The road leading to the new-style rural commune of Tan Hiep A in Tan Hiep district, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The number of communes recognised asnew-style rural areas reached 4,144 as of the end of February, up 306 from theend of 2018, according to the central steering office of the new-style ruralarea building programme.
The national target programme on new-style ruralarea building, initiated by the Government in 2010, sets 20 criteria aiming toboost comprehensive development of rural areas across Vietnam.
Communes nationwide have met 14.61 criteria onaverage.
So far, three localities have had 100 percent oftheir communes meeting all criteria, namely Nam Dinh province (193 communes),Dong Nai province (133 communes), and Da Nang city (11 communes).
Meanwhile, 61 district-level localities in 31provinces and centrally-run cities have been recognised as having completed theprogramme.
Nguyen Minh Tien, Chief of the central steeringoffice, said with the current progress, the country is likely to achieve theprogramme’s target for 2016-2020, which is at least 50 percent of all communesobtaining the new-style rural area status, by the end of this year’s secondquarter.
However, there is a gap in the programmeimplementation among different regions, he noted, elaborating that the rate ofnew-style rural communes reaches 81.37 percent in the Red River Delta and 69.33percent in the southeastern region. Meanwhile, it is only 22.72 percent in thenorthern mountainous region, 33.72 percent in the Central Highlands, 36.91percent in the Mekong Delta, and 42.79 percent in the south central coastalregion.
While some localities like Ho Chi Minh City andBinh Duong, Ha Nam, and Thai Binh provinces have almost completed buildingnew-style rural areas and are beginning the advanced stage of the programme,some others have very low rates of recognised communes such as Son La, DienBien, Bac Kan, Cao Bang, and Kon Tum provinces.-VNA
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