18/7/2023 (HANOI) Vietnam’s rural areas have seen a rise in income per capita to about 46.3 million Vietnamese dong, equivalent to 1,940 U.S. dollars, a 4.6 million dong increase compared to 2020, according to local newspaper Vietnam News on Tuesday.
The multidimensional poverty rate in rural areas also decreased to 5.4 percent in 2022, down by 1.7 percentage points compared to the previous year, said Ngo Truong Son, chief of the Central Coordinating Office for New Rural Development, as quoted by the newspaper.
The official also stated that 73.65 percent of communes across the country have been recognized as new-style rural areas, an increase of 11.3 percent compared to 2020. However, he noted that regional gaps still exist, with 100 percent of communes recognized in the Red River Delta and 91.4 percent in the southeastern regions, compared to only 47.7 percent and 58.6 percent in the northern mountainous and central highland regions, respectively.
To accelerate the building of new-style rural areas, the ministry of agriculture and rural development has urged agencies and localities to apply new initiatives and models.
