Yen Bai (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on January 4 attended a ceremony announcing the Prime Minister’s decision on recognising Van Yen district of Yen Bai province to meet criteria of a new-style rural area in 2024 and receiving a second-class Labour Order.
At the ceremony, on behalf of Party and State leaders, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man handed over the State President’s second-class Labour Order to the Party Organisation, administration and people of Van Yen district.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Trung presented the Prime Minister’s decision on recognising Van Yen district to satisfy criteria of a new-style rural area.
Speaking at the ceremony, Secretary of the Yen Bai provincial Party Committee Tran Huy Tuan acknowledged and warmly praised the efforts, dedication, and responsibility of generations of leaders, officials, and party members, people and business community of Van Yen district in the development of the district.
At the same time, he recommended the Party Committee, administration, armed forces and people of all ethnic groups in the district to continue promoting the tradition of revolutionary heroes, the spirit of solidarity, the will to be self-reliant, self-reliant and the desire to rise, joining hands and unanimously building Van Yen into a well-developed locality of the province, aiming to become a tier-4 urban area, one of the important satellite urban areas of the northern midlands and mountains region.
Embarking on building new rural areas in 2011, the communes of Van Yen district only achieved an average of five criteria. Thanks to the drastic, synchronous and effective implementation of the National Target Programme to build new rural areas and many programmes and projects of the central, provincial and district administrations, Van Yen has mobilised the entire political system to participate in building new rural areas with a total amount of over 5.7 trillion VND to invest in upgrading infrastructure and perfecting criteria.
The face of the countryside in Van Yen has seen many improvements, while infrastructure has been invested and upgraded and the cultural, social and spiritual life of the people has been improved. In particular, it has aroused the consensus of the entire rural community, creating the spread and promoting the strength of great solidarity, proactive and creative spirit of each individual and group. Hence, many new factors, many advanced examples, and good economic models have appeared in the district, contributing to improving the material and spiritual life of local people.
To date, all 24/24 communes of the district have met new rural standards, of which five communes have met advanced new rural standards. The district also completed 9/9 criteria according to the National Criteria Set for New Rural Districts for the period 2021 - 2025. With determination and outstanding efforts, Van Yen reached the status of new-style rural district one year ahead of the Resolutions of the Provincial Party Congress and the District Party Congress. It is the only locality in the northern midland and mountainous region to be recognised as a new rural district in 2024./.
