Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Tien Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang will work to reduce its poverty rate from 4.02 percent to 3.69 percent in 2018. According to Deputy Director of the provincial Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Van Lam, Tien Giang will implement a series of measures, such as adding vocational training part in preferential lending schemes to help poor residents secure livelihoods. The province will continue mobilising communal support and raising funds for the poor, while the implementation of social-economic development plans that include sustainable poverty reduction will be under tighter monitoring. Relevant agencies have been assigned to examine the number and conditions of poor households and design poverty eradication schemes suitable to each locality to help the targeted group improve incomes and access basic social services. More investments will be put in developing infrastructure for extremely poor communes in … [Read more...] about Tien Giang to step up sustainable poverty reduction
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Irish doctor and poverty reduction efforts for ethnic minority groups in Vietnam
Their love for him and their difficult lives encouraged Dr. Ross to call on the Vietnamese government and foreign non-government organizations to do more to assist these ethnic minority groups and improve their living conditions. VOV would like to bring you excerpts of our talk with Dr. Colman Patrick Ross about Vietnam’s poverty reduction efforts and changes among the ethnic minorities. Over the past 20 years, you have witnessed Vietnam's developments. What do you think of the changes in the living conditions of ethnic minorities in Vietnam and the effectiveness of the Vietnamese government's support policies for remote areas?There have been many changes since my first work in Da lat, Lam Dong to now in the north like in Son La, Lai Chau, Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Yen Bai, Quang Tri, and in all provinces I had worked. But I think it’s very hard to generalize because ethnic minority’s development is very diverse in Vietnam.It’s a tendency to look at ethnic … [Read more...] about Irish doctor and poverty reduction efforts for ethnic minority groups in Vietnam
Second Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction project yields sweet fruits
This morning, the World Bank, in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), organised CIG festival day and a dialogue with the theme “Women’s role in sustainable poverty reduction.” In the framework of the event, along with the performances of ethnic minority CIGs from the northern mountainous area as well as a discussion on women’s role in sustainable poverty reduction, the representative of the organisation board lauded the numerous achievements NMPRP-2 posted during the past seven years. Notably, the project helped to repair and build 3,500 rural road sections, completed the construction of 3,000 crucial infrastructure units, including bridges, drains, clean water projects as well as markets, benefiting 500,000 households. Besides, approximately 12,000 CIGs were established with the participation of 150,000 households. According to the latest survey, 60 per cent of these CIGs have maintained co-operation in agricultural activities … [Read more...] about Second Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction project yields sweet fruits
Increasing resources to support sustainable poverty reduction
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NDO – The Vietnamese economy continues to show steady growth momentum, contributing to poverty reduction, especially in rural and isolated areas. As of September 30, 2017, there were nearly 31.9 million disadvantaged households and policy beneficiaries being provided with preferential loans. This result was noted by many National Assembly (NA) deputies as being one of the highlights and pillars of Vietnam's poverty reduction policy. The journey of the preferred capitalAs an important component of Vietnam's National Target Programme for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, the system of policy credit is continuously being improved, enabling the poor and policy beneficiaries to access the State's preferential loans.In 2004, the family of Dinh Thi Dinh, an ethnic Tay female, residing in Trang Tranh hamlet (Tan Loi commune, Dong Phu, Binh Phuoc), was recognised as poor household and provided with preferential loans worth VND12 million to invest in growing 100 piles of pepper, generating … [Read more...] about Increasing resources to support sustainable poverty reduction
Lao Cai seeks measures to optimise poverty reduction aid
From 2013 to October 2017, the northern mountainous province received aid worth nearly 248 billion VND from 24 non-governmental and 123 international organisations, which reduced poverty and boosted development in the locality.Health care drew the most assistance with 14 projects and more than 50 billion VND, or 32.9 percent of the total support. The projects focused on providing equipment, improving health care staff capacity and service quality, and HIV/AIDS prevention and control.Addressing the meeting, Dang Xuan Thanh, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee hailed the role of the aid in the province’s poverty reduction efforts.He noted that poverty ratio of Lao Cai dropped from nearly 43 percent in 2010 to only 12.11 percent in 2015. The percentage of poor households per the multi-dimensional poverty line also fell from 34.3 percent in 2015 to 27.41 percent in 2016 and was estimated at 22.9 percent in 2017.Meanwhile, Tran Dai Hai, Director of the Lao Cai … [Read more...] about Lao Cai seeks measures to optimise poverty reduction aid