April 25, 2019 | 14:37 (GMT+7)
Program bolsters industrial development in rural areas
The national industry promotion program from 2014 to 2018 has contributed largely to industrial development in rural areas, thus promoting the economic structure shifting towards industrialization, modernization, and new-style rural area building, said Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.
At a conference held in Hanoi on April 24 by the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Hanoi city People’s Committee, Minister Anh said various technology transfer projects and vocational training courses were held under the program.
Giving more details about the program, Director of the ministry’s Agency for Regional Industry and Trade Ngo Quang Trung highlighted that the program splashed out more than VND 1.18 trillion (USD 50.67 million) to support industrial development in five years.
The program organized vocational training and skill improvement courses for 18,000 rural laborers, helping them secure stable jobs. It also helped 630 industrial establishments in rural areas apply advanced technologies into production to improve product quality.
Besides, 15 regional exhibitions on outstanding rural industrial goods were organised, honoring regional and national products that pose huge potential for market development.
Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Crafts Villages Luu Duy Dan suggested that in the time ahead, the program should channel more focus on supporting large-scale production and value chain development. Besides, rural industrial production shops need assistance to expand business and improve competitive edge.
Source: VNA