Bac Tan Uyen district strives to new rural area qualifications by 2025

After nearly 3 years of 2021-2023 implementing the new rural construction program, Bac Tan Uyen district continues to achieve many positive results as the face of the countryside has changed a lot, and  people's lives have gradually improved benevolently. The district has set a target that by 2025, 100% of communes will meet the new enhanced rural standard; 2 out of 8 communes will meet the model new rural standard; and the district will meet the new rural standards.

Delegates visit the booth displaying key agricultural products of Bac Tan Uyen district at the conference to review the 3-year implementation of the new rural construction program.

Associated with the restructuring of the agricultural sector

Over the past time, restructuring the agricultural sector associated with new rural construction in Bac Tan Uyen has brought practical effects. Restructuring agricultural production has not only promoted the potentials and strengths of the locality but also helps people increase their initiatives and renew their production thinking and contribute to changing the face of the countryside. In particular, focus has been on planning areas for industrial crop production, fruit trees, and large-scale livestock husbandry in the eastern communes, urban agriculture development with high-tech application in the western region in association with the well-implemented policies on investment in infrastructure development to encourage the development of agriculture in the direction of urban agriculture and high-tech application along with continual investments in building specialized fruit-growing areas for ecotourism development.

Up to now, the realized agricultural production value has reached VND 2,765 billion - an increase of 15.1% over the same period in an average increase trend of 7.6% per year, in which, cultivation was accounted for 78.58%v and livestock 21.42%. The area of hi-tech application in cultivation is now 2,758 hectares with valuable crops such as pomelo, orange, tangerine, banana, jackfruit, and durian. Of the areas, the areas covering VietGAP and GlobalGAP certification is 293 hectares - an increase of 90 hectares compared to 2020. Along with that, the district's livestock has also developed strongly on currently 62 farms including 30 cold and closed farms.

Having strengths in the field of agriculture, Bac Tan Uyen district effectively implements programs and policies to support production development, contributing to raising people's income and improving infrastructure for agricultural production to help farmers apply scientific and technical advances to improve productivity, quality and reduce product costs, and at the same time, increase the competitiveness of agricultural commodities. In addition, the locality also focuses on exploiting products with local potential and advantages under production and business models that bring high economic efficiency. In addition, the district People's Committee has approved and issued a plan to implement the project on developing biotechnology in the agricultural sector until 2030 and the implementation plan of the project of "Development of organic agriculture in the next phase of 2020-2030.”

In addition to agricultural development, the district always pays attention to and directs specialized agencies and the People's Committees of communes to create conditions for economic organizations and individuals to invest in production, to encourage the development of industrial fields, trade and services in the countryside. From the results of investment expansion, the scale of production and business operations has increased while the material life of rural people in the district has been significantly improved. The rate of laborers with regular jobs in the district is 96%; the poverty rate in the whole district according to the new criteria of the central government is only 0.1%. The average income per capita of the whole district is over VND 80 million a year.

Towards the district meeting new rural standards

Nguyen Van Thuan – Deputy Chairman of Bac Tan Uyen district People's Committee, said that building a new countryside is an important political task, requiring the comprehensive leadership of the Party committees, local authorities and joint efforts as well as consents of the people. The district always pays attention to propaganda and construction campaign with many rich and diverse forms to help people understand their responsibilities, rights and obligations.

The construction of a new countryside has positively impacted on the lives of rural people by gradually changing the face of the countryside. Infrastructure works and village roads have been invested into and built spaciously, so people's lives have improved markedly. Up to now, 7 out of 8 communes have been recognized by the provincial People's Committee as meeting the newly enhanced rural standards.

To achieve the goal of becoming a district meeting new rural standards by 2025, Bac Tan Uyen district focuses on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of management of the authority and mass organizations. At the same time, it continues to direct, review, maintain and improve the quality of criteria to improve and build a model new rural commune, to concentrate on well implementing the planning by closely linking the new rural planning with the district planning.

Directing the local socio-economic development should be focused on to improve the material and spiritual life of the people. At the same time, socialization should be on the improvement to mobilize people's power to implement rural roads and bridges; building cultural life, creating jobs, reducing poverty in order to create changes in all aspects in rural areas.

Reported by Thoai Phuong – Translated by Vi Bao