Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than 10.2 trillion VND (433 million USD) on a sustainable poverty reduction programme this year.

(LĐXH)- According to the results of the review of poor households and near-poor households at the beginning of the period 2022 - 2025, the national multidimensional poverty rate is 9.35% with a total of 2,393,332 households.

Vietnam has made remarkable progress in poverty reduction in the 2010 – 2020 period, with the rate of poverty declining to only 5 percent from 16.8 percent, according to the World Bank (WB).

(LĐXH)- Over the past years, along with socio-economic development, poverty reduction has always been one of the major and cross-cutting goals, which has been concerned by the Party and State.

Vietnam has gained impressive achievements in poverty reduction in recent years under the leadership of the Party and the Government, but more will be done to ensure these efforts leave sustainable impacts.

(LĐXH) On June 1st, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Labors-Invalids and Social Affairs, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung warmly welcomed Queen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) on her working visit in Vietnam.