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Ministry launches national poverty database

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on August 7 launched a US$62 million, five-year social-assistance programme to create a national database of poor and near-poor households.

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SOCIETY IN BRIEF 25/2

Near-poor households to get preferential loans; $2b windfall to aid poor students; Youth arrested for attack on police; Workers unhappy with low wages; Human activity polluting, degrading nation's lands