Bau Bang District: Building new rural areas associated with urbanization

In line with the province’s rapid integration and development, Bau Bang district is reorganizing its development space towards urbanization. In particular, building new rural areas associated with urbanization is identified by the district as a breakthrough step, both improving the quality of life for rural people and optimizing economic, infrastructure and environmental factors in the transition process.

Creating new economic space

To date, 6/6 communes of Bau Bang district have met advanced new rural standards. In the 2021-2025 period, Bau Bang has invested in building more than 71km of rural roads; 100% of roads managed by the district and commune have been asphalted or hardened, ensuring the criteria of bright - green - clean - beautiful. Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong, Chairman of Bau Bang District People's Committee, said that in addition to investing in traffic infrastructure, the district also invests in irrigation systems and national grid electricity to ensure production activities and serve people's lives well.

In addition to investing in infrastructure, the highlight in building a new rural area in Bau Bang district is closely linking with economic models. In particular, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program is a strategic direction. In the 2022-2024 period alone, the whole district has 35 products that meet the 3-star OCOP standard. OCOP products are diverse, from Anh Hao refined clean bird's nest of Nguyen Duc Toan business household (Cay Truong II commune) and Nguyen Huu Anh Hao business household (Tru Van Tho commune) to Song Dam whole-grain fresh rice of Song Dam business household (Tan Hung commune). The processed food sector has added Ms. Phuong's head sausage and Ms. Doan Phuong's lemongrass chicken jerky of Bui Phong Son business household (Long Nguyen commune). Notably, there are high-tech agricultural products such as hydroponic vegetables for the king, dandelion of Ms. Van Thi Truc Giang (Lai Uyen town), clean vegetables and fruits of Hung Thinh (Lai Hung commune), durian of Anh Hao Farm (Tru Van Tho commune)...

Effective economic models are a lever to expand the space for rural economic development in Bau Bang district. In the photo: Delegates of the Women's Union at all levels visit the hydroponic vegetable model of Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao (Lai Hung commune)

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao, owner of Hung Thinh clean fruit and vegetable business, shared: “The OCOP program has helped our products to be standardized, improve quality and brand. Thanks to that, sales volume has increased significantly, creating more jobs for local people and affirming the value of traditional products of Bau Bang district in the market.”

In addition, Bau Bang district is also implementing the Rural Tourism Development Program and the Digital Transformation Program in building new rural areas, towards smart new rural areas. Accordingly, many projects applying science and technology to agricultural production have been effectively implemented, such as the Project on Applying scientific and technological advances in raising high-yield crossbred beef cattle in Bau Bang district, the Project on Applying technical advances and building a model of raising crossbred goats for meat, the Project on applying smart interactive systems in managing historical and cultural relics, etc.

Mr. Vuong Dinh Thien, Deputy Director of the Bau Bang District Agricultural Service Center, said that the locality is mobilizing farmers to develop crops suitable to natural conditions. Currently, the district has more than 361 hectares of fruit trees, of which more than 214 hectares apply drip irrigation and automatic spraying. Along with that, the district has 40 livestock farms that meet VietGAP standards, with an average annual output of more than 500 beef cattle, over 900,000 chickens, and over 98,000 pigs. This result shows that the district's agricultural sector has clearly shifted to safe, quality commodity agriculture.

Towards green and smart cities

Bau Bang district is reorganizing rural space with smart, green and synchronous criteria; along with that, doing a good job of collecting and treating waste, overcoming flooding and reinforcing landslides right from the grassroots; at the same time, effectively mobilizing resources contributed by businesses and people to join hands in building new rural areas, creating a solid foundation for Bau Bang district to move towards a green - smart - sustainable urban area.

Bau Bang district is expanding its urban space connecting major traffic routes such as National Highway 13, Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 4, Di An - Loc Ninh railway and forming a key logistics center. The combination of urban and traffic helps the locality attract many projects and open up large-scale production areas. The connection between new rural construction and urbanization is becoming a key solution for the district to move to a sustainable development stage.

Environmental protection, food safety and clean water supply in rural areas are also focused on by Bau Bang district. Specifically, the district strengthens the management, construction and protection of the rural environment; promotes and mobilizes households to classify solid waste at source, equips specialized trash cans in residential areas. The locality also pays attention to building a "bright - green - clean - beautiful and safe" rural landscape; develops a model residential area as a premise for rural tourism development; increases the rate of tree planting... Mr. Dang Anh Tuan, residing in Hamlet 4, Tan Hung commune, shared that since Bau Bang district implemented environmental programs, village roads and alleys have become much cleaner and the air is fresher. In particular, waste classification has become a habit of many families, contributing to protecting the common environment and raising community awareness.

According to the leaders of Bau Bang district, the achievements in building new rural areas associated with urbanization in the locality are clear evidence of the efforts of the entire political system and the consensus of the people. The highest goal is still to improve people's lives. Therefore, the urbanization process of the district chooses appropriate and flexible solutions so as not to trade the environment for growth. Despite limitations in investment capital for some new rural criteria, uneven application of high technology... Bau Bang district has drawn many valuable lessons, namely: Promoting the role of the people; mobilizing the entire political system, ensuring democracy and transparency in the use of resources to build new rural areas.

With high determination and accumulated experience, Bau Bang is steadily becoming a livable, dynamic and sustainably developed countryside.

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