Replicating poverty reduction models in disadvantaged and coastal communes

In the 2016-2020 period, 291 particularly disadvantaged communes in coastal and island areas in 23 provinces were given priority for investment in essential infrastructure and production development support according to Decision 1722/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister.

Delegates delivered speeches at the workshop. Attending the workshop was Mr. Ngo Truong Thi - Director, Chief of the National Office on Poverty Reduction - Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Photo: My Ha

In the three years 2016-2018 alone, the central budget supported the implementation of the program for communes with 1,225,327 billion VND, including 830,675 billion VND of development investment capital and 394,652 billion VND of public service capital to support infrastructure investment, support production development, diversify livelihoods and replicate poverty reduction and labor export models in these communes.

Based on the achieved results, the Workshop on Poverty Reduction in Coastal and Island Areas aims to find solutions to promote livelihood diversification activities and replicate poverty reduction models in particularly disadvantaged communes in coastal and island areas so that these communes can escape poverty sustainably.

Workers go to sea in Nghi Thuy ward - Cua Lo town. Photo: My Ha

The presentations at the workshop will be the basis for the management agency to have more suggestions in organizing and implementing the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the period 2019-2020. At the same time, there will be more solutions to support especially difficult communes in coastal and island areas to achieve high efficiency; there will be long-term recommendations in the process of orienting the development of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the period 2021-2025.

Nghe An currently has 3 poor districts enjoying investment policies under Resolution 30a, 99 extremely disadvantaged communes and 184 extremely disadvantaged villages and mountainous ethnic minority areas eligible for investment under Program 135. In addition, there are 12 extremely disadvantaged communes in the coastal and alluvial areas on the Prime Minister's approved list. Over the past two years, the province's poverty rate has decreased by nearly 3% each year. However, the whole province has about 9,500 poor households in extremely disadvantaged areas, unable to work and unable to escape poverty.