Bac Kan: Disadvantaged communes get aid to new-style rural building
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to develop new-style rural areas in extremely difficulty and insecurity-prone communes and those meeting less than five new-style rural criteria in Bac Kan from 2018 – 2020.
A concrete rural road built on new-style rural standards in Cam Giang commune, Bach Thong district, Bac Kan. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hasapproved a project to develop new-style rural areas in extremely difficulty andinsecurity-prone communes and those meeting less than five new-style rural criteriain the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan from 2018 – 2020.
The project will be carried out in 29 communes in sevendistricts – Cho Don, Bach Thong, Na Ri, Ngan Son, Cho Moi, Ba Be and Pac Nam.These communes cover a combined area of nearly 133.37 hectares and have a totalpopulation of approximately 66,600 people.
The overall objective of the project is to step by step developthe targeted communes up to the national new-style rural standards between 2016and 2020; to improve infrastructure for economic development; and to developagriculture, services and handicraft industry that are suitable to the localconditions.
It also aims to enhance intellectual standards for thelocals and maintain social order and security as an effort to boost economicgrowth and ensure social welfare for these communes.
By the end of 2020, the project sets to have a communethat meets all new-style rural criteria, 12 communes with 15 – 18 criteria, 13with 12 – 14 criteria, and three with 9 – 11 criteria. On average, each communeis expected to meet 13.8 percent criteria and none achieves less than nine criteria.
It also targets to raise the per capita income in thesecommunes to 24 million VND per person per year, equivalent to 61.5 percent theprovince’s average figure.-VNA
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A concrete rural road built on new-style rural standards in Cam Giang commune, Bach Thong district, Bac Kan. (Photo: VNA)
