The Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC), the Republic of Korea’s leading state-run group on rural development, will invest in smart agriculture in Vietnam regarding seeds that are immunised against diseases, CEO Kim In Sik said on July 12.
The northern province of Hoa Binh’s Hoa Binh city was recognised for having fulfilled the new-style rural building mission as said in the Prime Minister’s Decision No.269/QD-TTg dated March 8, 2019.
The National Target Programme on New-style Rural Area Building for 2018 has achieved its set targets three months earlier than planned, said Nguyen Minh Tien, head of the programme’s Central Coordination Office.
Visitors to Dan Phuong, a suburban district of Hanoi capital city, are sure to be impressed by village roads lined with flowers of all colours and houses with number plates, which are a rare sight in rural areas in Vietnam.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has commended Army Corps 16 under the Ministry of Defence on its role in local socio-economic development and defence-security maintenance during his visit to the military corps in the southeast province of Binh Phuoc on August 20.
The central province of Thua Thien – Hue plans to mobilize 314.4 mln USD to achieve the goal of having 61 out of its 104 communes meeting new-style rural standards by the end of 2020.
Bac Lieu should pay attention to the development of wind power to become the first to capitalise on the clean source of energy in the southwestern region, advised National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to develop new-style rural areas in extremely difficulty and insecurity-prone communes and those meeting less than five new-style rural criteria in Bac Kan from 2018 – 2020.
The Mekong Delta province of Long An expects to raise 11 trillion VND (484 million USD) in funding for new-style rural building projects in 2018 as the province aims to have nine more communes and one district earn the status this year.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will spend 179 billion VND (7.16 million USD) to bolster efforts in new-style rural area building and sustainable poverty reduction this year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a visit to farmers in Hai Hau district, the northern province of Nam Dinh, encouraging them to promote agricultural production and tree planting.
The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang has recognised Thanh Xuan commune of Chau Thanh A district as a new-style rural area, raising the number of such communes to 20.
Hanoi’s Dan Phuong and Dong Anh districts have been recognised as new-style rural areas, the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported on August 8.
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.
Members of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly discussed a report on the NA’s supervision over the national target programme on new-style rural area building during their meeting.
The Prime Minister has issued a decision approving a project on new-style rural building in the ethnic minority and border areas in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.
Infrastructure development appeared as the most outstanding achievement of the national target programme on new-style rural area building in the 2010-2015 period
Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh has hailed the WB for its assistance for Vietnam in forms of loans, technology and policy consultation, particularly in the fields of hunger eradication and poverty reduction.
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