Hanoi (VNA) – Many localities are workinghard to build smart rural areas, as part of a national targetprogramme on building new-style rural areas.
Under the programme in the 2021-2025 period, in order to be recognised as an exemplarynew rural area, a commune must have at least one smart village, based on criteria issued by the provincial authorities.
Bach Dang commune is the first in Kinh Mon district,the northern province of Hai Duong, to be recognised as an exemplary new-style rural area.
Chairman of the communal People’s Committee Tran VanTang told Nhan dan (People) newspaper that most of the management work in the commune has now beendone through smart phones, from public lighting to irrigation systems.
Lam Phu has been the first hamlet in Giao Phongcommune, Giao Thuy district, the northern province of Nam Dinh, to win thesmart new rural area status. It has been equipped with security cameras and upto 80% of the local households have gained access to the internet.
Vinh Hung commune in Phu Loc district, the centralprovince of Thua Thien Hue, is another locality selected for piloting the smartcommune model, where all administrative procedures have been digitalised.
Director of Thua Thien-Hue province’s Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Dinh Duc stressed that digitaltransformation has been seen as a solution to build a comprehensive, ecological,effective agricultural sector, towards modern, smart rural areas.
Nam Dinh province’s Department of Information andCommunications has been assigned to accelerate digital transformation inlocalities, aiming to have 184 communes and towns recognised as advanced newrural areas and at least 20 others recognised as exemplary new rural areas by2023.
Under the national target programme on new-stylerural area building, at least 80% of communes nationwide are expected to winthe new-style rural area title by 2025.
Notably, the average income of rural residents willincrease by at least 1.5 times compared to that in 2020.
Funding for the programme is estimated at 196.33trillion VND (8.35 billion USD) at the lowest, with 156.7 trillion VND comingfrom the local budget./.
The southern province of Dong Nai, a leading locality in implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area building, is making efforts to continue to promote the building of exemplary new-style rural areas.
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