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.

There remained more than 1.97 million poor and near-poor households nationwide based on the multi-dimensional poverty standards, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in 2022.

UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi has commended Vietnam for its achievements in poverty reduction and development, as well as the country’s commitments to sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The workforce of Vietnam has recovered quickly and the labour supply chain was not cracked down, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung told the National Assembly (NA)’s fourth session on October 28.