HANOI, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The annual income per capita in Vietnam's rural areas has increased to about 46.3 million Vietnamese dong (1,940 U.S. dollars), a rise of 4.6 million dong (193 U.S. dollars) compared to 2020, local newspaper Vietnam News reported on Tuesday.
The multidimensional poverty rate in rural areas in 2022 was 5.4 percent, reducing by 1.7 percentage points compared to 2020, the newspaper quoted Ngo Truong Son, chief of the Central Coordinating Office for New Rural Development, as saying.
About 73.65 percent of communes nationwide have been so far recognized as new-style rural areas, increasing by 11.3 percent compared to 2020, according to the official.
Regional gaps still exist, as the proportions of communes that have been recognised are 100 percent in the Red River Delta and 91.4 percent in the southeastern regions, while those in northern mountainous and central highland regions are only 47.7 percent and 58.6 percent, respectively, he said.
Agencies and localities have been asked to apply new initiatives and models to accelerate the building of new-style rural areas, the newspaper said, citing the ministry of agriculture and rural development. ■
