Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has just issued Decision No.375/QD-LDTBXH on approving the inspection results of the number of poor and poor-near households in 2011.
Accordingly, the whole country last year had 21,938,260 households, including 2,580,885 poor households or 11.76% of total and 1,530,295 poor-near ones or 6.98%. In the southeastern region, Binh Duong was the only locality without poor-near households and there were 22 poor households or 0.01% of total, the lowest ratio.
Reported by M.Tam-Translated by K.T












