The roads that open up the future

Implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Development, Trung village, Tra Son commune, Tra Bong district, many rural roads have been invested in and solidified. Walking around Trung village, it is not difficult to recognize the local appearance has changed dramatically.

In addition to building roads, people also invest in building fences, gates, planting flowers on both sides... thereby contributing to improving the quality of their homeland.

With the motto of the State and the people working together, before, this village road was a small, narrow dirt road, making it difficult to travel. As soon as the State supported the concrete road, the people here understood the correct policy of the State as well as the benefits they would enjoy, many people voluntarily donated land to open the road.

Ms. Ho Thi Su (Trung village, Tra Son commune) said: Although at that time, my family's land had many cinnamon trees that were in harvest season. But for the common good, I donated 600m2 of land for perennial crops to widen the road. The village road is now wide, clean and beautiful, everyone is happy.

To have this spacious and clean concrete road, the Trung village government has flexibly applied propaganda and mobilization methods so that cadres, party members and people are clearly aware of their roles and benefits in the implementation of the new rural construction program. Thereby, arousing the spirit of self-awareness and voluntariness of the people in donating land, contributing labor and money to build rural roads.

Thanks to good work in orientation, propaganda, allocation and integration of programs, up to now 100% of roads from the district to the commune center have been asphalted; 92.4% of roads from the commune to the village have been concreted according to new rural standards.

Tra Bong district currently has 3 communes meeting 19 new rural criteria, 1 commune meeting 18 new rural criteria... Chairman of Tra Bong district People's Committee Tran Hoang Vinh shared that the capital for building new rural areas has contributed to changing the appearance of infrastructure as well as the lives of people in communes in the district, especially traffic infrastructure, schools, medical stations...

In Ba To district, for generations, people in Ba Le commune have been isolated during times of high floods. But now, the Nuoc Lech stream flood bridge has removed all barriers.

Village elder Pham Van Le, Lang Tot village, Ba Le commune (Ba To) happily said: For many years, every rainy season, our whole village has been isolated by Nuoc Lech stream, making it difficult for people to travel, especially when they are sick. Due to the difficult traffic, in order to pursue their dream of education, every rainy season, local children have to stay at the houses of people from other villages to go to school.

"Now that the separation is over, we are very happy. From now on, we can travel in the sun or rain without worrying about being swept away by floodwaters," said old Le.

In addition to the nearly 60m long Nuoc Lech flood overpass, Ba To district also invested in a traffic route of about 4.5km at both ends of the bridge, replacing the previous dirt road. This project with a total investment of about 40 billion VND has solved the aspirations of many generations of Lang Tot residents, making travel and transportation of goods more convenient for people, opening up new development opportunities for the locality.

In addition to Nuoc Lech bridge, in recent years, Ba To district has also invested in building dozens of roads and other rural traffic works, thereby creating a complete traffic network connecting difficult areas with commune centers. Creating favorable conditions for trade development and rescue.

According to Chairman of Ba To District People's Committee Pham Giang Nam, in recent times, from the province's capital and a part of local budget, the district has focused on investing in many key traffic projects, aiming to develop smooth traffic infrastructure, especially traffic in remote areas, often isolated during the rainy season.

These are dynamic projects that promote socio-economic development, narrowing the development gap between the district center and remote areas. The Ba To road project to Cay Muoi village (Ba Trang commune) is also a regional connectivity project, opening up opportunities for smooth traffic between Ba To district and An Lao district (Binh Dinh).

Continued investment in mountainous areas

Determining that rural transport development is important in creating momentum for socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, and contributing to the successful implementation of the goal of building new rural areas, Quang Ngai province has mobilized many resources, especially mobilizing people's strength to expand and upgrade the rural transport system.

With the efforts of the Party Committee, government, organizations and unions in mobilizing, the role of the people in participating in the construction of rural roads has been promoted. From the beginning of 2022 to now, the whole Quang Ngai province has mobilized people to contribute nearly 30,000 working days, nearly 100 billion VND and donated hundreds of thousands of square meters of land to build nearly 300km of rural concrete roads. To date, the whole province has 118 communes meeting the criteria for rural traffic.

Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Ngai province Ho Trong Phuong said that according to the plan to implement the National Target Program on New Rural Development by 2025, the whole province has 7/13 districts, towns and cities meeting the standards for completing the task of building new rural areas. At the commune level, 120/148 communes, wards and towns meet the new rural standards, of which 53/120 communes meet the advanced new rural standards, 8/53 communes meet the model new rural standards.

To achieve the set goals, in addition to State investment, the people's solidarity and unanimity are extremely important.

After more than 10 years, Quang Ngai province has implemented the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, along with the drastic direction and participation of the entire political system, there is also the consensus and great contribution of local people.

However, there are still nearly 30 communes that have not met the criteria for rural transport, mainly in mountainous, remote and isolated areas.

"Therefore, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will closely coordinate with local authorities, associations and organizations to promote propaganda and mobilize people to proactively participate in donating land to expand roads, contributing working days and money so that villages and communes can soon meet rural road standards.

Thereby, contributing to promoting local socio-economic development in a sustainable direction," Mr. Phuong emphasized.