Vietnam strives to reduce poverty rate

It is essential to review all mechanisms and policies on sustainable poverty reduction to achieve the set target of reducing annual poverty rate by 1-1.5% in the 2016 – 2020 period, affirmed Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh.

Illustration photo (Photo: Huu Chi)

Deputy PM Ninh laid the emphasis at a conference held by the Central Steering Committee for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Hanoi on January 16 to work out specific measures to carry out assigned tasks for 2015.

Ninh, who is also head of the Steering Committee, reported that in 2014, around VND34,700 billion, including VND6,242 billion from the State budget, were mobilized for poverty reduction. The fund was used to provide education and healthcare services for the poor and help rural workers access vocational training and employment opportunities.

This year, the Central Steering Committee on Sustainable Poverty Reduction will continue boosting the implementation of poverty reduction policies and projects to reduce the national poverty rate to less than 5% as stated in the National Assembly’s Resolution, he said.

Meanwhile, Tran Thanh Nam, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Department, stressed the need to help poor people increase their income and reduce poverty rate in a sustainable manner by upgrading infrastructure and providing assistance to production

(Source: VOV)