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Phu Yen: More than 120.5 bln VND for sustainable poverty reduction

Phu Yen: More than 120.5 billion VND for sustainable poverty reduction

The central coastal province of Phu Yen recently allocated more than 120.5 billion VND (5.3 million USD) from the State budget to help its localities carry out the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction in 2018.
Phu Yen: More than 120.5 billion VND for sustainable poverty reduction ảnh 1Providing rural areas with sufficient power to ensure production (Photo:VNA)

PhuYen (VNA) – The central coastal province of Phu Yen recently allocatedmore than 120.5 billion VND (5.3 million USD) from the State budget to help itslocalities carry out the National Target Programme on Sustainable PovertyReduction in 2018.

The money will be used to develop infrastructure and production and expandpoverty alleviation models in two mountainous districts of Dong Xuan and SongHinh, 11 special difficult communes, 29 special difficult communes and 11coastal impoverished communes.

According to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phan DinhPhung, the money will be used for important projects in each locality, withpriority given to special difficult and ethnic areas.

In addition, nearly 26,200 poor and near poor households and those justescaping poverty will benefit from the province’s preferential credit programmeworth more than 615 billion VND (27.06 million USD).

The locality is striving to reduce more than 5,400 poor households and 610 nearpoor households compared to the outset of the year and bring poor and near poorrates to 5.65 percent and 8.69 percent, respectively.-VNA
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