Effectiveness from Consensus

Following the motto "The State and people work together", after 10 years of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, Nam Dinh and Dong Nai are the first localities in the country to reach the target of 100% of district units completing the program. This result clearly reflects the determination and efforts of the entire political system, the consensus of all strata of people, in which the leadership and direction of the Party Committees and the people are focused and promoted.

After nearly eight years of implementing the New Rural construction program, the appearance of Nam Dinh has greatly improved, and its countryside of Nam Dinh has been flourishing. Essential infrastructure is focused on investment and synchronous development. The province has upgraded and built 1,984.6 km of rural roads, 5,190 communal irrigation works, 496 transformer stations, 1,503.5 km of low voltage lines, 3,505 classrooms, 45 communal culture houses, 423 village cultural and sports areas, 114 communal post offices, hundreds of communal radio stations, 26 commune health stations, 58 rural markets and 11 rural clean water supply projects. New rural development is a continuous process and there is no end point.

Mr. Pham Dinh Nghi, Chairman of Nam Dinh People's Committee, shared that the achievements Nam Dinh province has obtained are attributed to the joint efforts of the people and local authorities. Leverage of all the movements is the motto "the people do, the State supports". In the coming time, Nam Dinh will continue to speed up the construction of new rural villages/communes. In 2019, the province will basically form six new rural models. Up to 2020, there will be 100 communes meeting the advanced new rural standards, 11 basic new rural models. At the same time, the province will implement the "pilot project of new rural areas in Hai Hau district for sustainable development in 2018-2023.

In fact, in building new countryside in Nam Dinh, each locality is always proactive in tapping potential and specific advantage to reach the target. The province has gradually developed its agriculture towards high-tech applications. Advanced technologies and breeding techniques are quickly applied on farms. Up to now, the whole province has nine farms that have been certified VietGAP. Initially, the province perfects some farming processes and technologies such as white-legged shrimp, yellow finned pompano. From 2015-2018, the province instructed 13 establishments to build and apply the advanced quality management program; guided the formulation and publication of quality standards for 90 products of 62 production and business establishments; support QRcode traceability labeling for 130 agricultural products and foodstuffs; coordinating to build a collective brand for Giao Chau Fish Sauce and Nghia Hung Gobies. There are seven reputable product brands in the market (Toan Xuan clean rice, Minh Duong dried agricultural products, Hung Vuong fish cakes, Ninh Co fish sauce, Lenger clean clams, Giao Thuy clean clams, Royal light sea salt). Nam Dinh Clean Agriculture Association has 33 members and over 130 products with quality controlled and labeled by a traceability stamp.

Nam Dinh has been implementing many synchronous solutions, comprehensively and positively changing the rural face. The province promotes the movement "All people unite to build cultural life", the campaign "All people unite to build civilized urban area". The results achieved in developing new rural areas once again affirm the guidelines, methods and practices of Nam Dinh province which are completely correct and effective. Building new rural towards the highest goal is to improve the material and spiritual life of the rural people. Since then, Nam Dinh province has been gradually built up to prosperity, bringing happiness to people's lives.

Minh Ngoc