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Dong Nai fulfils new-style rural area building targets

All 133 communes of 11 districts and cities in southern Dong Nai province have been recognised as new-style rural areas, local officials said.
Dong Nai fulfils new-style rural area building targets ảnh 1Local residents build rural roads in Dong Nai province (Photo: www.baodongnai.com.vn)

Dong Nai (VNA) – All 133communes of 11 districts and cities in southern Dong Nai province have beenrecognised as new-style rural areas,local officials said.

Thanh Son communeof Dinh Quan district, along with Tan Phu and Dinh Quan districts and Bien Hoacity were the last localities in Dong Nai province to receive the title.

Tan Phu and Dinh Quan are mountainousdistricts. Under the national target programme on building new-stylerural areas, local people have joined hands to build infrastructure and developrural transport systems.

To date, all roads in the districts have been concreted, while TanPhu and Dinh Quan record annual per capita incomes of 51 million VND (2,190USD) and 49 million VND (2,100 USD), rising 3.5 times and 1.8 times compared to2011, respectively.

Meanwhile, the poverty rate in Dong Nai province dropped to 0.31percent from 6.22 percent previously.

The National Target Programme on New-style Rural Area Building,initiated by the Vietnamese Government in 2010, sets 19 criteria onsocio-economic development, politics, and defence, aiming to boost ruralregions of Vietnam.   

The list of criteria includes the development of infrastructure, theimprovement of production capacity, environmental protection, and the promotionof cultural values.    

According to the Central Coordination Office for the Programme, as ofthe end of the first quarter of 2018, 3,289 communes nationwide earned therecognition as new style rural areas, up 220 communes compared to the end of2017.

Forty-eight districts in 26 centrally-run cities and provinces wererecognised as new-style rural areas.-VNA

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