Tra Vinh allocates nearly 3.62 trillion VND to improve rural roads

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has carried out a plan to improve rural roads at a cost of almost 3.62 trillion VND (155.9 million USD).
Tra Vinh allocates nearly 3.62 trillion VND to improve rural roads ảnh 1A road paved with asphalt in Long Thoi commune of Tieu Can district, Tra Vinh province (Photo: VNA)
Tra Vinh (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has carried out a plan toimprove rural roads at a cost of almost 3.62 trillion VND (155.9 million USD).

The plan aims tobetter the province’s rural roads to meet travelling and good transportation demandof local residents, contributing to the realisation of the national targetprogramme on building new-styled rural areas and provincial socio-economicdevelopment.

From now to 2020,Tra Vinh is to allocate over 349 billion VND to build more than 248 km of roadsand five bridges totalling 120m in length.

Afterwards, theprovince will spend nearly 3.27 trillion VND on the construction of 1,671 km ofroads and up to 305 new bridges with a combined length of nearly 7,000m.

Tra Vinh has seta target to have half of its total 85 communes and the three districts of CauKe, Cang Long and Duyen Hai recognised as new-style rural areas in 2020.

To date, as manyas 42 communes and Tieu Can district of the province have received the title.

The NationalTarget Programme on New-style Rural Area Building, initiated by the Governmentin 2010, sets 19 criteria on socio-economic development, politics, and defence.The number of criteria was increased to 20 in 2015.   

The list ofcriteria includes the development of infrastructure, the improvement ofproduction capacity, environmental protection, and the promotion of culturalvalues.-VNA
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