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Jan 24, 2016 / 14:30

Government directs allocating capital for new rural area programme in 2016

The Prime Minister has asked the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to allocate the State budget for the implementation of the national target programme on building new-style rural areas this year.

Accordingly, the State budget will be prioritised for communes meeting extreme difficulties, and border, island and coastal communes.
In particular, resources will be allocated to the communes which had achieved only below five out of the 19 criteria set for being recognised as new-style rural areas.
Proper investment will be prioritised for communes that had achieved over 15 out of the 19 set criteria, especially those communes that have yet completed such fundamental infrastructure as roads, electricity network, school, clinic stations, water supply facilities, and irrigation work.
Vietnam targets to reach 50% of all communes nationwide meeting all the requirements at the end of 2020.
Vietnam targets to reach 50% of all communes nationwide meeting all the requirements at the end of 2020.
The centrally-run cities and provinces were required to proactively help the communes that had been recognised as new-style rural areas further improve recorded attainments.
The Prime Minister asked
all provinces and cities report their capital allocation plan for this year to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) by January 30.
The national target programme on building new-style rural areas, initiated by the Vietnamese Government in 2010, sets 19 criteria on socio-economic development, politics, and defence, aiming to modernise rural areas.
The criteria include the development of infrastructure, the improvement of production capacities, environmental protection, and the promotion of cultural values.
Vietnam targets to reach 50% of all communes across the nation meeting all the requirements at the end of 2020.