On June 25, the Office of New Rural Coordination (NTM) of Soc Trang province held a ceremony to summarize and award the award for the 2025 NTM Photo Contest of Soc Trang province.
After nearly 4 months of implementation, the Organizing Committee received 471 works from 103 authors. The works reflect a variety of fields in building new rural areas such as: agricultural restructuring, rural economic development, OCOP programs, digital transformation, climate change response, environmental landscapes, cultural life, and rural tourism potential.
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hung - Deputy Chief of the Office of the Soc Trang Province New Rural Development Coordination said that the photo works have provided a more comprehensive view of the achievements and results of the implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Development for the period 2021 - 2025 in the province as well as reflecting the practical practice of vibrant new rural development between units and localities. The photos are also a communication material to help serve the propaganda work, contributing to raising awareness and responsibility of the whole society for new rural areas.
To date, Soc Trang province has 75/80 communes recognized as meeting the NTM standard, reaching 104% of the target assigned by the Central Government. Of which, 30 communes have met the advanced NTM standards and 3 communes have met the model NTM standards. 5 district-level units were recognized by the Prime Minister as meeting the standards/completion of the task of building new rural areas, achieving 100% of the target. The poverty rate in the whole province is currently only 1.32%, exceeding the set target of a reduction of less than 2%.
