HCM City (VNA) – A start-up campaign targetingstudents and youths was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on January 8, as part ofthe “One Commune, One Product” programme.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Huesaid the “One Commune, One Product” programme aims to promote the applicationof modern technology in the production of local key products and building of  trademarks for them, turning them intoregional and national products capable of joining the value chain.

Up to 30 cities and provinces have joined the programme with34,000 high-value products, contributing to local economic development andexpanding exports.

The Deputy PM asked the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)Central Committee, ministries, agencies, and localities to encourage youngpeople to start their business via the programme, as well as introduce funding forstart-up models.

First Secretary of the HCYU Central Committee Le Quoc Phongsaid the campaign aims to raise awareness amongst the youth about the role andimportance of the rural economy and agricultural production, affording them achance to start businesses in agriculture via exchanges with successful businesspeople.

The launch ceremony for the startup campaign was co-hostedby the HCYU Central Committee and the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment

On May 7, 2018, the Prime Minister signed DecisionNo.490/QD-TTg approving the “One Commune, One Product” programme for the2018-2020 period nationwide.

The programme looks to develop typical agricultural andnon-agricultural products and services in each locality, and on the back ofprivate and collective sectors, thus limiting migration from rural areas tocities and meeting the national criteria on new rural development. –VNA