Bac Lieu (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has underlinedthe importance of the people-centred approach to successfully building newrural areas at a conference to review the programme in the southeast and MekongDelta regions.
Speaking at the conference on September 14 in Bac Lieu, the Deputy PM Huerecognised the outcomes brought to the regions by the programme, highlightingthe positive impacts on the lives of local rural residents and povertyreduction efforts.
He asked each locality to review their results and outline an appropriatedirection for the new period.
Deputy PM Hue noted that localities need to give priority to quality whenrecognising new rural areas in the spirit that the programme will have noending point.
At the event, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le QuocDoanh said that after nine years of implementing the programme, the two regionshave had 874 new rural communes and 30 district-level units have beenrecognised as meeting new rural standards.
Notably all of the communes of Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces have beenrecognised as new rural communes.
With over 932 trillion VND (40 billion USD) poured into the programme in thesetwo regions, their infrastructure has been greatly improved and the standard ofliving significantly enhanced with the criteria of income and housing much higherthan the national average, Doanh added./.