(VOVworld)-The Government has decided to support 23 poor districts nationwide to reduce poverty quickly and sustainably in the next five years.

The poor districts are located in northern Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Lang Son, Dien Bien and Hoa Binh provinces and the three central provinces of Nghe An, Quang Nam and Phu Yen and two Central Highland provinces of Kon Tum and Gia Lai. According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, these 23 districts were mainly home to ethnic groups and 50 percent of households had incomes of less than 19 USD per head a month. The ministry said in these districts, infrastructure was poor and out of date, especially roads from district centers to communes and hamlets, irrigation works, electricity networks, schools and clinics. The extra funding will enable the districts to provide boarding schools for ethnic students, build vocational schools, irrigation works and communication routes from 2015-2017. More public schools, inter-communal roads, roads to concentrated economic zones, electricity projects and water supply plants will also be funded.