An Deok-jang, Director of the SGFmanagement board for Africa and Asia, said local people’s effort is crucial tothe new rural movement and hoped that the Vietnam-Korea village model in LuongTam commune, Long My district and Binh Thanh commune, Phung Hiep district wouldbe a success.
The goal of the project is to enablelocal residents to adopt effective economic models after five years, he said.
Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee Truong Canh Tuyen vowed all possible support for the project,which has an investment of more than 72.4 billion VND (3.14 million USD).
Work on the Vietnam-Korea villagewill start this year with the hope to complete the village in 2020 in order to multiplythe model across the province and the Mekong Delta after 2020.
Between now and 2020, both sideswill offer training in household and collective economic management for localresidents, build production infrastructure, transfer technology, developeducation-health care and cultural exchange, and create a better businessenvironment.-VNA