Lam Dong is the leading locality in implementing theprogramme, with its Dong Duong district and 59 communes, or 50.5 percent oftotal communes, recognised as new-style rural areas.
Amidst limited State budget allocation for theprogramme, regional localities have mobilised capitalfrom diverse resources to realize the programme targets.
In Lam Dong, from 2010-2015, 33.58 trillion VND (.. USD) was raised fornew-style rural area building, of which State budget covered 10.66 percent and thelocal community accounted for 27 percent.
Regional localities have built over 1,100 effectiveproduction models, mostly in cultivation, aquatic farming, and hi-tech agriculture.
The programme has also helped significantly improve infrastructuresystems, better serving the production and life of the locals.
However, the Steering Committee for Central HighlandsRegion pointed to difficulties, including a lack of guiding documents for implementingthe programme for the 2016-2020 period.
The committee also proposed that ministries andcentral agencies soon issue mechanisms and policies as well as guidingdocuments, along with sufficient measures to supervise and evaluate theimplementation of the programme.-VNA