Swiss-funded project benefits Hoa Binh people
Wednesday, 15:47, 02/04/2014
A Swiss-funded project to improve public services for agricultural development has been performing well in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, heard a conference in the province on April 1.
The Programme on Public Services Provision Improvement in Agriculture and Rural Development (PS-ARD), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and non-governmental organisation Helvetas, aims to help reduce poverty and improve living standards for local people.
Participants at the meeting discussed the implementation of the project in 2013 and an action plan for the project in the 2014-2015 period.
Funded with a total investment of US$4.06 million, the programme intends to enhance communal-level capacity in making socio-economic development plans and better public service systems and processes in agriculture and rural development.