Vinh Long’s Binh Minh town recognised as new-style rural area
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 27 handed over a decision on the recognition of Binh Minh town in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long as a new-style rural area.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second from right) hands over a decision on the recognition of Binh Minh town as a new-style rural area (Photo: VNA)
Vinh Long (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 27 handedover a decision on the recognition of Binh Minh town in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Vinh Long as a new-style rural area.
After six years of implementing the new-style rural area building programme,Binh Minh town has mobilised a total investment of 881 billion VND (38.8 millionUSD), which was used to develop fruit tree, vegetable, rice growing and aquacultureareas, improve local infrastructure and better local people’s livelihoods,among others.
Average per capital income of the locals in 2017 was estimated at 43.34 millionVND (around 1,900 USD), or 3.77 times higher than in 2011 while the rate of impoverishedhouseholds has been reduce to 1.9 percent.
Speaking at the ceremony, PM Phuc said that despite numerous difficulties, halfof the communes in Vinh Long province have become new-style rural localities.
As building new-style rural areas means building infrastructure and enhancingthe life quality of the locals, the province should continue to accelerate theapplication of scientific and technological advances into production and seekmeasures to improve production efficiency, he noted.
The government leader also laid stress on building strong socio-politicalorganisations and implementing the Party’s policies and the State’sregulations.
The national target programme on building new-style rural areas, initiated bythe Vietnamese Government in 2010, sets 19 criteria on socio-economicdevelopment, politics, and defence, aiming to boost rural regions ofVietnam.
The list of criteria includes development of infrastructure, improvement ofproduction capacity, environmental protection, and promotion of culturalvalues.
Under a decision issued by the Prime Minister in April 2016, a district musthave all communes meeting all of the criteria to be designated as a new-stylerural district. Earlier, those with at least 75 percent of the communessatisfying the 19 criteria were eligible.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as of February21, 2018, there were 3,160 communes recognised as new-style rural areas, 35.4percent of total communes.-VNA
Nineteen communes in the northern province of Ha Nam were named new-style rural areas in 2017, raising the total number of communes with the recognition to 78.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has raised the target of new-style rural area ratio among communes nationwide to 39 percent in 2018 from the 37 percent it set earlier this year.
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second from right) hands over a decision on the recognition of Binh Minh town as a new-style rural area (Photo: VNA) 
