Programme on poverty reduction continues in 62 poorest districts
The Government’s programme to help the
country’s 62 poorest districts escape from poverty will be continuously
carried out in those localities, reported a senior government official.
The Government’s programme to help the
country’s 62 poorest districts escape from poverty will be continuously
carried out in those localities, reported a senior government official.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung stated this during his opening speech at a conference reviewing the one year since the Government past a resolution on the progamme.
The conference, held in the northern province of Lao Cai on December 17,
brought together representatives from 20 provinces, the 62 targeted districts and 41 businesses that have been assisting the targeted districts.
Co-chairing the event, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Central Committee Huynh Dam said that every sector, locality and numerous businesses had pulled together to put the programme into action.
He noted that the programme’s outcomes in the last year will help to reassure beneficiaries of the programme success in 2010 and in the following years.
The participants heard that so far, on average, the 62 poorest districts had managed to reduce the number of poor households from 47 percent in 2008 to 43 percent in 2009.
Those attending discussed ways of carrying the programme out in 2010 and reduce the number of poor households in the 62 targeted districts to below 40 percent by the end of 2010.
They also talked about the allocation of land and forests for local people to enable them to develop their household economies and enhance the agricultural and rural socio-economic infrastructure as well as human resources training.
Since the programme was implemented in late 2008, the Government has allotted a total of 10 trillion VND (555 million USD) to these districts.
Apart from government funding, 38 economic groups and state-owned corporations and enterprises have so far this year pledged to donate 2.1 trillion VND (116.8 million USD) to the districts during the period 2009-2020.
The money was spent on building over 59,700 houses for poor families, carrying out 60 infrastructure projects at district level and 520 other projects at communal level./.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung stated this during his opening speech at a conference reviewing the one year since the Government past a resolution on the progamme.
The conference, held in the northern province of Lao Cai on December 17,
brought together representatives from 20 provinces, the 62 targeted districts and 41 businesses that have been assisting the targeted districts.
Co-chairing the event, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Central Committee Huynh Dam said that every sector, locality and numerous businesses had pulled together to put the programme into action.
He noted that the programme’s outcomes in the last year will help to reassure beneficiaries of the programme success in 2010 and in the following years.
The participants heard that so far, on average, the 62 poorest districts had managed to reduce the number of poor households from 47 percent in 2008 to 43 percent in 2009.
Those attending discussed ways of carrying the programme out in 2010 and reduce the number of poor households in the 62 targeted districts to below 40 percent by the end of 2010.
They also talked about the allocation of land and forests for local people to enable them to develop their household economies and enhance the agricultural and rural socio-economic infrastructure as well as human resources training.
Since the programme was implemented in late 2008, the Government has allotted a total of 10 trillion VND (555 million USD) to these districts.
Apart from government funding, 38 economic groups and state-owned corporations and enterprises have so far this year pledged to donate 2.1 trillion VND (116.8 million USD) to the districts during the period 2009-2020.
The money was spent on building over 59,700 houses for poor families, carrying out 60 infrastructure projects at district level and 520 other projects at communal level./.
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