Hanoi ranks third in new-style rural area building
Hanoi ranks third nationwide in terms of new-style rural area building, said Ngo Van Ngon, deputy head of the capital's coordinating office for new-style countryside development
A rural road in Song Phuong commune, Dan Phuong district. All the 382 communes and 18 districts in capital city of Hanoi have satisfied new rural standards (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) 😼- Hanoi ranks third nationwide in terms of new-style rural area building, said Ngo Van Ngon, deputy head of the capital's coordinating office for new-style countryside development.
All the 382 communes and 18 districts in the city have satisfied new rural standards, with 188 communes earning the title “advanced new-style rural areas” and 76 being recognised as model ones.
To help effectively implement the national target programme on building new-style rural areas, each district selected one commune to pilot the programme and then replicated it in other communes, Ngon told a recent meeting held by the municipal Party Committee's Board for Information and Education, adding that developing new-style countryside is a chance for the Party and State to improve the quality of people's life.
The city has set a goal that by 2025, it will complete building new-style rural areas at the city level, with 100% of districts meeting standards of a new-style rural area, 20% of districts and 40% of communes meeting advanced standards, and 20% of communes meeting model new-style countryside standards.
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