Jointly held by the province and the VietnamWomen’s Union (VWU), the event was part of the ongoing Soc Trang -Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum (MDEC).
It aimed at introducing excellent production models, finding measuresto help women escape from poverty and connecting businesses withproduction households.
The VWU’s report showsthat in the Mekong Delta, the household economy model quickly adapts tothe market mechanism, contributing to increasing the efficiency of usingnatural resources and addressing unemployment in rural areas.
The union has provided assistance for over 665,000 households, helping 20,000 of them escape from poverty.
On the same day, another workshop on the life and career ofagriculturalist Luong Dinh Cua, who was a pioneer in experimentalagricultural science and provided farmers with innovative techniques toimprove their harvests, took place within the framework of the MDEC –Soc Trang.-VNA