PM to chair online conference on new-style rural area construction

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The conference will include devising plans for 2015 and the 2016-2020 period and reporting outcomes of reviewing and amending the national criteria of new-style rural areas.

In 2014, 785 communes reached new-style rural area standards, accounting for 8.8% of the country’s communes. Averagely, communes have so far satisfied 10 of the 19 criteria required, an increase of 5.38 criteria compared to 2010.

Of which, 97.2% of communes has completed new-style rural area planning; 75.6% has responded to  power requirement; 50.2% has reached the housing criterion; 44.5% has reached the income criterion; 72.2% has got the criterion on poor household rate; 65% has achieved the criterion on production methods; and 54.2%, 68.2% and 91% has reached criteria on health care, socio-political organization and social security and order.

Especially, Xuan Loc district and Long Khanh town in the southern province of Dong Nai were suggested for recognition for new-style rural areas at the district level.

In the 2016-2020 period, the National Target Program aims to help 50% of communes reach the new-style rural area standards; complete essential facilities for developing production and serving daily life of rural residents; increase the income of rural residents to 2.5 times, decrease the rate of poor households by 2% per year and strive for 80% of rural residents covered by health insurance. It is also planned that averagely each commune across the country will reach 15 of the 19 criteria of new-style rural areas.
    

                                                                                                                            By Vien Nhu