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VFF’s contributions to new-style rural area building highlighted

It is necessary to continue assessing public satisfaction with outcomes of new-style rural area building seriously in order to promote responsibility and role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in the work.
VFF’s contributions to new-style rural area building highlighted ảnh 1As many as 2,884 communes or 32.3 percent of communes nationwide were recognised as new-style rural areas by the end of November 2017. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – It is necessary tocontinue assessing public satisfaction with outcomes of new-style rural areabuilding seriously in order to promote responsibility and role of the VietnamFatherland Front in the work, heard a seminar in Hanoi on December 28.

Besides, a set of national criteria for model new-style rural areas and anotherset of criteria for model new-style residential areas should be set forth soonfor recognised new rural communes.

Participants at the seminar also stressed the need to build more regulationsand mechanisms to attract investments in agriculture and rural areas, as wellas a legal corridor in producing, purchasing and processing agro-forestry-fisheryproducts. 

Over the past time, through campaigns and movements launched by the VFF and itsmember organisations, people have actively participated in production chains ofnew-style cooperatives, applied high-technologies in production, and protectedthe environment as well as cultural values.

As a result, as many as 2,884communes or 32.3 percent of communes nationwide were recognised as new-stylerural areas by the end of November 2017, surpassing the target of at least 31percent. 

Of the total, 326 communes have met the new national criteria on new ruralcommunes during 2016-2020, according to the Coordination Office of the NationalTarget Programme on New-Style Rural Area Building. 

As of December 15, 43 district-level units in 24 centrally-run cities andprovinces have been certified as new rural areas, up 13 districts compared withthe end of 2016 and exceeding the target of 38. 

The General Statistics Office revealed that as of the end of 2016, 99.4 percentof communes nationwide have auto-accessible roads to commune centres. Allcommunes and 97.8 percent of villages are connected with the national powergrid. Meanwhile, 99.7 percent of communes have preschools and elementaryschools and 99.5 percent of communes have medical centres. 

Some 3,854 production models have been connectedwith each other by value chains. There are 11,183 agricultural cooperatives,with each earning an average of 1.1 billion VND (48,400 USD) annually. 

Notably, localities have set forth roadmaps to dealwith debts in infrastructure construction. -VNA
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