An overview of Que township, Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province (Photo: www.baohanam.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Nineteencommunes in the northern province of Ha Nam were named new-style rural areas in2017, raising the total number of communes with the recognition to 78.
Two districts of Kim Bang and DuyTien in the province have completed documents for the recognition.
The number ofcommunes meeting all criteria of new-style rural area building is expected toreach 3,300 – 3,400 (or 37 – 38 percent of the total communes across thecountry) this year, according to the Coordination Office of the national targetprogramme on new-style rural.
[Hundreds more communes to become new-style rural areas in 2018]
At thedistrict level, the number will reach at least 53.
A total of3,069 communes and 43 districts nationwide were new-style rural areas by theend of 2017.
The NationalTarget Programme on New Rural Development, launched in 2010, set 19 criteriafor new-style rural areas covering infrastructure, production, livingstandards, income, culture and more.
The list ofcriteria includes the development of infrastructure, the improvement ofproduction capacity, environmental protection and the promotion of culturalvalues.-VNA
