The economy of mountainous and plain areas is flourishing.
Quang Ngai strives to have 13 more communes in 5 mountainous districts meeting new rural standards by 2025. Working with other localities, Quang Ngai has prioritized and focused resources on investing in mountainous districts. In 2024 alone, the province will allocate about 290 billion VND to support 13 communes in mountainous districts to maintain and implement new rural construction criteria.
Thanks to investment, up to now, 100% of the mountainous areas in the province have asphalted and concreted roads to the commune center; 94.8% of villages have concreted roads to the center. Irrigation works, markets, domestic water supply, electricity... have been gradually invested synchronously. The rate of people using national electricity is 98%; people using hygienic domestic water is 91%; schools are solidified at 100%. 67.7% of schools at all levels meet national standards; 100% of medical stations have doctors, villages have medical staff... Thanks to substantial and sustainable investment, it has contributed to shortening the gap between mountainous districts and rural and urban areas.
According to Mr. Ho Trong Phuong - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Ngai province, up to now, the province has 97/148 communes and 2 districts meeting new rural standards; 10 communes meeting advanced new rural standards. Currently, the Provincial New Rural Coordination Office is completing the dossier to advise the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for consideration and proposal to recognize Quang Ngai city for completing the task of building new rural areas and Mo Duc district meeting new rural standards.
It is expected that by the end of 2024, Binh Son district and 6 communes will meet new rural standards. Thus, the whole province will have 5 districts and 103 communes meeting new rural standards, 10 communes meeting advanced new rural standards and are expected to achieve the plan according to the implementation roadmap in Decision No. 518 dated July 17, 2024 of the Provincial People's Committee.
Working together with the government, over the past 5 years, people in the province have contributed over 153,000 working days, donated over 310,000 square meters of land and contributed over 136 billion VND to build new rural projects and works such as building rural roads, solidifying intra-field canals...
Speed up disbursement
As of October 31, 2024, the central budget allocated to the province for new rural construction has been allocated to districts, towns and cities in Decision No. 1398, which is 63 billion VND. The disbursement rate has reached over 90% of the capital plan.
According to Mr. Tran Phuoc Hien - Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee, the provincial leaders have requested localities to proactively accelerate the implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction in the area. Currently, the disbursement of capital sources in localities is still low, especially in mountainous districts. The leadership and direction of new rural construction in some localities has not been proactive and drastic. The combined strength of the entire political system and the role of the people in building new rural areas have not been truly promoted.
Mr. Hien said that the province has requested localities to focus on directing more drastically, enhancing the responsibility and role of leaders of local Party committees and authorities in building new rural areas. Focus on disbursing all allocated capital sources and strive to complete the task of building new rural areas in 2024.