Que Phong: 37 billion VND for socialization of poverty reduction work

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of December 30, Que Phong district held a conference to meet with businesses and sponsors to help the district in poverty reduction work.

Implementing the Government's Resolution 30a on sustainable poverty reduction, in the past 5 years, Que Phong has received over 37.3 billion VND in socialized capital from agencies, units and enterprises, typically Bao Viet Group over 20 billion VND, State Capital Investment Corporation 1.6 billion...

With the joint efforts of philanthropists and the efforts of the entire Party and government, the income of poor households in the district has increased from 180,000 VND/month to 360,000 VND/month, and the poverty rate has decreased to 33.36%.

The suspension bridge across the Nam Piet River to Phuong Tien 3 village, Tien Phong commune was built with capital source 30a (Photo: Xuan Hoang)

At the conference, the leaders of Que Phong district acknowledged and highly appreciated the great contributions of businesses and sponsors, helping the district in socio-economic development in recent years, and at the same time hoped to continue receiving the attention and support of philanthropists and businesses to strive to reduce the poverty rate to 29.36% in 2016./.

Thuy Hang