President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second from right) presents a certificate recognising Tuy Phuoc a new-style rural area. (Photo: VNA) After nearly 10 years of implementing the National TargetProgramme on New-style Rural Area Building, Tuy Phuoc has applied many dynamic andcreative ways of doing that are suitable to the actual conditions of thelocality, thus gaining positive achievements.
The average annual economic growth rate reaches 9.2 percent;per capita income is 45.8 million VND (2,013 USD) per year, an increase of 2.4times compared to that in 2011; and the rate of poor households is 1.92percent, down 7.92 percent from 2011. All main roads in communes and connectingcommunes have been asphalted or concreted. The rate of trained workers is 48.6percent. All households are using hygienic water, in which, those with accessto clean water in accordance with national standards is 74.1 percent.
Speaking at the event, President Phuc congratulated the administration and people of Binh Dinh for having 84 out of 113 communes meetingnew-style rural building criteria, higher than the national average.
He noted that building new rural areas is necessary with thehighest goal of improving the material and spiritual lives and income offarmers.
The State leader asked Tuy Phuoc to boost modernisationin terms of science and technology, have more clean products, and pay moreattention to developing a socialist-oriented market economy, promoting the roleof household and multi-sector economy, especially the private economy.
Tuy Phuoc must become a model and advanced new-style ruraldistrict of Vietnam, he said, asking Binh Dinh province and Tuy Phuoc districtto take suitable steps to maintain the living environment for local residents./.
VNA
