively promoting internal resources, focusing on attracting and mobilizing external resources, and the support of the children of the homeland. After 5 years of implementation, Yen Khanh district has been recognized by the Prime Minister as meeting the advanced NTM standards in 2023. Yen Khanh is proud to be the first locality in Ninh Binh province and the fourth district in the country to be recognized as a district meeting the advanced NTM standards.
The rural landscape is increasingly prosperous, the material and spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved and enhanced. The outstanding achievement is that agricultural production has strongly developed in the direction of commodity production, organic agriculture, high-tech agriculture, circular agriculture, creating a value chain linking from production to product consumption. Many innovative and breakthrough models and methods have been implemented synchronously and effectively; the brand of key local agricultural products has been built. The whole district currently has over 277 effective agricultural production models, of which 16 models generate an income of more than 500 million VND/year. Mechanization in agricultural production is increasingly widely applied, up to now 100% of the land is prepared by machines; there are 25 OCOP products ranked 3 stars or higher. Yen Khanh agriculture has gradually developed comprehensively, becoming the leading district in the province in agricultural restructuring.
Industrial production, small-scale industry and services have been focused on promoting. The district has focused on leading and directing to create conditions for enterprises, organizations and individuals to invest in expanding production and business, developing environmentally friendly industries and fields, associated with improving labor productivity, quality and efficiency. In the district, there are 2 industrial parks and 2 industrial clusters, 7 craft villages recognized by the Provincial People's Committee. The industrial parks and industrial clusters have maintained regular jobs for more than 20,000 workers inside and outside the district. In 2023, industrial and small-scale industry revenue will reach more than 18.8 trillion VND/year; retail sales of goods and services will reach over 9 trillion VND/year; total development investment capital in the district will reach more than 3.5 trillion VND.
The infrastructure and social system is planned, upgraded, newly built synchronously and modernly, ensuring regional and inter-regional connectivity. The district has the North-South expressway running through it, the Ninh Binh-Hai Phong expressway is being invested in; the waterway system, ports, inland waterway wharves and the traffic system are newly invested and expanded; inter-village and inter-commune roads are 100% upgraded with asphalt and concrete to meet the prescribed standards; 250 km of lighting lines are installed, 203 km of flower and tree roads are planted on the main roads and in residential areas to create a bright-green-clean-beautiful landscape. Debts on basic construction are focused on being resolved completely; up to now, the district has no debt on basic construction for projects invested by the district using district-level budget capital.
Yen Khanh is known as a land of studiousness, respect for teachers, with a long history of achievements in the mandarinate, many people passing exams, becoming "literary flagpoles", "high mountains, bright stars of Confucianism". Proud of the tradition of the homeland, along with taking care of economic development, Yen Khanh district has increased investment in developing education, culture and health care. Up to now, the district has basically completed the system of facilities for health, education, culture, physical education and sports, meeting the needs of health care, study, entertainment and creativity of all classes of people; ensuring harmony between economic development as the center, cultural development as the spiritual foundation of society.
Education and training have always been given attention and focus and achieved many outstanding results: Education quality is always at the top of the province; the rate of students passing the entrance exams to universities and colleges in the past 5 years has always been over 65%. Yen Khanh is the first unit in the province to build a key school in the direction of high quality. The whole district has 64/64 schools meeting national standards, of which 51/64 schools meet level 2 standards, reaching 79.7%; 3/3 high schools meet national standards. Yen Khanh A High School was awarded the title "Hero of the renovation period", and achieved the title "Golden symbol of Vietnamese human resources". The work of encouraging learning and talent has developed strongly, contributing to improving the quality of education and nurturing talents for the homeland and the country.
The movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" has been promoted; cultural institutions at the grassroots level have been invested in and upgraded; the cultural, artistic and sports movement at the grassroots level has developed strongly with hundreds of art clubs at the grassroots level; contributing to improving the spiritual life of the people. The work of caring for and protecting people's health, poverty reduction, and ensuring social security has been directed and implemented effectively; social policies have been implemented promptly and in accordance with regulations. 100% of communes and towns have met national health standards for the period 2011-2020, the quality of medical examination and treatment, and health care for the people has been improved; over 95.02% of people participate in health insurance, an increase of nearly 10% compared to 2018; the rate of children under 5 years old with stunting malnutrition has decreased to 8.6%. The whole district has 19/19 communes and towns with cultural houses and sports areas, 98.9% of villages, hamlets and streets have cultural houses; 96.6% of villages, hamlets and streets are recognized as cultural villages, hamlets and streets; 93.1% of families are recognized as cultural families; 84.5% of agencies and units are recognized as cultural agencies and units.
The work of Party building, political system building, especially building the great national unity bloc, has been given special attention. The work of political and ideological education has been implemented synchronously, comprehensively, with focus, key points, close to reality, effectively serving political tasks, contributing to maintaining the stability of the ideological situation, consolidating trust, creating solidarity and unity within the Party, and consensus among the people. The work of cadres has been ensured to be public, democratic, and in accordance with regulations, from assessment, planning, training, fostering, mobilizing, rotating, appointing to implementing policies for cadres. The quality of cadres has been increasingly improved. Inspection and supervision work has been strengthened, gradually improving quality and efficiency. Mass mobilization work has been innovated with many activities aimed at the grassroots, close to the people, close to practical requirements. The leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization and Party members have been enhanced. The district Party Committee has constantly developed and grown. Up to now, the district Party Committee has 60 grassroots party organizations with over 9,600 party members. Political security and social order and safety are ensured. Democracy is promoted, the strength of the great national unity bloc is consolidated and expanded. People are excited and confident in the leadership of the Party and the management and administration of all levels of government.
After 30 years of re-establishment, along with the development of Ninh Binh province, Yen Khanh district has made strong changes. The economy has always maintained a high growth rate. In the period from 2018-2023, the district's economic growth rate is relatively high and stable compared to the general level of the whole country, the economic structure has shifted in a positive direction, increasing the proportion of industry, trade and services. In 2023, the economic structure of the district includes: The proportion of agriculture, forestry and fishery accounts for 10.7% of the total economic structure of the district (down 71.3% compared to the first year of re-establishment of the district); the proportion of industry and construction increased, accounting for 69.2%; trade and services accounted for 20.1%. In 2023, the value of agricultural, forestry and fishery production will reach 168 million VND/ha, higher than the provincial average (155 million VND/ha), up 24% compared to 2018; the rate of poor and near-poor households in the district according to the NTM criteria will decrease to 1.04%.
30 years - not a long period of time compared to the development history of Yen Khanh district, but it is a period marking the remarkable and comprehensive development of Yen Khanh in the new era. The district has been honored to receive many noble titles from the Party and the State: Hero of the Armed Forces; Independence Medals, First, Second, Third Class; Labor Medal, Third Class, Labor Hero; The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam awarded the Flag of Excellent Unit in the emulation movement "The whole country joins hands to build new rural areas" in the period of 2011-2015; The Prime Minister awarded a Certificate of Merit for outstanding achievements in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style in the period of 2016-2019, contributing to the cause of building socialism and defending the Fatherland; The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam awarded the Flag of Excellent Unit in the emulation movement; Yen Khanh District Party Committee was awarded the Emulation Flag for excellence by the Standing Committee of Ninh Binh Provincial Party Committee for the 2015-2020 term and was honored nationwide on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The achievements that the Party Committee, army and people of Yen Khanh district have achieved in the past 30 years first of all stem from the leadership, direction, serious implementation and creative application of the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's policies to the specific conditions of the locality. At the same time, it is the result of the attention, leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, the assistance of departments, branches, sectors, and mass organizations of the province, the encouragement and support of districts and cities in the province; the contribution of the efforts and intelligence of generations of leaders and the spirit of hard work and creativity of cadres, party members and people in the whole district; the spirit of turning to the roots to show gratitude of the children of Yen Khanh homeland across the country. Those achievements and results are not only meaningful to Yen Khanh homeland but also make important contributions to the overall development of Ninh Binh province.
The 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of Yen Khanh district and the reception of the Certificate of recognition of the district meeting the advanced NTM standards is an opportunity for the Party Committee, army and people of Yen Khanh to be more proud of the glorious tradition of their homeland. The achievements have been an important premise for the Party Committee, Government and People of Yen Khanh to continue to overcome difficulties and challenges and move forward steadily in the coming period. With a spirit full of confidence, determination and aspiration to rise up, the Party Committee, Government and People of Yen Khanh vow to continue to promote the spirit of solidarity, bravery, intelligence, creativity and fine traditions of the heroic revolutionary homeland, determined to realize the goal of "Building Yen Khanh in the direction of a model NTM, prosperous and civilized". Thereby contributing to the successful implementation of the common goal of the province: Striving by 2035 to turn Ninh Binh into a centrally-run city with the characteristics of a Millennium Heritage City and a creative city.
Hoang Van Thang
Provincial Party Committee Member, District Party Committee Secretary, Chairman of District People's Council
Source: https://baoninhbinh.org.vn/ke-thua-phat-huy-thanh-tuu-sau-30-nam-tai-lap-chung-suc-dong/d20240808080745716.htm
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