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New project to support ethnic groups in mountainous regions

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum will launch a project to aid the socio-economic development of households in ethnic and mountainous areas in the locality in 2017-2020.
New project to support ethnic groups in mountainous regions ảnh 1People of ethnic groups in Kon Tum province (Illustrative photo: VNA)

Kon Tum (VNA) – The CentralHighlands province of Kon Tum will launch a project to aid the socio-economicdevelopment of households in ethnic and mountainous areas in the locality in2017-2020.

The project, with total investment of over270 billion VND (11.89 million USD) sourced from the State budget, will providesupport for 21,000 households. They were poor ethnic families in disadvantagedmountainous and extremely poor areas, households without lands, water andsupport of State policies.

The project aims to help the poorest ethnichouseholds in the province improve their lives and stabilise production, thusreducing the rate of poor families in ethnic and mountainous areas by 3-4percent per year. 

It also strives to shift jobs for 80percent of people in poor ethnic minority groups, handle water shortage indisadvantaged areas and create favourable conditions for those people to accessto preferential credits.-VNA 

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