New countryside changes strongly

Rural roads in Phuoc Hai town, Long Dat district are asphalted and yellow trumpet flowers are planted on both sides of the road.

In many localities, people donate land to build inter-village and inter-commune roads, contribute money to build public works, preserve the common landscape, organize spiritual and cultural activities... to create living space for rural areas.

Creating a livable rural space

Coming to Long Dat district at this time, many people cannot help but be surprised by the changes in the new rural communes. The village roads full of potholes and muddy in the rainy season have become spacious and straight, making it easier for people to travel and transport agricultural products thanks to the new rural program. Both sides of the road are also decorated with colorful yellow trumpet trees and lilies, making the picture of the countryside more brilliant and full of life.

The economy has developed in a sustainable direction, and the material and spiritual life of the people has been increasingly improved. The system of intra-field canals has been upgraded, and agricultural output has doubled. Production models according to the value chain have been widely deployed, helping people access the market better. The preferential loan support program has helped thousands of households develop their economy and improve their lives.

Ms. Ho Bao Trang, in Tam An commune, Long Dat district, is one of the households that has just received support for a corrugated iron roof and an electric rice paper oven. With the electric rice paper oven, she has less trouble, and the new corrugated iron roof makes the oven cooler and more airy. “I am very happy to receive support for machinery to develop production. This creates conditions for me to continue developing the long-standing rice paper making profession of my family in particular and the locality in general, as well as increase my income,” Ms. Trang shared.

Building civilized countryside

Mr. Do Chi Khoi, Vice Chairman of Chau Duc District People's Committee, said that with many solutions closely following practical needs, the construction of model new rural areas has created positive changes in the material and spiritual lives of the people, receiving the consensus and response of the people. The infrastructure of rural areas is spacious and modern, creating favorable conditions for production development and environmental landscape construction. After being recognized as meeting the standards of new rural areas, advanced new rural areas, and model new rural areas, the communes have been more active in maintaining and improving the quality of the criteria, so the quality of new rural construction has been increasingly improved.

Rural environmental protection has made a big breakthrough, especially in the treatment of residential waste, creating a bright - green - clean - beautiful rural landscape and gradually changing people's awareness and responsibility. Rural culture has been given special attention by localities in the province to preserve its identity. Rural civilized lifestyle has been improved, contributing significantly to the economic, cultural and social development process in the province.

The whole province has 40/40 communes meeting the new rural standards; 34/40 communes meeting the advanced new rural standards; 14/40 communes meeting the model new rural standards, reaching 35%; 7/7 district-level units have been recognized by the Prime Minister for completing the task/meeting the new rural standards. Currently, the province has completed the dossier and proposed the Prime Minister to consider and recognize Ba Ria-Vung Tau province for completing the task of building new rural areas by 2025.

The average income per capita in communes building new rural areas is 80 million VND/person/year and 86 million VND/person/year for communes building advanced new rural areas. By the end of March 2025, the whole province had 214 products of 120 entities recognized as OCOP products of 3 stars or higher (101 4-star products, 113 3-star products).

Mr. Nguyen Van Quy, Deputy Chief of the Provincial Office for Coordination of New Rural Development, said that in the 2026-2030 period, the province aims to build a new rural area with a synchronous and modern socio-economic infrastructure, suitable for the urbanization process. Build a civilized, spacious, clean and beautiful countryside that adapts to climate change and sustainable development. Health and education develop comprehensively. People's material and spiritual life is improved.

In the coming time, the province will prioritize the development of socio-economic infrastructure, basically synchronized, ensuring rural-urban connectivity. At the same time, the province will prioritize solutions to develop production and increase income for rural people. The province will mobilize resources, integrate investment capital sources to continue implementing the New Rural Development Program in the province; strive to have 100% of communes in the province meeting advanced New Rural Development standards by 2030; 100% of districts meeting advanced New Rural Development standards, of which Long Dat district meets model New Rural Development standards. Strive to standardize at least 200 OCOP products meeting 3-star standards or higher, focusing on key, typical and potential products of the province.

Article and photos: DONG HIEU

Source: https://baobariavungtau.com.vn/kinh-te/202504/nong-thon-moi-chuyen-minh-manh-me-1040922/