Resolution No. 80/NQ-CP dated May 19, 2011 of the Government on sustainable poverty reduction during 2011-2020

RESOLUTION

ON SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION DURING 2011-2020

To achieve the poverty reduction objectives is a major policy of the Party and the State aiming to improve material and spiritual lives for the poor, contributing to narrowing the gap in living standards between rural and urban areas, among regions, ethnic minorities and population groups. It also demonstrates Vietnam's determination to achieve the United Nations Millennium Goals.

In the past, efforts have been concentrated on successfully implementing the socio-economic development strategy and poverty reduction programs, providing the poor with better access to basic social services; improving infrastructure in poor districts and communes; and markedly bettering the Poor’s living conditions, with the national poverty rate falling from 22% in 2005 to 9.45% in 2010. Vietnam's recent achievements in poverty reduction have been acknowledged and appreciated by the international community.

Nevertheless, poverty reduction results are not really sustainable, the number of households living just above the poverty line and the annual rate of households relapsing into poverty remain high; the rich-poor gap among regions and population groups is still rather wide, the Poor’s life is still fraught with difficulties, especially in mountainous and highland regions and ethnic minority areas.

The above situation is primarily due to the nation's many difficulties. The state-allocated resources for poverty reduction, albeit great, still fail to meet demands. Besides, a number of poverty reduction programs and policies have been uncoordinated, short-term and loosely associated. Management, direction and decentralization mechanisms are still irrational. The realization of the poverty reduction objectives has not been properly organized in some localities. In addition, a portion of the poor still have a mentality of dependence, making no active efforts to escape poverty.

In order to make new improvements in poverty reduction in the coming time, the Government has resolved on the following orientations for sustainable poverty reduction from 2011 to 2020:

I. OBJECTIVES

1. General objectives:

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