During a two-day visit to Dien Bien province on April 11-12, Mr Trong held working session with the provincial leaders on the implementation of a project to develop a new rural model in Thanh Chan village, Dien Bien district.

He emphasised that the projects aims to help improve the living conditions of ethnic minority people. “Dien Bien should focus on developing safe water for daily use, building irrigation projects, upgrading canal systems, ensuring food production and creating a breakthrough in agricultural and rural development,” Mr Trong said.

He added that in addition to economic restructuring, the province should develop new economic model for developing farms, as well as reclaiming land to plant suitable crops, such as oranges, lemon and grapefruits. It should expand co-operation, call for investment, and make full use of available resources for building key projects, said Mr Trong.

On the occasion, he presented 50 gifts to poor households and families of social beneficiaries and more than VND200 million to the Thanh Can village to help local people raise cows.