LRP 21: Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City
In cooperation with strategic partner AAV.
GENERAL INFORMATION
AREA
51.89 km2
POPULATION
611.170 (2011)
ETHNICITY
Mainly Kinh 91.27% in comparision to total population, Hoa 8.45%, the remaining are Khmer, Cham, Thay, Thai, Muong, Nung and foreigners.
POVERTY RATE
Urban poor includes mainly migration people.
MAIN LIVELIHOODS
Industry, services
PER CAPITA INCOME
VND 26.5 million per year (2014)
KEY PUBLIC SERVICES
Education, Health care, administration, Legal consultation
INTERVENTION
- 4,000 poor women will have livelihoods improved with environment-friendly methods to better manage land and natural resources, to be able to better response to climate change.
- Farmers from 70 communities will be better organized for stronger collective power which help increase productivity, market competition and response to climate change.
- 2,000 people having no land or loosing land will have living conditions improved through suitable alternative livelihoods.
- Women, youth and ethnic minorities’ groups in in over 70 communities where AAV is working will be able to understand and analyze poverty situation, economic and political issues, public administration and development. They will be capable to take actions towards Government accountability to public services, to influence legal framework on rights to access information, to benefit social protection services and to have job.
