First district and township recognised as new rural areas
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung granted certificates of “new rural
district” to Xuan Loc district and Long Khanh township in the southern
province of Dong Nai on January 24.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung granted certificates of “new rural
district” to Xuan Loc district and Long Khanh township in the southern
province of Dong Nai on January 24.
Xuan Loc and Long Khanh are the first district and township in the country that have won the status since the National Target Programme on New Rural Development was launched over 4 years ago.
All communes in Long Khanh and 12 out of 14 communes in Xuan Loc have met 19 criteria for new rural areas.
Xuan Loc District has zoned off separate areas for the cultivation of pepper, corn and local specialty fruit trees using technological advances, generating an average production value of 115.5 million VND (5,500 USD) per hectare.
Three quarters of the local workforce have received vocational training and 90.9 percent of labourers have regular jobs, helping bring average per capital income in the district to 37.6 million VND (1,790 USD) per year, tripling the 2008 level. The rate of poor households is brought down to 1 percent from 7 percent.
Meanwhile, thanks to embracing advanced technologies, the value of agricultural production per ha in Long Khanh township reached 170 million VND (8,100 USD), the highest in Dong Nai.
The yearly average income of local farmers is 38.6 million VND (1,830 USD), more than doubling the 2009 figure, driving down the household poverty rate to below 1 percent.
Among Dong Nai’s 138 communes, 52 have qualified as new rural areas. The province aims to have all its communes achieve the status by 2020.
Addressing the awards ceremony, PM Nguyen Tan Dung asked the province to continue applying technologies in production and offer more incentives for farmers, be it vocational training or finance sourced from the public or business community.
He unveiled that the government will consider providing more funding for the locality during the process.
The National Target Programme on New Rural Development, launched in 2010, sets 19 criteria for new rural areas, covering infrastructure, production, living standards, income and culture, among others. A district must have at least 75 percent of its communes meeting all the 19 cirteria in order to receive the title.-VNA
Xuan Loc and Long Khanh are the first district and township in the country that have won the status since the National Target Programme on New Rural Development was launched over 4 years ago.
All communes in Long Khanh and 12 out of 14 communes in Xuan Loc have met 19 criteria for new rural areas.
Xuan Loc District has zoned off separate areas for the cultivation of pepper, corn and local specialty fruit trees using technological advances, generating an average production value of 115.5 million VND (5,500 USD) per hectare.
Three quarters of the local workforce have received vocational training and 90.9 percent of labourers have regular jobs, helping bring average per capital income in the district to 37.6 million VND (1,790 USD) per year, tripling the 2008 level. The rate of poor households is brought down to 1 percent from 7 percent.
Meanwhile, thanks to embracing advanced technologies, the value of agricultural production per ha in Long Khanh township reached 170 million VND (8,100 USD), the highest in Dong Nai.
The yearly average income of local farmers is 38.6 million VND (1,830 USD), more than doubling the 2009 figure, driving down the household poverty rate to below 1 percent.
Among Dong Nai’s 138 communes, 52 have qualified as new rural areas. The province aims to have all its communes achieve the status by 2020.
Addressing the awards ceremony, PM Nguyen Tan Dung asked the province to continue applying technologies in production and offer more incentives for farmers, be it vocational training or finance sourced from the public or business community.
He unveiled that the government will consider providing more funding for the locality during the process.
The National Target Programme on New Rural Development, launched in 2010, sets 19 criteria for new rural areas, covering infrastructure, production, living standards, income and culture, among others. A district must have at least 75 percent of its communes meeting all the 19 cirteria in order to receive the title.-VNA
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