Luong Son district of Hoa Binh province has focused on building model residential areas and model gardens to help local people promote their role in building new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas, thus maintaining its status as a new-style rural district.
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Concreted roads with glorious flowers along the sides leave visitors first impression when coming to Tan Hoa village of Hoa Son commune, which is the first commune recognised as a model new-style rural residential area.
Nguyen The Truyen, Secretary of the Party cell of the village, said that the village has 127 households with a per capita income of 56 million VND (2,203 USD). Three local household have had their gardens meeting the standards of model gardens.
Ha Huy Tu, the owner of a model garden covering an area of more than 5,000 sq.m in the village, said that he has divided his garden into separated areas for vegetable and fruit tree cultivation and breeding. The entire farming area has a drip irrigation system, while the breeding area has a waste treating system using biotechnology to ensure environmental protection.
Hoa Son is one of the first communes of Luong Son district to be recognised as a new-style rural area. The commune has seen great improvements thanks to local people's active engagement and contributions to the construction of a cultural house, village gates, power transmission lines, roads and camera installation.
Hoa Son is not the only locality in Luong Son to show strong performance in building model new-style rural areas and model gardens.
Dinh Duy Hung, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Luong Son town, said that since the town launched the movement to build model residential areas and civilised urban areas towards the goal of completing criteria for a ward-level urban area, it has received active and positive response from local people, especially in widening roads, cleaning streets and installing security camera systems. Particularly, the living conditions of residents have been greatly improved, he noted.
So far, the district has had 28 model residential areas and 54 model gardens meeting criteria stated in the provincial People’s Committee’s Decision No. 2188/QD-UBND.
This year, the locality is striving to have at least two additional model new-style rural residential areas and three more model gardens.
Bui Thi Ninh, Deputy Head of the Division of Agriculture and Rural Development of Luong Son, said that during the implementation of the campaign to build new-style rural areas and civilised urban areas, the district has focused on developing model new-style rural residential areas and civilised urban residential areas as well as fulfilling criteria directly relating to local people's life quality such as employment, income, and cultural identity preservation and promotion, environmental protection, and security.
The district has promoted the role of the community in choosing the most suitable methods to build model residential areas, she stressed.
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The Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee held its monthly meeting on March 26 to review the progress of key projects, assess budget revenue and public investment disbursement, provide feedback on draft documents for submission to the provincial Party Committee's Standing Board, and discuss other important matters related to the committee's governance activities.
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