(ĐN)- Over the past five years, Dong Nai has helped more than 4,700 ethnic minority households to escape poverty, contributing to reduce the number of poor ethnic in the locality to some 1,900 this year. The province targets to have no poor ethnic households in 2015.
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| Ethnic students at Vocational College No.8. |
(ĐN)- Over the past five years, Dong Nai has helped more than 4,700 ethnic minority households to escape poverty, contributing to reduce the number of poor ethnic in the locality to some 1,900 this year. The province targets to have no poor ethnic households in 2015.
The achievements were attributable to concrete measures undertaken by local authorities, such as increasing capital for vocational training, revising the vocational curriculum in line with poverty reduction measures, and developing a family-based economy and agricultural products.
Since 2013, around 3,279 ethnic students have accessed loans totaling VND7.6 billion to cover their tuition and other schooling fees; these helped them to have better conditions for their study.
According to Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province organized courses on farming techniques for more than 4,500 farmers who are ethnic people, helping them to stabilize production and improve living condition.
Reported by C.N
