Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said that the set of criteria for new rural areas, which is under review for update, is critical to the programme’s success over the next five years.
He said revisions and additions to the criteria must be based on the Party’s resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas, under which a better quality of life, a clean environment, improved infrastructure and conservation of local identity are the main goals.
Deputy PM Hue emphasised that the new set of criteria must be tailored to the specific conditions of each region, closely aligned with building civilised cities and incorporate projects from other national development programmes to avoid wasteful dissipation of resources.
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam, after more than five years of implementation, the current set of criteria has proved to be unsuitable with local conditions in a number of aspects and needs revising.
Deputy Minister Nam said the number of general criteria would remain the same but would be modified to incorporate projects from other national development programmes and be compatible with the UN sustainable development goals.
The revision work has also been ordered by the National Assembly in which new rural construction should be combined with rural economic restructuring and practical urbanisation.
Source: NDO