Reducing Poverty in Quang Tri - Success Stories in Vietnamese Rural Development

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In rapidly developing Vietnam, the first UN Millennium Development Goal has already been achieved: the number of people living in extreme poverty has been reduced by half. Prosperity is not, however, equally distributed throughout the country. Since 1997, Finland has supported the Quang Tri Rural Development Programme (QTRDP), which operates in the poorest areas of Vietnam. In this booklet, the rural inhabitants tell their own stories, of how with the help of the Quang Tri Rural Development Programme they have been able to improve their own lives, and how poverty has been reduced in Quang Tri.