Nhan Dan - Nearly VND539 billion (roughly US$25.9 million) will be spent on central and local agricultural extension activities this year, announced recently the National Agricultural Extension Centre.
The funds will be used for innovating the agricultural extension methods for groups and communities and to associate the training activities with demonstration model building.
Money will also be spent on researching and assessing the status of the specific agricultural extension models for ethnic minorities, areas of the goods production, urban and near urban and enterprises.