The northern province of Lao Cai has completed building 4,260 houses for poor families in 2009 during the implementation of Decision 167/ 2008/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on supporting housing for the poor. The province and the Vietnam Development Bank have carried out the Government’s Resolution 30a on sustainable poverty reduction in the poorest districts of the country, including three districts of Bac Ha, Muong Khuong and Si Ma Cai in Lao Cai province. In 2010, the province will continue to work with the bank to assist these poor districts. Last year, Lao Cai achieved an economic growth rate of 12% and ranked third in terms of the competitiveness index (only after Danang and Binh Duong province).
