Ha Tinh: Taking sustainable livelihoods as the spearhead of poverty reduction work

Accompanying the poor in many fields

Support programs from education , healthcare, housing to preferential credit have shown clear effectiveness, contributing to improving living standards, narrowing the development gap between regions, towards the goal of "leaving no one behind".

From 2020 to now, the whole province has supported the construction of 8,389 houses for meritorious people, poor households and disadvantaged people, with a total budget of more than 566 billion VND. Of which, the program to support solid housing for meritorious people, poor households and households affected by natural disasters under Decision No. 22-QD/TU has approved the construction of 2,475 new houses, with a total budget of 172 billion VND; the housing support program mobilized by the Ministry of Public Security under Decision No. 630-QD/TU has supported an additional 1,000 houses with a total budget of 87 billion VND.

In addition, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and socio -political organizations have actively mobilized socialized resources to support the construction of more than 4,900 other houses worth over 307 billion VND, contributing to helping thousands of households stabilize their housing, feel secure in their work and production, and escape poverty sustainably.

Cooking classes open up many job opportunities for workers. Photo: Manh Canh

The work of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses has been stepped up. In early 2025, the whole province reviewed 2,343 houses in need of new construction and repair, mobilizing more than 37 billion VND from organizations and businesses. As of May 19, 2025, Ha Tinh has completed the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses for poor households, near-poor households and families of people with revolutionary contributions.

In the policy credit sector, the Provincial Social Policy Bank plays a key role in supporting livelihoods. In the period 2021 - 2024, the bank has lent capital to 145,922 poor, near-poor and policy beneficiaries, with a total turnover of VND 6,832 billion. It is expected that in 2025, the lending turnover will reach about VND 3,600 billion with more than 70,000 households borrowing. Preferential loan programs are implemented in a variety of ways, helping many households develop their economy, create jobs and gradually escape poverty.

The Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and socio-political organizations also mobilized resources to build 7,055 poverty reduction livelihood models, with a total cost of more than 16 billion VND, supporting more than 3,500 poor households and 2,100 near-poor households. Many models from livestock farming, fruit tree planting to fishing gear support and trade development have helped 1,368 households escape poverty, create jobs and stable income.

Thanks to the synchronous implementation of poverty reduction policies and social security, the poverty rate in Ha Tinh has decreased significantly. By the end of 2024, the whole province had 9,236 poor households, accounting for 2.40% (down 2.28 percentage points compared to the beginning of the period, an average decrease of 0.76%/year); the number of near-poor households was 11,736, accounting for 3.04% (down 2.05 percentage points, an average decrease of 0.68%/year).

The outstanding results in implementing poverty reduction and social security policies have affirmed the determination of the Party Committee, government and people of Ha Tinh in caring for people's lives, especially vulnerable groups. Promoting the achieved results, Ha Tinh continues to mobilize resources, replicate effective livelihood models, link poverty reduction with new rural construction, digital transformation and green economic development - towards the goal of sustainable multidimensional poverty reduction, contributing to building a fair and civilized society.

Towards poverty reduction through knowledge and employment

Ha Tinh has actively implemented Sub-project 3 - Supporting sustainable employment, aiming to expand employment opportunities for poor and near-poor workers. This is considered an important "link" in the livelihood support chain, helping people not only have a job but also a place to work and have a stable income.

In the period of 2021 - 2024, the province has allocated more than 28.7 billion VND, of which the central budget is more than 26 billion VND, the local budget is more than 2.5 billion VND for employment support activities. The Job Exchange Project in Ha Tinh city (old) alone has a total investment capital of more than 31.8 billion VND, approved in Decision No. 2539/QD-UBND dated October 2, 2023. To date, the project has been allocated nearly 19.1 billion VND and is in the bidding plan appraisal stage. When completed, this will be a center connecting modern labor supply and demand, creating a foundation for the development of a transparent, flexible and effective labor market.

Over the past years, Ha Tinh has issued 518,932 health insurance cards to poor, near-poor and middle-income households, with a total cost of more than VND958 billion. Photo: Manh Canh

Along with that, Ha Tinh Employment Service Center coordinated with localities, units, enterprises and vocational training institutions to organize 2 job fairs and 20 mobile job transaction sessions, attracting more than 3,500 workers to participate. As a result, 2,097 people were consulted and introduced to jobs in the province; 976 people were consulted on labor export to the Japanese and Korean markets; 240 people were consulted on vocational training to improve their skills.

These figures not only show the efforts of the Ministry of Home Affairs, but also reflect a positive change in people's awareness: From a mentality of waiting and relying, many people have proactively learned a trade, found jobs, and asserted themselves in the labor market. With support from the state, they have had more opportunities to escape poverty, improve their lives, and contribute to the community.

In 2025, Ha Tinh continues to identify vocational education development and job creation as key tasks associated with the goal of sustainable poverty reduction. The province aims for 100% of workers from poor, near-poor and newly escaped-poverty households in need of career counseling and orientation, labor market information and job search support; the rate of trained workers will reach 50%, of which 30% will have degrees and certificates; at the same time, ensuring that 100% of poor workers in need of vocational training support will be supported.

To achieve this goal, Ha Tinh directed relevant departments and branches to review and update the labor database, strengthen the connection between vocational training institutions and businesses, promote the operation of job exchanges to create an effective bridge between labor supply and demand. At the same time, the province promoted the socialization of vocational training, diversified short-term vocational training forms, online or on-site; supported poor workers to access preferential credit capital to develop production and small businesses.

Sustainable poverty reduction in Ha Tinh is shifting from mere support to the direction of “empowerment - opportunity”. This is the process of helping people have jobs, skills and confidence in their own abilities - the foundation for building a progressive, inclusive society. Practice shows that vocational training associated with job creation is the right, humane and sustainable direction, contributing to realizing the goal of “leaving no one behind” on the development journey of Ha Tinh.

Source: https://daibieunhandan.vn/ha-tinh-lay-sinh-ke-ben-vung-lam-mui-nhon-cho-cong-tac-giam-ngheo-10390789.html