Improve people's lives
In the process of building new rural areas, many rural areas in Dak R'lap district have constantly "changed their skin and flesh". From afar, the central locations of the communes of Nhan Co, Dao Nghia, Nghia Thang, Quang Tin, Dak Ru... look no different from bustling urban areas.
Dak Wer Commune (Dak R'lap District) is the first locality in Dak Nong Province to achieve the title of advanced new rural commune. This is the result of the tireless efforts of the government, Party Committee and people of all ethnic groups in the commune.
According to the Dak Wer Commune People's Committee, agriculture is the main source of income for about 80% of the local population. Statistics show that the commune currently has nearly 3,800 hectares of agricultural land.
Therefore, right from the beginning of the new rural construction, Dak Wer commune determined to focus on developing the agricultural sector in depth and sustainably to increase economic efficiency and raise people's income.
Currently, the commune has sustainable chains of pepper, coffee, and durian linked with growing area codes and traceability.
According to the People's Committee of Dak Wer Commune, the commune currently has about 2,200 households and nearly 10,000 people. The most exciting thing is that the average income per capita reaches 52 million VND/person/year.
Mr. Vo Ngoc Anh, Acting Chairman of Dak Wer Commune People's Committee, said that the most obvious change in the locality is the upgraded and newly built concrete roads, which are very convenient for people to trade and travel.
On both sides of the roads, people also plant flowers and ornamental plants to create a green, clean and beautiful landscape.
In particular, over the past time, Dak Wer commune has always accompanied to improve the lives of the people. The goal of Dak Wer commune is to have more and more well-off people.
In particular, poor and near-poor households have access to preferential policies such as: Support for crossbred cows for breeding, fertilizers for crop care, preferential loans from the Social Policy Bank...
"Currently, all poor and near-poor households have had their temporary houses and dilapidated thatched houses removed, and their lives have improved significantly..." - Mr. Vo Ngoc Anh happily added.
Focus on sustainable poverty reduction for people
According to Mr. Tran Cong Dung - Permanent Vice Chairman of Dak R'lap District People's Committee, right from the start of building new rural areas, the locality has always determined the main goal to focus on developing infrastructure, focusing on economic restructuring and reasonable forms of production organization.
In particular, focusing on linking agriculture with rapid development of industry and services, contributing to sustainable poverty reduction for people while still preserving national cultural identity...
According to Mr. Dung, after 13 years of implementing the National Target Program on Rural Construction for the period 2011 - 2024, Dak R'Lap district has achieved many encouraging results.
Up to now, the rural appearance of the communes has changed a lot in the direction of modernization but has not lost the local ethnic identity.
Infrastructure systems such as roads, electricity, schools, markets, cultural facilities, residential housing... are invested in and increasingly improved and modernized to meet the needs of people's lives.
"The material and spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved, the economy is increasingly developed, culture and society are increasingly enhanced, the socio-political system is maintained" - the Standing Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dak R'lap district affirmed.
In 2011, when the new rural construction began, on average, each commune in the district only met 4.3 criteria/commune. Technical infrastructure was both lacking and unsynchronized, and the material and spiritual life of the people still faced many difficulties.
In 2021, the entire district achieved 190/190 criteria, an average of 19 criteria/commune, and 10/10 communes of the district were recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as meeting new rural standards according to the set of criteria for the period 2011 - 2020 and were the leading district of Dak Nong province in implementing the national target program on new rural construction.
As a result of implementing the new rural criteria set for the period 2021 - 2025, by October 2024, Dak R'Lap district has achieved the following results:
Regarding the criteria for new rural communes, through the review and self-assessment of the People's Committees of the communes, the whole district has achieved 190/190 criteria. On average, each commune has achieved 19 criteria/commune. Currently, the District People's Committee is completing the procedures for 10 communes to meet the criteria for the period 2021 - 2025.
Regarding the set of criteria for advanced new rural communes, through review and assessment, the whole district achieved 131/190 criteria, an average of 13.1 criteria/commune. Of which, Dak Wer and Nhan Co communes were recognized by the Chairman of Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee as communes meeting the standards for advanced new rural communes in 2022 and 2023.
Regarding the new rural district criteria set, the self-assessment results achieved 8/9 criteria with 35/36 indicators; criterion number 7 on Environment was not achieved.
Striving for the first quarter of 2025, Dak R'lap district will complete the new rural district dossier and proceed with the next steps to request the Provincial People's Committee to review according to regulations.
