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The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho aims to have all of its 36 communes by 2019 and four districts by 2020 recognised as 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.

The northern province of Bac Giang plans to invest 220 billion VND (around 9.7 million USD) in implementing the national target programme on new-style rural area building in 2017.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong launched a national target programme on building new-style rural areas for 2017 in Dak Rlap district on February 6.

Maritime economic development has been important for Co To island district in the northern province of Quang Ninh as it boasts great potentials.

Nghia Son commune in Tu Nghia district has became the first mountainous commune of the central province of Quang Ngai recognised as a new-style rural area.

President Tran Dai Quang attended the annual Tich Dien (ploughing) festival in Doi Son commune, the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam on February 3.

Engaging farmers in tourism is a new way to boost the sustainable development of the non-smoking industry in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a plan on vocational training for 1.4 million rural labourers from 2016-2020.

Community-based planning using SEDP process will create opportunities to improve effectiveness of public investment, strengthen capacity of local communities and government agencies at local level.

More than 62.1 trillion VND (2.73 billion USD) will be poured into the Central Highlands from 2016 -2020, including over 55.67 trillion VND (2.45 billion USD) from the State budget.

Total debt for basic construction in the new-style rural area building programme was reduced to about 9.55 trillion VND (434 million USD) at the end of 2016 from over 15.27 trillion VND (694 million USD) early last year

The Central Highlands provinces have more than 100 communes and one district recognised as new-style rural areas, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.

The central province of Quang Tri has fulfilled its target of bringing electricity to all communes as the two last hamlets of Tria and Cat in Huong Son ward, Huong Hoa district have recently gained access to the national power grid.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pledged to remove and adjust unsuitable land use policies to accelerate agriculture development.

The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has six more communes recognised as meeting new-style rural area standards this year, raising the province’s total to 16 communes.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, Hoang Trung Hai visited Catholic dignitaries at the Hanoi Archbishop Office on December 23 on the occasion of Christmas.

A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front has visited China with a view to enhancing friendship and cooperation with the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

The International Agricultural Festival of the Mekong Delta will be held from March 9-13, 2017 in Can Tho city, expecting to attract up to 500 domestic and foreign enterprises.

Leaders of the northern province of Nam Dinh on December 19 visited local Catholic dignitaries and followers to wish them a merry and Christmas as the event is already around the corner.