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Quang Ninh accelerates building new-style rural areas

The northern province of Quang Ninh aims to have additional 11 communes meeting all new-style rural area criteria in 2017.
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QuangNinh (VNA) – The northern province of Quang Ninh aims to haveadditional 11 communes meeting all new-style rural area criteria in 2017.

Thetargeted areas are Quang Yen town, Hoanh Bo, Van Don, Tien Yen, Hai Ha, Dam Hadistricts, and Mong Cai city.

CamPha and Uong Bi cities are also looking for the new-style rural area status inthe year.

Inorder to enhance the efficiency of new-style rural area construction, theprovince will implement the programme in tandem with its agriculturalrestructuring planning.

Thelocality has effectively implemented the project “One Commune One Product”(OCOP) from 2017 to 2020 and the project to lift 22 communes and 11 hamletsfrom the extremely disadvantaged list under the programme 135.

In2017, all communes recognised as new-style rural areas will strive to develop residentialarea model and have at least 100 hamlets in the model.

Theprovince aims to build An Sinh, Viet Dan and Binh Khe communes as the model of new-stylerural area.

Withsuch efforts, the province looks to reduce poor household rate by 3-4 percentin 2017.

Itdevises six measures, including implementing the new-style rural area criteria,enhancing the capacity for building new-style rural areas, promotingcommunication work, and training human resources.

Itwill also effectively implement and issue relevant policies while mobilisingdifferent resources for new style rural area building, and launching an emulation campaignon new-style rural areas across the province.- VNA
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