A World Bank-funded project targeting low-income earners has been introduced in the northern province of Ha Nam.
The 55.6 million USD project, supported by the World Bank is being carried out nationwide from 2013 to 2018.
The“Innovation Targeting People on Low Incomes in Vietnam” project aims tocreate opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to access to loans andcapitals so that they can enhance their proficiency in implementinginnovations through applying, perfecting and expanding their operations,as well as commercialising technology to improve living standards forlow-income people.
Developing traditional medicine, informationtechnology and communication, agriculture and aquiculture are at theheart of the project.
Addressing at the conference to introducethe project, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Planning andDevelopment’s Agency for Enterprises Development Nguyen Hoa Cuong, whois also director of the project, called on enterprises, organisationsand individuals to seek new ideas and possible innovations suitable forthe province, especially the local medicine.
The provincial researchers, enterprises and managers discussed prioritised sectors as well as proposing measures.
Theconference focused on investment in processing technologies for exportproducts such as cucumber, cherry tomato, Japanese pumpkin andmushroom.-VNA