The "sweet fruit" of the new rural area of the southern coastal commune of Ha Tinh

After many efforts of cadres and people, with the support of the entire political system of Ky Anh town (Ha Tinh), Ky Ha commune has completed the criteria for building advanced new rural areas.

Ky Ha is the only locality of Ky Anh town that has just been reviewed and voted unanimously by the provincial Appraisal Council with a rate of 100% to propose the Provincial People's Committee to recognize it as a commune meeting advanced new rural standards (NTM) in 2023.

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Aerial view of the anchorage area in Ky Ha commune.

With the motto of building a new rural area, there is only a starting point, not an ending point, after being recognized as a new rural area (2019), Ky Ha continued to improve the quality of the achieved criteria, at the same time mobilizing resources and implementing many activities to build advanced new rural areas with a total budget of more than 18 billion VND. Thanks to that, in recent years, Ky Ha has had quite a development step, the material and spiritual life of the people has been significantly improved.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Thang - Vice Chairman of Ky Ha Commune People's Committee said: "With the participation of the entire political system and the consensus of the people, in October 2023, Ky Ha commune achieved 20/20 advanced NTM criteria. We consider the support of the people a great victory. This is thanks to the locality's good implementation of the grassroots democracy regulations; the support and contributions of the people are all public and transparent; in doing everything, we seek the people's opinions, closely calculating the people's interests...".

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By the end of 2022, the average income per capita of Ky Ha commune will reach 47.3 million VND/person/year. In the photo: Ocean oyster farming model of Bac Ha villagers.

Determining that building a new rural area has only a starting point, not an ending point, the goal is to increase income and further improve the lives of rural people, Ky Ha commune focuses on mobilizing people to develop the economy , promote the transformation of crop and livestock structure, effectively implement production support mechanisms and policies of the province and the town; encourage people to change economic models; encourage and establish cooperatives and associations to develop production, effectively promote the potential and strengths of the locality.

By the end of 2022, the average income per capita of Ky Ha commune will reach 47.3 million VND/person/year, an increase of 9.3 million VND compared to 2019, the number of poor households will only account for 2.1%. In addition, 100% of commune, village and inter-village roads will be concreted, asphalted, have necessary items and be maintained annually; 100% of alleys and main roads in the fields will be concreted and hardened, meeting the requirements of production and transportation of goods. Up to now, 96% of people in the commune participate in health insurance; the rate of households using clean water is 100%.

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100% of communal and inter-village roads are concreted and asphalted, have necessary items and are maintained annually. In the photo: Main road of Bac Ha village, Ky Ha commune.

Mr. Le Van Minh - Dong Ha village, Ky Ha commune excitedly shared: "Every aspect of social life is changing in line with the spirit of improvement; facilities, electricity, roads, schools, and stations are being renewed every day. Reaching the finish line of the advanced NTM commune, we are very excited, proud, and have more motivation to strive."

Along with economic development, Ky Ha also focuses on improving the spiritual and cultural life, bringing satisfaction to the people. The commune has built a community cultural house and is implementing the construction of a smart village model in Dong Ha and Nam Ha villages. In these two villages, people have applied information technology to serve their lives, agricultural products have traceable origins, the commune's key products are associated with the construction of raw material areas and are certified by VietGAP or equivalent.

Up to 90% of households have installed internet; the use of smartphones; citizen identification cards with electronic chips, making transfers via card accounts, scanning QR codes, and mobile money are widely used by many people.

Having worked as a Party cell secretary and head of the village front work committee for many years, Mr. Ha Tuyen - Party cell secretary of Bac Ha village was excited when talking about the changes in his hometown: "People are now working hard, most of the households in the villages are well-off or better off. The village roads and alleys are clean and beautiful, there is no garbage, the countryside of Ky Ha has really flourished and is full of life...".

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Nam Ha villagers enjoy sports activities at the village cultural house.

When the Party's will is in line with the people's will, the people not only agree and support, but also actively contribute resources, determined to rise up, change, improve their lives, and change the face of their homeland. The lesson learned in the construction of new rural areas in Ky Ha is that the cadres and party members always take the lead in implementing. Along with the close guidance of the working groups from the town, the Party committees and authorities from the commune to the village always closely follow the work, discuss, work together, share, and remove difficulties and obstacles with the people; openness and democracy in all matters will create consensus and mobilize the strength of the people.

Thu Trang

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