UN programme supports new-style rural area building in VietnamVietnam has to date had 2,884 communes, or 32.3 percent of the total, recognised as new-style rural areas. The UNJP armed at providing technical assistance for the NTP-NRD in order to develop potential of Vietnam’s rural areas and coordinating UN offices’ technical assistance for Vietnam’s new-style rural area building. The programme helped increase monthly income of rural residents and make positive changes in rural development in Vietnam, he stated. The NTP-NRD, approved in June 2010, listed 19 basic criteria, including infrastructure, education, health care and culture, as well as environment and employment, for recognition as a new-style rural area. It targets 50 percent of communes recognised as new-style rural areas by 2020.-VNA

Source: VietNamNet News December 23, 2017 10:52 UTC