VietNamNet Bridge – The largest city in central Vietnam has approved new standards to identify poor households, with average monthly income of VND1.1 million/person in rural areas and VND1.3 million/person in urban areas. The rates are nearly three times higher than the country’s average.

Members of the Da Nang People's Council approve the new standards on poor households on July 9.

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.

Le Ha