Ben Tre strives for sustainable poverty alleviation
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has implemented a plan with numerous programmes to help locals develop livelihoods and achieve sustainable poverty elimination from 2016 – 2020.
Assistance to help locals develop suitable livelihood to escape from poverty (Source: VNA)
Ben Tre (VNA) – The Mekong Deltaprovince of Ben Tre has implemented a plan with numerous programmes to helplocals develop livelihoods and achieve sustainable poverty elimination from2016 – 2020.
So far, 8,928 poor and near poor households havejoined the plan. After one year, those who have escaped from the poor statusare still being supervised to ensure they achieve sustainable povertyelimination.
Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa, Vice President of theprovincial chapter of the Vietnam Women’s Union said, 754 out of 1,243households of poor women have benefited from the plan, worth over 18.5 billionVND (814,000 USD). 60 of them have escaped from poverty.
The Association has encouraged the wealthy onesto lend a helping hand to the poor, and provided saplings, labour force, and vocationaltraining to help its poor members gain stable income.
According to the provincial Department ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the province has 37,541 and 17,395 poorand near poor households, respectively.
The provincial branch of the Vietnam Bank forSocial Policies has provided preferential loans up to 190 billion VND (8.36million USD) for these poor and near poor households. In addition, the involvedhouseholds also enjoyed social services, including health care, education, housing,and water supply.
Nguyen Huu Phuoc, Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee said the plan aims to help find suitablelivelihoods for every local poor household.
He urged levels, sectors to promote publicitycampaign to enhance the awareness and self-respect of the poor to strive to getrid of poverty in the coming time.
They should help locals have more understanding,funding, and suitable livelihood options, he said.-VNA
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Assistance to help locals develop suitable livelihood to escape from poverty (Source: VNA) 
