Dong Nai leads country in building new rural areas

10:01, 04/01/2019

(ĐN)- On January 3, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development organized a teleconference to review the sector's achievements during 2018. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the event.

Xuan Loc-

Xuan Loc- first district in the country to earn the status of a new-style rural district.

(ĐN)- On January 3, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development organized a teleconference to review the sector’s achievements during 2018. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the event.

In 2018, the sector’s export turnover was estimated to reach over US$40 billion, the highest figure so far.

The agro-forestry-aquaculture GDP in 2018 reported growth of 3.76 percent –a record figure for the last seven years. Some 42.4 percent of communes and 61 district-level units were recognized as new-style rural areas.

In 2019, the sector’s export turnover is set to reach over US$43 billion; the GDP is hoped to expand over 3 percent.

Dong Nai is now leading the country in new rural area construction with 133 communes and 11 district-level units to meet criteria for new rural development. The province’s agriculture - forestry - fishery sector reached production value of more than VND40.7 trillion in 2018, a year-on-year rise of 4.4 percent, higher than the country's average.

Reported by H.G