Poverty policy and regulation
poverty reduction
Northern midland, mountainous region heads to green, sustainable development
The gross regional domestic product (GRDP) of the Northern midland and mountainous region is expected to reach 8-9 percent per year while GRDP per capita will attain VND140 million (nearly US$6,000) in 2021-2030. This is part of the Government’s plan of action to implement the ...
Thuy Dung
Migration and poverty in big cities
Multidimensional poverty is a well-used concept in identifying multiple types of deprivation, including health, education, and living standards. In Vietnam, migrants flocking to big cities, with dreams of making a better life for themselves and their family, are also vulnerable to multidimensional poverty.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Poor ethnic households equal 52.7 per cent of VN’s total
The number of poor ethnic minority households accounts for 52.7 per cent of Vietnam’s total poor households, though the country has a total of 13.4 million ethnic minority people, accounting for 14.6% of the country’s total population. Keep reading ...
Phan Thao
PM approves project on sustainable poverty reduction
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently approved a project on assisting hamlets and villages in border, mountainous, coastal, and island areas with new-style rural area building and sustainable poverty reduction for the 2018-2020 period. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam makes progress in human development, poverty reduction
Vietnam can be proud to have helped 6 million people escape poverty from 2012 to 2016 under national multidimensional poverty standards, according to Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen. Keep reading ...
New Hanoi Reporter
Poverty reducing in Vietnam but not ‘steadily’: minister
Vietnam’s poverty rate is dropping, but there is a high rate of people falling back into poverty, a government minister has said. Speaking at a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee Monday, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said there ...
Viet Tuan
Poverty alleviation work reviewed
At least 10 per cent of investment capital in rural areas should be spent on improving clean water supplies. The idea was proposed yesterday at a working session between National Assembly Social Affairs Committee, Government’s Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee and ministries of planning, investment, agriculture and rural ...
VNS Reporter
31.1 bln USD under Prog 135 for Central, Central Highlands regions
Localities in the Central and Central Highlands regions have been allocated over 718 trillion VND (nearly 31.1 billion USD) under the Programme 135 in 2018, according to Nguyen Xuan Duc, head of the Department of Locality II under the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
PM issues national plan to eradicate hunger
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a National Action Programme on Zero Hunger, aiming to ensure enough food and nutrition for all citizens. The programme is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No 2 which focuses on sustainable solutions to eradicate hunger in ...
VNA Reporter
Few poor people take up work abroad
The number of people living in poor districts who have taken up offers to work abroad remains very low. Local authorities, enterprises and labour export cooperation programmes have in recent years offered assistance to help people find jobs in other countries.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter