The People’s Committee of Mekong Delta Can Tho City has targeted to have 20 out of its 36 communes meeting all 19 criteria of the national new-style rural area building programme by 2020.
The city approved an investment of nearly 2.3 trillion VND (109 million USD) to build an additional eight communes in Co Do district as new-style rural areas in the 2015-2020 period, which brings the district’s all nine communes to meet the requirements of the programme.
According to Dao Anh Dung, the Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee, the investments will be spent on personnel training and improving local infrastructure, including inter-communal roads, irrigation works, while developing agricultural production areas, setting up cooperatives, and promoting other public services.
The programme is implemented in two phases, with three communes being recognised by the end of 2015 and six others in between 2016 and 2020.
The district expects to raise its per-capita income to 49 million VND (2,300 USD) and reduce the poor household rate to less than 7 percent.
Ca Tho has two communes meeting all 19 criteria of the national new-style rural area building programme. The 34 remaining communes have met from 5 to 18 criteria.
The city has invested more than 2.8 trillion VND (133 million USD) to build facilities in its all 36 communes.
The programme has helped improve local people’s living conditions with a substantial improvement in infrastructure and services, and reduce the poor household rate to 3.4 percent from more than 8 percent in 2009.
In 2013, the local residents’ per capita income was 58 million VND (2,700 USD), the highest level of the region.-VNA
The city approved an investment of nearly 2.3 trillion VND (109 million USD) to build an additional eight communes in Co Do district as new-style rural areas in the 2015-2020 period, which brings the district’s all nine communes to meet the requirements of the programme.
According to Dao Anh Dung, the Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee, the investments will be spent on personnel training and improving local infrastructure, including inter-communal roads, irrigation works, while developing agricultural production areas, setting up cooperatives, and promoting other public services.
The programme is implemented in two phases, with three communes being recognised by the end of 2015 and six others in between 2016 and 2020.
The district expects to raise its per-capita income to 49 million VND (2,300 USD) and reduce the poor household rate to less than 7 percent.
Ca Tho has two communes meeting all 19 criteria of the national new-style rural area building programme. The 34 remaining communes have met from 5 to 18 criteria.
The city has invested more than 2.8 trillion VND (133 million USD) to build facilities in its all 36 communes.
The programme has helped improve local people’s living conditions with a substantial improvement in infrastructure and services, and reduce the poor household rate to 3.4 percent from more than 8 percent in 2009.
In 2013, the local residents’ per capita income was 58 million VND (2,700 USD), the highest level of the region.-VNA
