Phu Quy Island.
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(VOVworld) – Public consensus has significantly contributed to Phu Quy Island’s success in rural development since the island started implementing a national new rural development program 3 years ago. VOV’s Viet Quoc reports….

Visitors to Binh Thuan province’s Phu Quy Island today are amazed by its cleanliness thanks to the islanders’ determination to protect the environment under the new rural development program. Pham Thi Hoa lives in My Khe hamlet, Tam Thanh commune, Phu Quy island district: "It has become part of our daily routine to keep our residential areas clean and tidy. We sweep our streets and alleys at dawn and dusk or whenever they are dirty or covered with falling leaves."

Since Binh Thuan province launched a new rural development campaign 3 years ago, Phu Quy islanders have planted trees and worked to keep the environment clean. They have also contributed money and labor to upgrading the local road system. Nguyen Huynh lives in Trieu Duong hamlet, Tam Thanh commune: "80% of the money to pave the roads came from the government. The rest was contributed by local people. We are very willing to join the government’s efforts to improve the road system, which makes it easier for us to get around."

Le Hong Loi, Deputy Secretary of Phu Quy Island’s Party Committee, credits so the local government with getting people involved in the program: "We’ve done all we can to make local people understand the program’s importance. People have been very eager to get involved."

Tam Thanh was the first commune on Phu Quy island to complete all 19 criteria of the national new rural development program. Ngo Thi Thai is Chairwoman of the Tam Thanh communal People’s Committee: "Tam Thanh’s completion of the national rural development program’s criteria is due to local people’s consensus and participation. Their contribution to the program in money and labor has paid off."  

100% of the households on Phu Quy island now have access to clean water. The number of poor households has fallen significantly and local living conditions are much better than before. Ta Minh Nhut is Deputy Chairman of the Phu Quy island People’s Committee: "We aim to complete the national new rural development program by the end of this year. Long Hai and Ngu Phung commune have achieved 15 and 16 out of the program’s total 19 criteria."