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Vietnam is striving to have nearly 25 percent of communes nationwide meeting the criteria for new-style rural areas later this year.

Infrastructure, production methods and the living conditions of local residents in extremely disadvantaged communes in the northern province of Phu Tho have significantly improved.

A line-up of voluntary activities including Green Summer and Red Flamboyant campaigns will be included in the 2016 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, which was launched in Nghe An province on May 29.

The northern province of Quang Ninh on April 19 launched a campaign to support communes suffering extreme difficulties to rise up from poverty as part of its new-style rural area building programme.

The northern province of Quang Ninh aims to bring its 22 extremely disadvantaged communes and 11 hamlets out of poverty by 2020

Ireland will continue supporting t he northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, according to Irish Ambassador to Vietnam Cait Moran.

The health sector’s national target programmes between 2011-2015 helped raise public awareness of the importance of individual and community health care.

Khmer ethnic people in the southern province of Bac Lieu are merrily welcoming the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival as it is approaching next week.

A conference was held on March 11 in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho to discuss ways to accelerate the implementation of the new-style rural area-building programme across the nation from 2016-2020.

The Northwestern mountainous region has the highest number of poor and near-poor households, which account for more than half of its total households.

Huong Phong Commune in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue has become the first mountainous commune in the province to accomplish targets set by the government’s Programme 135 in 2015.

The poverty rate among households in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang was reduced to 8.88 percent by the end of last year from 24.31 percent in 2010 thanks to the Government’s Programme 135.

The Vietnamese Government has prioritised resources for realising the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) over the last 15 years and made strides in boosting socio-economic development.

As many as 2,275 disadvantaged communes in 48 provinces and cities nationwide will receive funding of 21 trillion VND from the State budget to boost socio-economic development from 2016-2020.

The Prime Minister has agreed to add 2,275 disadvantaged villages in 48 provinces and cities nationwide to the investment list for Programme 135 in the 2016-2020 period.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training is planning to build an additional 350 schools meeting national standards between 2016 and 2020.

The Vietnamese Government has prioritised resources for realising the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) over the last 15 years and made strides in boosting socio-economic development.

An additional 714 households in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai will gain access to electricity later this year.

A training conference took place in the central city of Da Nang on November 26 to share experience in carrying out Programme 135, which was designed for extremely disadvantaged communes.

National Assembly deputies on November 12 approved a draft resolution on investment policy for national target programmes for 2016-2020 with 88.26 percent of votes in favour.