Promptly assessing poor households based on new poverty line

Vice-Chairwomen Huynh Thi Nga is working with the members of Dong Nai SCPR

          Reportedly, the provincial People’s Committee approved the project on surveying and identifying poor households based on new poverty standards. Accordingly, the poverty baseline should be VND1,000,000 person/month and VND800,000 person/month for urban and rural areas, respectively. Dong Nai province is estimated to have about 60,000 poor households.

          At the meeting, Dong Nai Standing Committee of Poverty Reduction advised the provincial People’s Committee on summing up the poverty reduction activities and identifying specific plans for the next 5 years (2011-2015); instructing the Standing Committee of Povery Reduction in districts to implement poverty reduction programs; and providing training courses for the employees who participate in poverty reduction to improve their capacity.

Reported by Nguyen Le, Translated by Minh Minh