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At the conference. Photo: daidoanket.vn
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According to the ministry, so far, Vietnam
has 2,853 recognized new-style rural communes, accounting for 31.96 percent of
total communes. Of which, 295 communes fulfilled all criteria of the program’s
new standards for the 2016-2020 period.
At the same time, 42 districts in 24
provinces and cities also earned the recognition, up 11 districts compared to
the end of 2016.
After six years of implementation,
one of the outstanding outcomes of the National Target Program on new-style
rural area building is the development of infrastructure system in rural areas.
At the end of 2016, 99.4 percent of
communes were accessible by car, and all communes were connected to the
national power grid. More than 99.5 percent of communes had kindergartens,
primary schools and health care stations.
MARD Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam
held that in order to reach the target, all localities should focus on
improving the living conditions of locals, protecting the rural environment,
ensuring clean water access and maintaining social order and safety.
Nam added that in the coming time, the
ministry will effectively implement pilot projects in new-style rural building,
prioritizing economic development with production chains, contributing to
transforming rural economic structure and raising people’s income in a
sustainable way.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Public
Security Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Son suggested that public security forces of
cities and provinces nationwide should consider the program as their major and
regular task and work hard to ensure social security and order.
Source: VNA