With 70% of the population depending on agricultural production, 12 years ago, Trieu Phong district started implementing the new rural area (NTM) construction program from a low starting point. However, with the great efforts and determination of the Party Committee, the local government and people, up to now, 17/17 communes in the district have met the NTM standards; 2 communes have met the advanced NTM standards; the district has met 9/9 criteria of the NTM district.
Bumper crop in Trieu Thuan commune, Trieu Phong district - Photo: DPCC
Recognizing the importance of the new rural construction program for local socio-economic development, right from the beginning of implementation, Trieu Phong district has synchronously deployed tasks and solutions, established a steering committee and coordination office at district and commune levels to direct and organize the implementation of the program.
In particular, Trieu Phong District Party Committee has issued a specialized Resolution on the national target program for new rural construction; the District People's Committee has developed a project for new rural construction at the district level. At the same time, it has annually developed a plan, roadmap and specific solutions for implementing the new rural construction program.
On that basis, Party committees, authorities, fronts, and organizations at all levels focus on promoting propaganda work so that people clearly understand the role of the subject in the new rural construction program; People are discussed, decided, and participated in all projects and tasks related to the new rural construction program.
Innovation from thinking to doing, relying mainly on people's strength. This is the key factor bringing success in implementing the new rural construction program in Trieu Phong. Along with investment resources from all levels and other mobilized sources, in the past 12 years, people have contributed hundreds of billions of VND and thousands of working days to build works and tasks serving socio-economic development and improving rural life, especially completing the criteria for new rural construction.
As a coastal commune, when starting to implement the new rural development program, Trieu Van only met 4/19 criteria. To effectively implement the new rural development program, the Party Committee, government, Fatherland Front, and organizations have focused on promoting propaganda work to help people understand the new rural development program and the role of the subject in the program implementation process. From there, there is initiative to promote internal resources, take advantage of support from superiors to complete the new rural development program according to the set plan.
Chairman of Trieu Van Commune People's Committee Nguyen Van Lam said: "When people clearly understand and know their role in the process of building a new rural area, the program implementation process is carried out more smoothly. Thanks to that, from a disadvantaged commune, the new rural area construction program has brought a new look to the rural area of Trieu Van, the material and spiritual life of the people has been improved and enhanced with an average income per capita in 2023 reaching 62.6 million VND; the poverty rate has decreased to 3.34%.
The rural transport system has been gradually improved, basically meeting the travel and production needs of the people. The quality of education, health care and culture has been increasingly improved, the rural environment has been significantly improved. The commune is aiming to build advanced new rural areas and model new rural areas.
The implementation process shows that income and poor households used to be major “barriers” in implementing the new rural development program in Trieu Phong district. In 2011, when the new rural development program began, the poverty rate in the whole district was 23.11%; average income per capita was only 10.2 million VND/person/year.
Realizing the importance of improving people's quality of life, right from the first days of implementing the new rural construction program, Trieu Phong district identified poverty reduction and improving people's quality of life as the top priority goals. Since then, the district has directed strongly, focused all resources and solutions for poverty reduction, creating conditions for people to access preferential project capital sources for poor and near-poor households to develop production.
Along with that, with the characteristics of a purely agricultural district, in building the new rural area, Trieu Phong district has effectively implemented the project on restructuring the agricultural sector, many effective production models have been formed and replicated. There are many models of linking production with product consumption, bringing high income to people such as organic rice production model, high-quality rice, intensive farming model of black tiger shrimp, white-leg shrimp, high-tech pig and chicken farming models...
Thanks to that, after 12 years of implementing the new rural construction program, the poverty rate in Trieu Phong district has decreased to 3.34%; the average income per capita in 2023 reached more than 68.44 million VND, 6 times higher than in 2011. Along with improving people's lives, the district also paid attention to synchronous investment in infrastructure with capital from the State budget and contributions from the people.
Up to now, 100% of communes in the area have met the criteria for transportation, irrigation, electricity, schools, cultural facilities, rural trade infrastructure, information and communication, and residential housing. The appearance of the countryside is increasingly prosperous, and people's satisfaction is increasing.
Trieu Phong district sets a target of having 6 communes meeting advanced NTM standards by 2025; the criteria of NTM commune, advanced NTM commune, NTM district are increasingly improved and sustainable. Along with that, the multidimensional poverty rate has decreased to less than 3%; average income per capita has reached 80 million VND/person/year. Currently, the locality is continuing to focus on solutions to exploit the strengths of economic development, improve people's lives, while maintaining and improving the criteria according to the requirements of the new period.
Thanh Le
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