VIETNAM ROADMAP FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

HANOI, Vietnam - The success of the rapid and sustainable poverty reduction programme for 62 poorest districts over the past three years shows the Government’s Resolution 30a has been brought to life. But it still requires greater budget allocations from the state and more efforts from local authorities.
Nguyen Trong Dam, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, says the Government is set to carry on the programme in a more effective way.
The Government has focussed on four target groups.

1. First, to promote local production, generate jobs to increase incomes for the poor, support forest plantation and protection, and boost trade activities and labour exports.
2. Second, to ensure sustainable poverty reduction by way of providing education and training for labourers.
3. Third, to transfer officials and encourage young intellectuals to work in poor districts.
4. Fourth, to increase infrastructure investment.

In addition, the Government has directed relevant agencies to help poor people build houses and gradually stabilize their lives.
So far, businesses have helped build around 2,000 projects, such as roads, bridges, electrical grids, medical stations and schools, in poor districts. Therefore, the number of poor households has been reduced by 5 percent annually and the local people’s living conditions have been much improved.

Source: Agency