(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh called on the Southwestern region to continue restructuring its agricultural sector and building new-style rural areas, and strive towards sustainable poverty alleviation to boost socio-economic development.

At the conference (Photo: Duy Khuong/VNA)

At a conference organized by the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region in Can Tho city on Wednesday, Mr. Ninh, who is head of the Committee, reminded participants of the importance of close cooperation between localities and central-level ministries and sectors.

He emphasised the need for local residents, cooperatives and businesses to work together to find markets for agricultural products, develop trademarks, and continue the equitisation of enterprises.