Vietnam Intensifies Poverty Reduction
Posted on: Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 09:00 CDT
Vietnam intensifies poverty reduction
HANOI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's relevant agencies have told cities and provinces nationwide to effectively implement national programs on job creation, poverty reduction, lending for vocational training and labor export, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Monday.
Poverty reduction efforts have focused on Vietnam's 58 poorest districts. Many people who suffered losses due to the recent long cold spell or outbreaks of animal diseases have been allowed to reschedule their payment of loans from poverty reduction funds, as well as borrow more to restore production.
According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, 300,000 poor households, or nearly 1.2 million people, received government support in the first quarter of this year. The number of people receiving health insurance cards also rose to 15 million, with full-government subsidies going to 11 million of the total.
More preferential lending has been granted to poor students and those living in mountainous and remote areas.
At a government meeting last month, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said expanding social security policies was a major task for the state. He called on state agencies and industries to help improve people's living conditions and alleviate hunger.
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