The poverty rate among households in the country is expected to drop to under 6 percent at the end of this year from 6.7 percent in 2017, the National Assembly Standing Committee heard at its 27th session on September 17.
Vietnam has long treasured the substantial benefits of free trade, particularly amidst the formidable challenges posed by global trade protectionism which is currently threatening bilateral and multilateral trade deals, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc advised the northern province of Quang Ninh to give the priority to urban development while meeting provincial leaders on September 1.
President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to Ethiopia and Egypt from August 23-29 is expected to open new prospects for trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and the two nations, as well as with the African region in general.
Individuals and businesses have donated to charity drives for the poor, contributing to the implementation of the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on August 20 advised the northern province of Thai Nguyen to create a better environment in order to attract more investors, as well as pay more attention to regional connectivity to provide mutual support.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 20 hailed Binh Phuoc province’s efforts to seek new markets as a crucial step towards expanding production and fostering growth, affirming this way would help attract potential investors.
Shortcomings in implementing policies on ethnic minority groups and sustainable poverty reduction heated up the Q&A session at the National Assembly Standing Committee’s ongoing 26th session.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on August 6 presented gifts of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) to policy beneficiaries, families of Agent Orange/Dioxin victims and poor children in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.
There have always been a number of challenges facing learners on their climb to success. However, these difficulties are incrementally harder for children in remote, disadvantaged areas.
A meeting in northern Thai Nguyen province on July 31 emphasised the need for livelihood solutions to sustainably reduce poverty in local ethnic minority groups.
Today, Ly Chuy Go, a seventh grader at the Pa Ve Su Ethnic Boarding School in Lai Chau’s Muong Te district and his schoolmates are eager to return to school after the weekend.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged local authorities to change the way of thinking and be more creative in building new style rural areas.
Over the past years, the maintenance of peace, political stability and security has created favourable conditions for Cambodia to continue obtaining new achievements in socio-economic development and in the improvement of the people’s living standards.
Vietnam has launched a series of action plans to realise the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong.
Over the past five-tear term of the National Assembly, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has done a lot for the Cambodian people, helping raise public confidence in the upcoming general election.
Cambodia has attained various socio-economic achievements over the past years, a success of the political platform and the Rectangular Strategy – Phase III of the Cambodian Government led by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The poverty rate in Indonesia declined to 9.8 percent, or nearly 26 million people, of the total population in March 2018 from 10.64 percent, or nearly 27.8 million people, in 2017, according to Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS).
