The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has seen its poverty rate decline significantly in the five-year period from 2016 to 2020 thanks to the implementation of National Assembly (NA) Resolution No 76/2014/QH13 on promoting sustainable poverty alleviation to 2020.
An Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province ofAn Giang has seen its poverty rate decline significantly in the five-year periodfrom 2016 to 2020 thanks to the implementation of National Assembly (NA) ResolutionNo 76/2014/QH13 on promoting sustainable poverty alleviation to 2020.
An Giang is an agricultural province facing variousdifficulties in terms of budget and the mobilization of business support. Mostpoor local workers have low education levels and even lack the tools and skillsneeded to work.
According to the provincial People’s Committee, AnGiang’s poverty rate fell to 2.63 percent in 2019 from 8.45 percent in 2016 followingthe implementation of the resolution. The rate of households returning topoverty was also low, with just 16 households doing so between 2016 and 2019. Provincialauthorities helped 54,100 poor, near-poor, and recently-escaped-from-povertyfamilies access loans totalling more than 1 trillion VND (42.7 million USD) duringthe period.
Meanwhile, from 2016 to 2020, all members of near-poorhouseholds received health insurance cards, with 70 percent of the cost coming fromthe State budget and the remainder from the provincial budget.
Le Van Phuoc, Vice Chairman of the An Giang People’sCommittee, said the implementation of the NA resolution has contributed tocreating jobs with stable incomes for poor and near-poor families.
The increase in the loan limit by the Vietnam Bank forSocial Policy has also helped people in these groupings sustainably escape frompoverty, he added.
Nguyen Thanh Binh, Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee, said authorities will continue allocating budget funds to carry outpoverty-reduction policies and programmes, with more investment to go to infrastructuredevelopment in poor areas and vocational education for those in need.
An Giang also plans to focus on building andreplicating poverty-reduction models and encouraging startups within the targetgroup./.
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