Nguyen Van Cao, Chairman of the provincial PeopleCommittee and Head of the provincial Steering Committee on the NationalTarget Program on New Rural Development, said that the province willprioritise difficult-to-achieve criteria such as infrastructure forculture, education, traffic, environment, irrigational construction andfresh water.
Together with investment capital sourced fromthe State budget, the province has mobilised nearly 1.78 trillion VND(83.4 million USD) to build essential infrastructure for productionwhile arranging nearly 5.4 billion VND (253,000 USD) to supportproduction development.
To complete the electricitycriteria, the province invested in the energy grid in 92 ruralcommunities, thus promoting technology transfer and enhancing labourcapacity.
The province also studied and transferred 32agricultural models, 46 breeding models, 14 fishery models and 5 brandname development support models to locals.
As a result of theseinitiatives, the income per capita of residents in the communes reached20.7 million VND (971 USD), a yearly increase of 24 percent, while thepoverty rate stood at 6.64 percent, down nearly 1.8 percent from 2013.
Othercommunes in the province are also implementing measures to meet thecriteria, focusing on popularisation, mobilisation, awareness-raising ofauthorities and especially encouraging resident involvement in thenew-style area construction.
At the outset of 2015, set of 19criteria for new rural development was satisfied by 9 communes in thelocality, of which two communes were granted recognition as new-stylerural areas.
Huong Hoa commune in Nam Dong mountainous districthas recently become the first locality to be presented with therecognition. The local income per capita reached over 23 million VND(1,095 USD) and poverty rate is below 1.5 percent, spurred bygarden-based and forest economic development.
The nationalprogramme on building new-style rural areas, initiated by the Governmentin 2010, includes 19 criteria on socio-economic development, politics,and defence, aiming to boost rural regions of Vietnam.
The list of criteria includes the development of infrastructure, theimprovement of production capacities, environmental protection, and thepromotion of cultural values.-VNA