Ho Chi Minh City has successfully implemented its poverty reductionprogramme for the 2009-15 period, heard a conference held in the city onMarch 21.
A report presented at the event stated that by theend of 2013, the city’s poor rate was 0.8 percent, a large drop from the8.4 percent rate recorded in 2009.
The national standard,which was approved by the Government, prescribes that poor householdsare categorised as those with an average income of 4.8 million VND (225USD) per person per year in rural areas and 6 million VND (282 USD)in urban areas . Under that standard, the city now has no poorhouseholds.
Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Le ThanhHai said the city has now set up its own poverty standard, with poorhouseholds categorised as such if their annual average income is lessthan 16 million VND (752 USD) per person. Households earning less than21 million VND (987 USD) per person are classed as near-poor.
Under the new standard, the southern city now has 130,000 poorhouseholds (equivalent to 7.12 percent of the city’s total population)and 50,000 near-poor households (making up 2.73 percent).
Haiadded the new standard is closer to those applied by other regionalcountries, and called for all local people to involve themselves in thesustainable poverty reduction programme.
He asked the localauthorities to pay attention to building effective poverty reductionmodels in combination with local socio-economic development, especiallythe construction of new-style rural areas .
It is necessaryto better meet poor people’s demand for essential goods and services,such as housing, healthcare services, education and jobs, Hai suggested.
In addition, he advised that preferential loans should beoffered to accelerate local agro-aquatic-forestry developmentand provide vocational training for rural labourers in line withsocio-economic development planning.-VNA
A report presented at the event stated that by theend of 2013, the city’s poor rate was 0.8 percent, a large drop from the8.4 percent rate recorded in 2009.
The national standard,which was approved by the Government, prescribes that poor householdsare categorised as those with an average income of 4.8 million VND (225USD) per person per year in rural areas and 6 million VND (282 USD)in urban areas . Under that standard, the city now has no poorhouseholds.
Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Le ThanhHai said the city has now set up its own poverty standard, with poorhouseholds categorised as such if their annual average income is lessthan 16 million VND (752 USD) per person. Households earning less than21 million VND (987 USD) per person are classed as near-poor.
Under the new standard, the southern city now has 130,000 poorhouseholds (equivalent to 7.12 percent of the city’s total population)and 50,000 near-poor households (making up 2.73 percent).
Haiadded the new standard is closer to those applied by other regionalcountries, and called for all local people to involve themselves in thesustainable poverty reduction programme.
He asked the localauthorities to pay attention to building effective poverty reductionmodels in combination with local socio-economic development, especiallythe construction of new-style rural areas .
It is necessaryto better meet poor people’s demand for essential goods and services,such as housing, healthcare services, education and jobs, Hai suggested.
In addition, he advised that preferential loans should beoffered to accelerate local agro-aquatic-forestry developmentand provide vocational training for rural labourers in line withsocio-economic development planning.-VNA
