Tien Giang ranked the first on new rural communes in the Mekong Delta

ABO - Tien Giang is ranked the first on new rural communes in the Mekong Delta, according to Vice Chairman of Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan at the conference on summarizing the building new rural communes in the province in 2019 and the direction of 2020.

Vice Chairman of Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan speaks at the conference.

According to Tien Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2019, the province recognized 32 communes meeting new rural area standards, increasing the number of communes to meet new rural area standards in the province to 92 communes. The average number of criteria achieved in the area is 16.7 criteria/commune, an increase of 1.8 criteria/commune in comparison with 2018.

Regarding the construction progress of new rural district, Go Cong Dong and Cho Gao districts reached 6/9 criteria of new rural district. Currently, these districts have registered to launch the new rural district in the second quarter of 2020. In 2020, Tien Giang province strives to have at least 25 communes recognized to meet the new rural area standards, increasing the number of communes meeting the new rural area standards in the province to 120/144; at least 8 to 10 communes will be recognized as advanced new rural communes and 2 districts will be recognized as meeting new rural district standards; no more than 10 communes meet the criteria. In addition, all communes meeting new rural area standards in Tien Giang province must maintain the 19/19 recognized criteria.

Comrade Pham Anh Tuan awards certificate of merit of the Provincial People's Committee to collective with achievements in building new rural area.

Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan Pham Anh Tuan said that Tien Giang province currently is ranked the first in the number of communes meeting new rural area standards in the Mekong Delta region. The quality of the communes meeting the new rural area standards of the province is also quite high. The latter communes have higher quality than the previous ones. This is a great effort of the entire political system of Tien Giang province.

In 2020, comrade Pham Anh Tuan requires to strive to launch 28 communes of new rural area. Go Cong Dong and Cho Gao districts make more efforts to launch the remaining new rural communes to spend time for completing the profile, fulfilling the new rural district criteria.

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded 14 certificates of merit to collectives and 31 individuals with outstanding achievements in building new rural area.

By S.N – Translated by NGUYEN HUU