Nam Dan district, along with three communes of Kim Lien, Son Thanh and Quynh Doi have been chosen to become new-style rural area models in the province.
Each commune categorised as a new-style rural area will be presented a welfare facility worth VND500 million (US$21,930) while each new-style rural district will have a facility worth two billion VND (US$87,723).
The national programme on building new-style rural areas, initiated by the Government in 2010, includes 19 criteria on socio-economic development, politics and defence, aiming to boost rural areas of Vietnam.
The criteria cover infrastructure development, production capacity improvement, environmental protection and cultural value promotion.
