Ninh Binh (VNA) – So far this year, the northernprovince of Ninh Binh has mobilized more than 2.28 trillion VND (98.13 million USD)to build its new-style rural areas.
Of the total, over 1.1 trillion VND came from the localbudget and community’s contribution.
As a result, during the period, the province has built 264rural roads measuring over 35.5km in length, and accessed seven rural transportprojects worth 60 billion VND.
This year, 12 communes in Ninh Binh have registered to meetnew-style rural standard, with each meeting 16.3 criteria on average.
Currently, the main difficulty facing the province is the shortmobilization of fund.
Dinh Van Dien, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committeeand head of its steering committee for new-style rural building, recommendedrelevant agencies boost investment of the private sector in a number of ruralinfrastructure projects as well as build plans to clear debts and completepolicies and mechanisms for the work.
The National Target Programme on New-style Rural AreaBuilding, initiated by the Government in 2010, sets 19 criteria onsocio-economic development, politics, and defence.
The number of criteria was increased to 20 in 2015.
The list of criteria includes the development ofinfrastructure, the improvement of production capacity, environmentalprotection, and the promotion of cultural values.-VNA
