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At least half of communes set to become new-style rural areas in 2019

At least half of communes set to become new-style rural areas in mid-2019

Vietnam will complete the five-year target of the National Target Programme on New-Style Rural Area Building by the end of the second quarter of 2019, with at least half of all communes completing all criteria of the programme.
At least half of communes set to become new-style rural areas in mid-2019 ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will complete the five-yeartarget of the National Target Programme on New-Style Rural Area Building by theend of the second quarter of 2019, with at least half of all communescompleting all criteria of the programme.

According to Nguyen Minh Tien, head of the centralcoordination office for the programme, currently, 46.48 percent of the communes,or 4,144 communes, have been recognised as new-style rural areas. In addition,61 districts have won the title.

All communes in three localities – Dong Nai, Nam Dinhprovinces and Da Nang city – have fulfilled all criteria of the programme,which was launched nearly 10 years ago.

Notably, the southern province of Dong Nai is a leadinglocality in the implementation of the programme as well as in advancednew-style rural area building movement, which has higher requirements.Currently, the province has had 26 out of 133 communes fulfilling all advancedcriteria for a new-style rural area.

According to Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNguyen Xuan Cuong, in the past five years, the central budget for the programmewas four times higher than in the previous period. Investment into remote andmountainous localities was also 4-5 times higher than the average level of thecountry.

Alongside, many new activities were implemented during theperiod, including the one commune-one product (OCOP) programme; the movement ofbuilding model gardens in line with the new residential areas; and ruraltourism development.

Cuong said the ministry will sketch out a plan for theimplementation programme in the next five and 10 years, with greater attentionon quality.

In the future, the ministry will develop 15,000 new-stylecooperatives, while expanding the OCOP programme and rural tourism, andattracting more businesses to invest in these programmes.

Cuong said that to narrow the gap in development amongregions, along with offering more support policies to localities facingdifficulties, the ministry will integrate the new-style rural area buildingprogramme with other programmes such as those to speed up poverty reduction,support border and islands localities and boost forest development.

He said that the new-style rural area building programme willnot end, with requirements in the new period higher than the previous one,aiming to improve the living conditions of farmers and the faces of ruralareas.-VNA
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