The national programme on building new rural areas must be enhanced thisyear in order to meet the target as scheduled, Deputy Prime Minister VuVan Ninh has said.
The goal calls for 20 percent of communes throughout the country to meet the standards of "new rural areas" by 2015.
The long-term programme targets sustainable development of the economy,culture and society of rural areas and must be implemented in stageswith patience and careful consideration, he said.
Ninhalso pointed out that problems related to planning and capitalmobilisation has hindered the implementation process and need to betackled in order to increase efficiency.
"Focus must beplaced on providing training to enhance the capacity of localauthorities as well as on raising residents' awareness of the importanceof building new rural areas," he said.
According to areport by the programme's Central Steering Committee, 11 communes are tomeet the standards of new rural areas this year with 100 per cent oftheir officials scheduled to receive training. Training will also beprovided to half of the officials of other communes.
Meanwhile, development of plans for each commune would be sped up, 90percent of which would be completed and approved this year.
Priority should be given to developing the infrastructure in selectedcommunes while boosting their agricultural production through theapplication of high farming techniques and advanced technology and newmodels of co-operative production, the committee said.
Bythe end of 2011, more than 54 percent of the communes had approved theiroverall plans and about 8 percent had finished their detailed planning.A total 3.31 trillion VND (157.6 million USD) was spent on developingthe infrastructure for new rural areas.
Some provinces, including Phu Tho, Thai Binh, Ha Tinh, An Giang, completed their overall new rural area plans.
The programme was launched in 2010. /.
The goal calls for 20 percent of communes throughout the country to meet the standards of "new rural areas" by 2015.
The long-term programme targets sustainable development of the economy,culture and society of rural areas and must be implemented in stageswith patience and careful consideration, he said.
Ninhalso pointed out that problems related to planning and capitalmobilisation has hindered the implementation process and need to betackled in order to increase efficiency.
"Focus must beplaced on providing training to enhance the capacity of localauthorities as well as on raising residents' awareness of the importanceof building new rural areas," he said.
According to areport by the programme's Central Steering Committee, 11 communes are tomeet the standards of new rural areas this year with 100 per cent oftheir officials scheduled to receive training. Training will also beprovided to half of the officials of other communes.
Meanwhile, development of plans for each commune would be sped up, 90percent of which would be completed and approved this year.
Priority should be given to developing the infrastructure in selectedcommunes while boosting their agricultural production through theapplication of high farming techniques and advanced technology and newmodels of co-operative production, the committee said.
Bythe end of 2011, more than 54 percent of the communes had approved theiroverall plans and about 8 percent had finished their detailed planning.A total 3.31 trillion VND (157.6 million USD) was spent on developingthe infrastructure for new rural areas.
Some provinces, including Phu Tho, Thai Binh, Ha Tinh, An Giang, completed their overall new rural area plans.
The programme was launched in 2010. /.
