The poverty rate among households in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang was reduced to 8.88 percent by the end of last year from 24.31 percent in 2010 thanks to the Government’s Programme 135.
Another 15 communes in Ha Nam have been recognised as new-style rural areas, raising the total number of communes winning the recognition in the northern province to 33.
Dong Nai province has set the goal of completing the programme on building new-style rural areas by 2020, bringing the rate of communes meeting criteria to 80 percent from the current 68 percent.
The number of poor households in the Central Highlands region has dropped to 8.5 percent with the rate among ethnic minority groups standing at 18 percent.
The Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services (MobiFone) will help the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong develop the community following a programme signed between the company and the locality on Sec. 18.
A conference was held in Hanoi on December 10 to seek rapid and sustainable poverty reduction measures for the northwestern region, where the number of low-income households is highest in Vietnam.
Vietnam has taken the lead in applying a multidimensional poverty measurement approach in Asia, which is part of efforts to realise its commitments to eradicating poverty in all forms.
Cutting the poverty rate among ethnic minority groups by 3-4 percent annually is among the specific targets for 2025 set recently by the Government in its efforts to achieve the MDGs.
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