(VOVworld) - 50 cows have been donated to poor households in Lang Son province, as part of a program to reduce poverty in the northern border areas. Speaking at the granting ceremony on Thursday, President Truong Tan Sang asserted that the Party and State has carried out effectively a number of poverty reduction programs.

President Truong Tan Sang speaks at a conference to launch the program in June. Photo: intenet

He hailed the initiative “Cows for the poor at border areas” for helping people improve their living standards. Between June, 2014 and October, 2016, the program plans to give 36,000 cows to poor households in 11 northern border provinces.