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Tien Giang: over 173.5 mln USD earmarked for new rural construction

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has spent over 4 trillion VND (173.5 million USD) implementing the national target programme on building new-style rural areas in 2021 – 2025, aiming to be recognised as a new-style rural province.
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Tien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Deltaprovince of Tien Giang has spent over 4 trillion VND (173.5 million USD)implementing the national target programme on building new-style rural areas in 2021 –2025, aiming to be recognised as a new-style rural province.

In 2021, the locality has invested 514.5 billion VND from the local budget andnearly 245 billion VND sourced from businesses’ capital in the programme.

It expects to have 12 more new-style rural communes, 14 more advanced new-stylerural communes, and one more district meeting the criteria set by theprogramme.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen VanVinh, the locality has taken comprehensive and drastical measures with the aimof having all of its communes and districts recognised as new-style rural areas,and 40 percent and 14 percent of the communes meeting advanced and model new-stylerural standards, respectively.

It also targets two districts meeting the criteria of an advanced new-stylerural area.

The local authorities have implemented measures to improve the material andspiritual lives for rural locals, and build and upgrade modern ruralsocio-economic infrastructure in connection of urbanization and environmentalprotection.

Attention has been paid to organising communication activities in order toraise public awareness and responsibility of the importance of new-style ruralbuilding in the national industrialisation and modernisation process.

Planning-related work, agricultural restructuring, and sustainable and hi-techagriculture development have been concentrated, contributing to fulfilling thelocality’s development goals.

By early 2021, Tien Giang had 119 communes recognised as new-style rural areas,10 others meeting the standard of advanced new-style rural commune, accountingfor 83.21 percent and 6.29 percent of the total communes in the locality,respectively.

Three urban areas had completed the task of new-style rural construction, whiletwo districts were recognized as new-style rural areas.

Per capita income in Tien Giang in 2020 increased nearly 3 percent compared to2011, while the rate of poor households decreased to 1.97 percent from 9.63percent./.
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