FNF Vietnam's Publication

Report: Vietnam - Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam: Achievements and Challenges

Vietnam has recorded impressive achievements in poverty reduction thanks to steady economic growth, remarkable improvement of the quality of life for the people through the National Target Program on Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction; the Socio-Economic Development Program in especially difficult communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas 2006-2010; the Rapid and Sustainable Poverty Reduction Program for 62 poor districts; and support policies for ethnic minorities in especially disadvantaged areas etc. The household poverty rate in Vietnam dropped from 14.2% (2010) to 11.76% (2011), 9.6% (2012) and 8% (2013), and the living standards of the poor have gradually been improved. Such achievements have created a consensus in society and have been acknowledged.

Author: Ngo Thi Ngoc Anh, PhD
30.06.2015

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