Xuan Loc to cut household poverty rate to under 0.5 pct

11:04, 16/04/2015

(ĐN)- Xuan Loc district will strive to bring the ratio of poverty-stricken families to below 0.5 percent by the end of 2017 from 3.86 percent at present.

(ĐN)- Xuan Loc district will strive to bring the ratio of poverty-stricken families to below 0.5 percent by the end of 2017 from 3.86 percent at present.

The district will accelerate the popularization of this work, drive socio-economic development, create jobs as well as offer more vocational training. Accordingly, it plans to spend some VND170 billion for poverty reduction programs.

Xuan Loc also aims to have additional two communes satisfying all criteria for new rural development in 2015, bring the yearly average income of local farmers to VND70 million.

Reported by H.D