Speaking at the conference on September 14 in Bac Lieu, the Deputy PM Hue recognised the outcomes brought to the regions by the programme, highlighting the positive impacts on the lives of local rural residents and poverty reduction efforts.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

He asked each locality to review their results and outline an appropriate direction for the new period.

Deputy PM Hue noted that localities need to give priority to quality when recognising new rural areas in the spirit that the programme will have no ending point.

At the event, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said that after nine years of implementing the programme, the two regions have had 874 new rural communes and 30 district-level units have been recognised as meeting new rural standards.

Notably all of the communes of Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces have been recognised as new rural communes.

Notably all of the communes of Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces have been recognised as new rural communes.

With over 932 trillion VND (40 billion USD) poured into the programme in these two regions, their infrastructure has been greatly improved and the standard of living significantly enhanced with the criteria of income and housing much higher than the national average, Doanh added.

Viet Yen strives for exemplary new rural district

(BGO) – The 22nd Congress’s  Resolution of the Party Committee, tenure 2015 - 2020 in Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province set the target to obtain the new-style rural district status by 2020. After half of the execution path, 17 out of 17 communes met the standard. As the result, on November 8, 2018, the Government Prime Minister inked the decision recognizing Viet Yen as a new rural district. 

Viet Yen district recognized as new rural district

(BGO) – On behalf of the Government Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Steering Board for the National Target Programmes Vuong Dinh Hue on November 8 inked the dossier to recognize Viet Yen district in Bac Giang province as new rural district in 2018. 

New rural area, new vitality

(BGO) – “New rural area, new vitality" is not just a slogan, but really brings a new lease of life to every village. Being the first new rural district of Bac Giang province, Viet Yen is flourishing from this revolution.

Youths win rural building startup contest

A startup competition to encourage youths to engage in rural building awarded outstanding projects at Can Tho University on November 22.

Bac Giang recognizes four more communes as new style rural areas

(BGO) – The Chairman of the People’s Committee in the northern province of Bac Giang has recognized the communes of Van Trung (Viet Yen district), Quang Minh (Hiep Hoa district), Dai Lam (Lang Giang district) and Bac Lung (Luc Nam district) as new-style rural areas. 

Source: VNA