PANO – The National Target Program on New-style Rural Areas for the 2016-2020 period was approved, under the Prime Minister’s Decision 1600/QĐ-TTG.

Accordingly, the number of communes meeting all the new-style rural area criteria will increase to 50% by 2020 and each province and city will have at least one new-style rural district. All communes nationwide will have met 15 criteria for the new-styled rural area on average.

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The program also aims to complete infrastructure projects to meet requirements for production development and lives, in both material and spiritual terms, of the rural population, as well as create production models to ensure stable employment for people. The Government expects to increase the income of rural residents by 1.8 times against 2015.

The Government estimates that the State Budget will have to fund at least VND 193,155.6 billion for the program, including VND 63,155.6 billion from the Central budget source and VND 130,000 billion from local sources.

Translated by Hong Thanh