VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son has met representatives of the ruling party, the parliament and government of Angola in Luanda during his working trip for the seventh meeting of the Vietnam – Angola inter-government committee.
Boasting great resources of forest and forest land, Vietnam is advised to develop forest ecosystem services, especially forest-based ecotourism to create jobs and improve incomes for locals, contributing to sustainable poverty reduction among mountainous communities.
VOV.VN - Vietnam has been recognised by the international community as a bright spot in poverty reduction and is the only country throughout Asia that is carrying out a multi-dimensional, inclusive, and sustainable poverty reduction programme.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc and Canadian Deputy Minister of International Trade David Morrison co-chaired the third political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level in Hanoi on December 14.
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.
The Government has proposed the National Assembly allow the application of additional special mechanisms to remove difficulties and obstacles facing national target programmes, thus speeding up their progress in the coming time, according to Minister of Planning and Investment (MPI) Nguyen Chi Dung.
Vietnam has obtained certain successes in illiteracy eradication, and efforts are still maintained to push ahead with the task.
Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than VND10.2 trillion (US$433 million) on a sustainable poverty reduction programme this year.
A symposium was held in London on April 3 to discuss how British non-governmental organisations (NGO) that are operating in Vietnam can support the country’s socio-economic development.
VOV.VN - Vietnam's experience in poverty reduction and the country’s programmes and policies aimed at eliminating poverty and improving people’s living conditions and life quality were discussed at a webinar recently held in Toronto, Canada.