Hanoi Issues Regulations on New Rural Commune Criteria

The Hanoi People's Council adopted Resolution 21/NQ-HDND detailing fund allocation to support the National Target Program for New Rural Development. The Hanoi People's Committee introduced two sets of criteria for advanced new rural communes and districts and exemplary new rural communes in Hanoi City in the 2021-2025 period.

Accordingly, Hanoi’s new rural commune criteria in the 2021-2025 period will have the following criteria: Planning; traffic; irrigation and natural disaster prevention and control; electricity; education; cultural infrastructure; rural commercial infrastructure; information and communication; residential housing; income; multidimensional poverty; labor; rural economic production and development; education and training; healthcare; culture; environment and food safety; political system and access to the law; and defense and security.

Its advanced new rural commune criteria in the 2021-2025 period must meet the following criteria: Planning; traffic; irrigation and natural disaster prevention and control; electricity; education; culture; rural commercial infrastructure; information and communication; residential housing; income; multidimensional poverty; labor; rural economic production and development; healthcare; public administration; access to law; environment; living environment quality; and defense and security. Exemplary new rural communes must fulfill mandatory criteria (income, smart countryside model) and optional criteria (one of the following areas: Security and order, environment, production, health, culture, education and training, tourism, digital transformation).

The set of new rural commune criteria for the 2021-2025 period is a basis for local authorities to work out plans for building new rural communes, advanced new rural communes and exemplary new rural communes in 2021-2025; verify, assess and request recognition of communes that achieve criteria imposed to new rural communes, enhanced new rural communes and exemplary new rural communes; and launch emulation movements for new rural development in the 2021-2025 period.

Minh Ngoc (Vietnam Business Forum )