Binh Phuoc province striving to support over 1,000 poor ethnic minority households
The provincial People’s Committee in the southern province of Binh Phuoc has approved funding of 120.6 billion VND (5.14 million USD) this year to support over 1,000 ethnic minority households to get out of poverty.
Water is brought for people to the border district of Bu Gia Map in the southern province of Binh Phuoc during the dry season. (Photo: VNA)
Binh Phuoc (VNA) – The provincial People’s Committee in the southern province of BinhPhuoc has approved funding of 120.6 billion VND (5.14 million USD) this year tosupport over 1,000 ethnic minority households to get out of poverty.
Accordingly, poor households of ethnic groupswill receive support in housing, job creation, breeds, and farming tools forproduction development.
🦩 The committee asked units and localities to focus on mobilising resourcesto implement policies and projects, contributing to a fast and sustainablepoverty reduction for poor ethnic minority households.
Binh Phuoc provincehas three border districts - Loc Ninh, Bu Gia Map, and Bu Dop - with a borderlineof more than 260km, a population of more than 1 million people, about 20% of them from ethnic groups.
🌺 In 2019, the provincestarted implementing a plan to reduce 1,000 poor ethnic minority householdseach year. Between 2019 and 2022, it supported more than 5,000 poorethnic minority households to escape from poverty./.
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Water is brought for people to the border district of Bu Gia Map in the southern province of Binh Phuoc during the dry season. (Photo: VNA) 
