Yen Bai sees over 7.6% decline in poverty rate among ethnic minority communities

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Yen Bai sees over 7.6% decline in poverty rate among ethnic minority communities

Saturday, December 16, 2023

YBO - With the effective implementation of the national target programme on boosting socio-economic development in mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, Yen Bai has recorded an average annual reduction of over 7.6% in poverty rate among the local ethnic minority communities.

Mong women in Mu Cang Chai district receive support in vocational training and employment.

The rate of poor households in mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas of Yen Bai has reduced 7.66% each year. The decline in Mu Cang Chai district is over 8%, while that in Tram Tau district is nearly 7%.

With the proper investment in items of the national target programme on boosting socio-economic development in mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, Yen Bai has successfully brought 13 communes out of extremely difficult conditions, fulfilling over 46% of the assigned target.

At the same time, 18 out of the 27 villages with extreme difficult situation have also been moved out of the list, completing nearly 67% of the set target.

In 2023, Yen Bai is striving to reduce the rate of poor households in mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas by over 5%, while supporting 828 households from ethnic minority groups in building and repairing houses. The locality also aims to have four extremely difficult communes completing the new-style rural area building programme.

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