The new standards were approved by the municipal People’s Council on July 9, for the period 2016-2020.
The households in rural areas that are considered near-poor are those with average monthly income of over VND1.1 million to VND1.42 million/person and the rates are over VND1.3 million to VND1.69 million/ for urban households.
According to the government’s standards to identify poor households in the period 2011-2015, the rural families with average monthly income of VND400,000 or less per person and urban families with earnings of VND500,000/person or less are recognized as poor.
The rates for the near-poor households are income of VND401,000 to VND520,000/person/month in the rural area and from VND501,000 to VND650,000/person/month in the urban area.
Poor households are subject to many incentives and assistance policies of the government.
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