Rice harvesting in the Mekong Delta (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – Can Tho city is leading the Mekong Deltaregion in terms of communes meeting new-style rural area standards, accordingto the latest report of the Scientific-Technological Programme for new ruralarea building.
As of the end of August this year, 34 out of the total 36 rural communesin Can Tho, or 94.4 percent, were recognized as new-style rural areas, doublethe rate in the Mekong Delta region (43.8 percent) and the national rate (50.8percent).
The city also had two districts – Phong Dien and Vinh Thanh - bestowedwith the title.
Can Tho set out on the building of new-style rural area in 2011. Whileonly 12 communes completed the required criteria during 2011-2015, another 22communes achieved the feat since 2016 to now.
Director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Nguyen Ngoc He, the achievement in building new-style rural areasin Can Tho is attributable to the city’s success in mobilizing resources fromvarious sources and investing in socio-economic infrastructure in rural areas.
Can Tho aims to have all its 36 rural communes and all four ruraldistricts recognized as new-style rural areas in 2020.
Communes and districts that have already been recognized as new-stylerural areas have begun to work to fulfill advanced criteria, with the cityhoping to have 18 communes complete those advanced criteria by 2025.
The National Target Programme on New-style Rural Area Building, initiatedby the Vietnamese Government in 2010, sets 19 criteria on socio-economicdevelopment, politics, and defence, aiming to boost rural regions of Vietnam.
The list of criteria includes the development of infrastructure, theimprovement of production capacity,environmental protection, and the promotion of cultural values./.
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