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Kien Giang to molibise 17 trillion VND for new-style rural building

Kien Giang to molibise 17 trillion VND for new-style rural area building

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang plans to mobilise 17 trillion VND (731 million USD) for the new-style rural area building programme in the 2021-2025 period.
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Kien Giang (VNA) –The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang plans to mobilise 17 trillion VND (731million USD) for the new-style rural area building programme in the 2021-2025period.

According to Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Mai Anh Nhin, besides the districts of Tan Hiep,Vinh Thuan, Giong Rieng, Go Quao and Kien Luong, the province will strive to havefour other districts to be recognised as new-style rural areas, thus completingthe programme.

By 2025, the Kien Giang targetsto have at least 100 communes finishing all criteria of the programme, alongwith 30 communes becoming advanced new-style rural areas, he said.

To this end, the province hasdirected localities to review the programme in the 2016-2020 period and build apost-2020 plan, while transforming the production structure and buildinglarge-scale production models in line with the formation of production chains,said Nhin.

He said that in the new period,Kien Giang will focus on boosting production and improving incomes for localresidents in a sustainable manner, dealing with climate change and opimisingthe province’s potential.

The One Commune-One Product (OCOP)programme will continue be developed, he said, adding that agriculturaldevelopment will be associated with tourism expansion.

Meanwhile, resources for theprogramme will be mobilised from different resources, including the community.

According to the provincial Departmentof Agriculture and Rural Development, in the 2011-2020 period, the provinceraised about 29.18 trillion VND (1.25 billion USD) for the programme. So far,64 out of its 117 communes, or 54.7 percent, have been recognised as new-stylerural areas, while Tan Hiep district also got the status.

Per capita income of rural peoplein the province reached 46.2 million per year, up 1.57 times over that in 2015,while the ratio of poor households reduced to over 4.1 percent in 2018, withaverage drop of about 1.5 percent per year./.
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