THE Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, Shan State (South), held a ceremony to transfer funds for the Village Development Project (VDP) and Rural Business Fund (RBF) Project, which will be implemented for the 2026-2027 financial year, at the meeting hall of the department on the morning of 31 May.
At the ceremony, State Hluttaw Representative U Khun Win Naung delivered an opening remark. Township Staff Officer from the Department of Rural Development, Pinlaung Township, explained the objectives of the VDP and RBF projects to be implemented, the work programmes to be carried out, and the points that villages need to cooperate on for the successful implementation of the projects.
Afterwards, the attending parliamentarian and departmental officials transferred VDP project funds of K15 million per village, totalling K60 million, to the village committees of Nampa Village, Maungdein Village, Pauke Village and Wapyone Village.
Subsequently, the township staff officer reportedly transferred RBF project funds of K30 million to four groups that will carry out pig breeding activities in Pauya Kyaungna Village. — Sein Lwin (Rural)
