Thai Nguyen province has reduced the number of poor households by nearly 4,500.

To date, Thai Nguyen still has 18,568 poor households, accounting for 4.32% of the total number of households in the province, a decrease of nearly 4,500 households compared to the beginning of 2025, exceeding the set plan.

Besides effectively implementing activities to support production development under the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, Thai Nguyen always pays attention to giving gifts and encouraging poor households during holidays and Tet (Lunar New Year).

The province currently has 14,386 near-poor households, accounting for 3.35%, a decrease of 1,096 households. Regarding poor ethnic minority households, Thai Nguyen has 15,666 households, accounting for 9.41%, a decrease of 3,688 households; the number of near-poor ethnic minority households is 10,372, accounting for 6.23%, a decrease of 746 households. By the end of 2025, the reduction in the poverty rate in the province is expected to reach 1.13%.

The above results demonstrate the effectiveness of the synchronized implementation of poverty reduction solutions, focusing on livelihood support, vocational training, job creation, and improving living conditions for poor and near-poor households, contributing to raising people's living standards and ensuring social security in the province.

According to the plan, from now until 2030, Thai Nguyen aims to reduce the number of multidimensional poor households by an average of 1-1.5% each year; reduce the number of multidimensional poor households by at least 3% in disadvantaged communes and by 3-4% among ethnic minority poor households.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/xa-hoi/202602/thai-nguyen-giam-duoc-gan-4500-ho-ngheo-21a6895/