A ceremony was held on December 14 night to hand over the certificate to the district and honor collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to new rural area construction.

An aerial view of Tien Son commune, Viet Yen district.

In his remarks, Vice Chairman of the district People’s Committee Nguyen Dai Luong said since the new-style rural area building programme was launched in Viet Yen eight years ago, the locality has all 17 communes recognized as new rural areas and completed all nine criteria set for a new rural district.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a decision to recognize the district’s status on November 8, 2018, he said.

Viet Yen’s annual per capita income is estimated at 36 million VND (1,548 USD), 2.3 times higher than the number recorded in the past, and the rate of poor households drops to over 4.2 percent.

The district’s vegetable and fruit production areas are using high technologies, and there are new and upgraded medical, educational and cultural facilities.

More than 2.9 trillion VND (124.7 million USD) has been mobilized for new rural area building in Viet Yen since 2011.

Addressing the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh congratulated Viet Yen and Bac Giang province in general on the achievements they have gained in new-style rural area building and urged Bac Giang to make greater efforts to improve the new-style rural area criteria.

Viet Yen should step up agricultural restructuring, complete infrastructure for agricultural production and form high-tech production areas, he said.

The National Target Programme on New-style Rural Area Building, initiated by the Vietnamese Government in 2010, sets 19 criteria on socio-economic development, politics, and defence, aiming to boost rural regions of Vietnam.

The list of criteria includes the development of infrastructure, the improvement of production capacity, environmental protection, and the promotion of cultural values.

According to the Central Coordination Office for the Programme, as of the end of the first quarter of 2018, 3,289 communes nationwide earned the recognition as new-style rural areas, up 220 communes compared to the end of 2017.

Forty-eight districts in 26 centrally-run cities and provinces were recognized as new-style rural areas.

New rural area, new vitality

(BGO) – “New rural area, new vitality" is not just a slogan, but really brings a new lease of life to every village. Being the first new rural district of Bac Giang province, Viet Yen is flourishing from this revolution.

 

Viet Yen district recognized as new rural district

(BGO) – On behalf of the Government Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Steering Board for the National Target Programmes Vuong Dinh Hue on November 8 inked the dossier to recognize Viet Yen district in Bac Giang province as new rural district in 2018. 

 

Viet Yen strives for exemplary new rural district

(BGO) – The 22nd Congress’s  Resolution of the Party Committee, tenure 2015 - 2020 in Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province set the target to obtain the new-style rural district status by 2020. After half of the execution path, 17 out of 17 communes met the standard. As the result, on November 8, 2018, the Government Prime Minister inked the decision recognizing Viet Yen as a new rural district. 

 

Source: VNA