The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held an international forum in Hanoi on November 21 to promote new rural development in Vietnam in the 2016-2020 period.
Addressing the forum, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tien, Director, Office Coordinator of the National Target Programme on New Rural Development said that after five years of implementation, the programme has contributed significantly to change the face of rural areas, reducing the rate of poverty household and raise people's spirits in the rural areas.
The National Target Programme on New Rural Development, launched in 2010, set out 19 criteria for new-style rural areas covering infrastructure, production, living standards, income, culture and others. A district must have at least 75 percent of its communes meeting all 19 criteria in order to receive the title of new-style rural district.
Vietnam aims to have 50 percent of all communes nationwide meet all the requirements by the end of 2020, he noted.
The National Target Programme on New Rural Development for 2016-2020 sets the key goal of devising synchronous policies and special mechanisms for poor and climate change-hit areas, diversifying social resources for the effort, particularly official development assistance and technical support from foreign partners.
Tien called on international partners to support Vietnam to successfully implement the programme effectively.
Speaking at the forum, Carolina V.Figueroa-Geron from the World Bank (WB) said the lender has initiated the Programme for Results to help national target programmes, which is expected to improve the quality of investment in agriculture and livelihoods within the framework of the National Target Programme on New Rural Development and the Programme 135 as part of the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction.
The Programme will give priority to helping the government with planning, implementation, monitoring and governance while providing financial assistance for small-scale infrastructure and livelihoods, contributing to enhancing productivity and added value, she said.
Chief Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Vietnam Jong Ha-bae hailed fruitful results of the 2010-2015 programme, citing improved power supply, road and school infrastructure and health care service.
However, he admitted that poor farmers still lack credit access and agriculture insurance while the rates of poor households in several areas remain high.
Chief Representative Jong Ha-bae said FAO will continue providing government support to Vietnam’s agriculture, building evidence-based policies targeting food and nutrition security, promote approaches to sustainable agricultural production with a focus on economic development in tandem with environmental protection.
He also affirmed that the FAO will provide a technical support programme to Vietnam to improve income in rural areas.
Addressing the forum, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tien, Director, Office Coordinator of the National Target Programme on New Rural Development said that after five years of implementation, the programme has contributed significantly to change the face of rural areas, reducing the rate of poverty household and raise people's spirits in the rural areas.
At the forum.
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Vietnam aims to have 50 percent of all communes nationwide meet all the requirements by the end of 2020, he noted.
The National Target Programme on New Rural Development for 2016-2020 sets the key goal of devising synchronous policies and special mechanisms for poor and climate change-hit areas, diversifying social resources for the effort, particularly official development assistance and technical support from foreign partners.
Tien called on international partners to support Vietnam to successfully implement the programme effectively.
Speaking at the forum, Carolina V.Figueroa-Geron from the World Bank (WB) said the lender has initiated the Programme for Results to help national target programmes, which is expected to improve the quality of investment in agriculture and livelihoods within the framework of the National Target Programme on New Rural Development and the Programme 135 as part of the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction.
The Programme will give priority to helping the government with planning, implementation, monitoring and governance while providing financial assistance for small-scale infrastructure and livelihoods, contributing to enhancing productivity and added value, she said.
Chief Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Vietnam Jong Ha-bae hailed fruitful results of the 2010-2015 programme, citing improved power supply, road and school infrastructure and health care service.
However, he admitted that poor farmers still lack credit access and agriculture insurance while the rates of poor households in several areas remain high.
Chief Representative Jong Ha-bae said FAO will continue providing government support to Vietnam’s agriculture, building evidence-based policies targeting food and nutrition security, promote approaches to sustainable agricultural production with a focus on economic development in tandem with environmental protection.
He also affirmed that the FAO will provide a technical support programme to Vietnam to improve income in rural areas.
