Hanoi (VNA) –🧔 Hanoi aims to have 15 communesrecognised as exemplary new-style rural areas this year, according to thecapital city’s coordinating office for building new-style rural areas.

The city targets that the two districts of My Duc andBa Vi will earn the title, and 25 communes will fulfil all criteria of advancednew-style rural areas. To this end, Hanoi authorities have asked relevant agencies andlocalities to allocate resources to meet criteria of the programme, and facilitateagricultural development in the new context while tapping on unique traits and advantagesof the capital city. They are also required to review policies in infrastructureconstruction, particularly in production zones applying high technologies, aswell as motivate people to switch to high-yield plants and bolster the use of agriculturalmachinery. Nguyen Van Chi from the coordinating office for building newstyle-rural areas in Hanoi said five communes of Dan Phuong district were recognisedexemplary new-style rural areas last year, and 18 others fulfilled criteria of advancednew-style rural areas. They included four in Dong Anh, three each in Gia Lam,Ung Hoa and Chuong My, two in Hoai Duc, and one each in Thanh Tri, Ba Vi andQuoc Oai. Hanoi plans to mobilise about 92.7 trillion VND (4.07billion USD) to complete all targets in new-style rural area building by 2025,including 83.7 trillion VND from the State budget and nearly 9 trillion VNDfrom social sources. The amount is 15 percent higher than total investment to theprogramme in the 2016-2020 period.

Apart from the amount, the city will allocate additional 400billion VND to the Hanoi branch of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies eachyear to offer soft loans to production and business establishments, farms andlabourers in the agricultural sector.

To realise the target, the municipal People’s Committee hasset five major tasks and solutions, including the strengthening ofcommunications to improve public awareness of agriculture, farmers and ruralareas among officials, Party members and the community.

The city will work to enhance the Party leadership overagriculture and rural development, while improving the capacity of Statemanagement officials, and innovating the management methods and speeding upadministrative reform. The city will promote the role of the Vietnam FatherlandFront Committee as well as socio-political organisations and trade associationsas well as the responsibility of leaders of agencies in the work.

At the same time, Hanoi will review and adjust its planningand projects on new-style rural areas, while continuing to developing thesocio-economic infrastructure to suit its urban development.

Meanwhile, it will organise training courses for officialsinvolving in advanced and model new-style rural building. The organisation ofthe coordinating offices for new-style rural area building will be completedfrom the city to grassroots levels.

Apart from its efforts to restructure the agriculturalsector, the city will focus on implementing the Government’s Decree No.98/2018/ND-CP dated on July 5, 2018 on encouraging cooperation and connectivityin agricultural production and farm produce selling, while developingconcentrated production regions and strong products of each locality to drawmore investments from businesses.

Along with promoting sustainable agricultural developmentand improving the quality, value and competitiveness of local farm produce,Hanoi will pay greater attention to environmental protection and increasingincomes for locals in rural areas.

ꦺ In 2025, the capital city aims to complete all targets innew-style rural area building programme in all districts and communes. In theyear, it expects 20 percent of total districts recognised as advanced new-stylerural areas, 40 percent of its total communes completing all criteria of anadvanced new-style rural area, and 20 percent of the communes becoming modelnew-style rural areas./.