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Phong Hiep is a commune merged from Phong Thanh Tay A commune (meeting the model NTM standard) and Phong Thanh Tay B commune (meeting the criteria for a type 5 urban area). The issue now is whether to build the commune according to the model NTM standard or develop the urban area. The merger of communes leads to changes in land use planning , socio -economic development planning, NTM construction planning..., thereby changing the face of the commune and requiring time to adjust to the new criteria. It is impossible to assume that communes that met the standards before will still meet the standards after the merger, if they do not fully meet the new criteria.

Traffic infrastructure in Phong Hiep commune has been upgraded and completed.

Therefore, while waiting for the issuance of a new set of criteria and instructions from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment , the leaders of Phong Hiep commune have mobilized local people to continue their efforts to maintain the achievements and quality of the criteria that the two areas in the commune have achieved. For areas that have met the model NTM standards, people need to improve the quality of the criteria so that when the new set of criteria is available, the commune must basically meet the criteria.

Mr. Dao Thanh Phong, Secretary of the Phong Hiep Commune Party Committee, said: “After the merger, the Party Committee and the commune government clearly identified their responsibilities in maintaining the criteria. Therefore, in parallel with stabilizing the government apparatus, the commune's organizations and unions constantly propagate and mobilize people to maintain the spirit of implementing the criteria for building new rural areas. At the same time, the Party Committee and the commune government also reviewed the criteria for schools, medical stations, and roads to promptly invest in upgrading them to meet standards and better serve the people in the area.”

Women in Phong Hiep commune grow flowers to beautify rural roads.

In recent years, thanks to the movement to build new rural areas, the infrastructure, economy and society of Phong Hiep commune have changed dramatically, creating a breakthrough for rural development, especially transportation and environmental landscape. People's awareness has changed from waiting and enjoying to directly participating, considering new rural construction as both their right and responsibility. Therefore, in the new situation, people in the commune are very unanimous in joining hands to maintain the achieved criteria.

Mr. Lam Thanh Hao (Hamlet 1A, Phong Hiep Commune) shared: "I and the people in the hamlet have been building the new rural area for a long time. However, after the commune merger, the commune officials came to persuade me to continue to maintain the movement. From that encouragement, I planted more trees to create beauty in front of my house, and at the same time, propagated to the people in the hamlet to better implement the criteria on the environmental landscape that my hamlet has achieved."

Inauguration of traffic bridge in Phong Hiep commune.

Communes that have been recognized as meeting the standards of model new rural areas , advanced new rural areas, and urban areas will have an advantage when re-evaluating, because they have achieved the basic criteria and have a foundation. That recognition is not only a title but also a source of pride and motivation for the Party Committee, government, and people of the communes to join hands in building their homeland into modern, livable rural areas.

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