Success from building advanced new rural areas in Gia Kiem commune (Dong Nai)

Gia Kiem Commune is located in the North of Thong Nhat District, 12 km from the District Administrative Center. Gia Kiem Commune has National Highway 20 running through it with a length of about 1 km, which is a vital traffic route connecting National Highway 1 with the provinces of the Central Highlands. Building a new advanced rural area not only creates a spacious appearance for the countryside here but also creates motivation for local people to compete in economic development.

Appearance of Gia Kiem commune (Thong Nhat district, Dong Nai province) today.

Gia Kiem commune was recognized by Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee as meeting new rural standards in 2016, and by Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee in 2021 was recognized by Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee as re-standardizing new rural standards. To continue to maintain and improve the quality of new rural criteria. The Party Committee and People's Committee of the commune regularly pay attention to leading, directing and effectively implementing the guiding documents of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee and Thong Nhat District.

Next, the commune has developed a plan to assign and determine the implementation of tasks in order of priority with specific solutions, ensuring the requirements of each criterion, especially the criteria that have not been met, the criteria that need to be completed and continuing to maintain the criteria that have been met. The commune has assigned specific tasks to each commune official and individual to participate in order to deploy tasks to the people in the most effective way.

Determining the development of agricultural production to increase income and improve people's lives is always the top priority task. Right from the implementation of the construction of advanced new rural areas, the commune determined to focus on developing the agricultural sector with two strengths: sustainable cultivation and livestock breeding to increase economic efficiency and increase income for people.

Implementing that policy, Gia Kiem commune has actively promoted and mobilized people to change the economic structure of crops and livestock in agricultural production, put crops with high economic value into concentrated production, directed the construction of collective economic models, and changed the crop structure by applying scientific and technical advances.

The locality's main crops are rambutan, avocado, durian, and banana. Up to now, 809 households have installed water-saving irrigation systems in the commune, covering an area of ​​over 643 hectares. The commune has mobilized people to convert 70 hectares of old, low-yield mixed gardens into specialized crops of high economic value, such as banana, avocado, and durian.

Farmers in Gia Kiem commune have succeeded with the tissue culture banana growing model, bringing high economic income.

Livestock farming can be considered the commune's strength. The livestock farming situation in the area is relatively stable and continues to develop in the form of farms. Every year, the commune coordinates to spray disinfectants in public places and livestock farming areas. Carry out 2 rounds of livestock and poultry vaccination with vaccination results reaching over 92%. Issue red books to monitor livestock farming on farms.

In addition, environmental protection in livestock farming is also of interest to local authorities to promote environmental protection and environmentally friendly organic livestock farming.

Phuong Nam Agricultural Cooperative with its water celery growing model has created local specialties and created jobs for many workers.

For the small-scale industry, trade and services in the commune have developed steadily, with diverse and abundant goods, and quality designs that are always checked. The commune has a policy of encouraging investment in developing rural industries in the form of private enterprises, cooperatives and cooperative groups to solve the problem of employment and increase income for the people. From the results of economic restructuring, the average income per capita of the commune has increased to 84 million VND/person/year.

Up to now, the poverty rate according to the new standard is only 0.84%. Identifying rural infrastructure as a lever to promote production development, Gia Kiem commune always focuses on investing in building rural infrastructure in the construction of new and advanced rural areas. The mobilized capital continues to be prioritized for investing in building rural infrastructure, such as upgrading inter-hamlet roads, schools, and cultural facilities.

Economic development is the premise and condition for mobilizing the internal resources of the community to effectively implement infrastructure construction, meeting the requirements of advanced new rural construction. The commune has promoted the dissemination of the advanced new rural construction program to Party officials, civil servants, union members, association members and the people. People of all walks of life understand more clearly the purpose, significance, importance and benefits of the advanced new rural construction program.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/thanh-cong-tu-xay-dung-nong-thon-moi-nang-cao-o-xa-gia-kiem-dong-nai.html