Multidimensional poverty rate to reduce to 2.93% at end of 2023
The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam will reduce to 2.93% in 2023, a drop of 1.1 percentage points compared to last year, according to the Government’s report on the implementation of the national programme on sustainable poverty reduction.
A goat farm in Pleiku city in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Themultidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam will reduce to 2.93% in 2023, a dropof 1.1 percentage points compared to last year, according to the Government’s report on theimplementation of the nꩲational programme on sustainable pover𒀰ty reduction.
The ratio of poor households in poordistricts and ethnic minority areas will also reduce by 5.62 and 3.2 percentage points to about33% and 17.82% respectively by the end of this year. Previously, the National Assembly and theGovernment set a target to reduce the ratio of poor households in 74 poordistricts by 4-5 percentage points. By the end of this year, nine additionalcommunes are expected to be omitted from the list of specially disadvantagedcommunes. The Government’s report said documents guiding theimplementation of the national programme on sustainable poverty reduction and addressing difficulties and obstacles during the implementation process have been issued timely, creating the legal framework for the work. However, there remain shortcomings in fundingallocation in 2023, and coordination among ministries, central agencies and localities. Minister of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs Dao Ngoc Dung said that poverty reduction work faces difficulties dueto insufficient staff, and modest application of information technology thatresults in limitations in data collection, reports and decision-making process.
Regarding measures to promote sustainablepoverty reduction in the coming time, the Government will continue to push ministries, agencies and sectors, raisepublic awareness about the issue, and popularise effective poverty reductionmodels.
The Government coordinates with the Cen🍌tralCommittee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to innovate, promote and improve thequality of the emulation movement "For the poor - leav🤪ing no onebehind".
The Ministry of Planning and Investment was tasked with collecting petitions and complaints related to policies and laws on poverty reduction and consulting and coordinating with relevantministries and agencies to propose solutions to competent authorities. The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs was asked to draft guidance for developing vocational education in poor and disadvantaged areas, and completethe connection between the database on poverty reduction and the nationaldatabase on population./.
Along with support policies from the Party and State, education, especially vocational education, is considered one of the systematic and sustainable solutions to poverty.
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A goat farm in Pleiku city in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. (Photo: VNA) 
