Over 5,400 communes nationwide become new-style rural areas
As many as 5,458 communes across the country have been recogised as new-style rural areas so far this year, up 620 compared to the end of 2018, according to the Central Coordination Office on New Rural Development.
Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 5,458 communesacross the country have been recogised as new-style rural areas so far thisyear, up 620 compared to the end of 2018, according to the Central CoordinationOffice on New Rural Development.
These communes met over 15 out of the 19 criteriaof the new-style rural building programme initiated by the Government in 2010,including those on infrastructure, economy, culture, society, environment andproduction organisation.
Many localities have put forth importantinitiatives such as building sample new-style rural areas in the centralprovince of Ha Tinh; building new-style rural areas at hamlets and villages incentral Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces, and tapping rural tourism in Lai Chauand other northern mountainous provinces.
After implementing a project supportingunderprivileged hamlets to develop rural areas, the country has counted 762hamlets and villages recognised by the People’s Committees of provinces.
Notably, debts in building new-style rural areashave been completely repaid.
However, there is still a big gap in theimplementation of the programme in localities and regions. For example, the RedRiver Delta achieves 82.47 percent, the southeastern region 70 percent, thenorthern mountainous region 26.45 percent, the Central Highlands 37.73 percent,the Mekong Delta 42.77 percent, and the south-central region 45.82 percent.
Besides, the disbursement of the central budget fordeveloping new-style rural areas remains low, at over 35 percent as of June2019.
The Central Coordination Office on New RuralDevelopment said it will direct localities to continue implementing effectivelyprojects on building new-style rural areas in specific regions, includingdisadvantaged communes.
The office will also soon complete a project ondeveloping a system of supplying Vietnamese farm produce in rural areas.-VNA
As of the end of 2018, a total of 3,787 communes nationwide or 42.4 percent have been recognised as new-style rural areas, representing a year-on-year rise of 8.02 percent.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has set the target of having three more communes meet all criteria for new-style rural areas in 2019, which means all 36 communes in the city earn the status this year.
The northern key economic region has advantages over other regions in the country to develop, especially in terms of infrastructure and human resources, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference held in the northern province of Hung Yen on June 25.
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