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Vietnam promotes the Poverty Reduction Project in Central Highlands
Vietnam promotes the Poverty Reduction Project in Central Highlands
24/1/20
Pham Van Mang, Chairman of Ba Trang commune
People’s Committee in the central province of Quang Ngai, remembers the radiant
faces and smiles of local people when a new bridge spanning the Tha Stream was
opened thanks to the Central Highlands Poverty Reduction Project.
The bridge benefits more than 500 households of the
commune, contributing to the development of the local economy and
infrastructure. More importantly, it saves many lives when the flood season
comes.
“Before, students walked through the stream to get to school, and it was difficult for people to transport goods. It was very dangerous when the flood season arrived,” said Mang.
“Before, students walked through the stream to get to school, and it was difficult for people to transport goods. It was very dangerous when the flood season arrived,” said Mang.
“Now safety is guaranteed and people are so happy
and thankful because they are connected with other communes and transport is
more convenient.”
It’s a result of the Central Highlands Poverty Reduction (CHPR) Project launched by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) with support from the World Bank in 2013.
A conference to review the project from 2013-2019 has been held in Hanoi. It’s estimated that investment of 135 million USD from the World Bank's official development assistance (ODA) fund and the State budget has been spent on the project.
Tran Duy Dong, Director of the Local and Territorial Economy Department (MPI), said the project had totally changed the lives of many people in the Central Highlands.
“The project aims to enhance opportunities and livelihoods of residents in poor households and communities in the Central Highlands by improving access to basic services related to farm production and strengthening food security and nutrition,” he said.
“It also helps them to upgrade infrastructure and train local staff.
“We have built 439km of roads in rural areas, 73 new bridges and 141 clean water stations. About 142,000 households have benefited from the project thanks to training on breeding/farming and funding for them to buy their own livestocks and farms.”
Bling Thi Cot from the central province of Quang Nam shared her happiness about a new road built in her hometown in Ba Trang commune.
“I used to walk 2km to reach our field. The road was full of obstacles and impassable by vehicle,” she said.
“Last year, a new road was built, much to the delight of all the villagers. We can ride motorbikes to go to work, and come back for a rest at midday.”
A Hieu agreed: “Thanks to the road, the children don’t fall over anymore.
“Some years ago, I harvested one tonne of coffee per hectare. After the road was built, the work became easier, and last year I harvested four tonnes per hectare.”
Ho Thi Hen didn’t know that her children had a poor diet, like many other mothers in Nam Tra My district, that was until she attended a training course to raise people’s awareness of childcare and health.
“Children in my village used to eat vegetables like sweet potatoes and cassava. Life was hard and we didn’t have many options. We didn’t think much about nutrition,” Hen said.
The project arrived in her village and Hen was one of the women to receive funds and livestock.
Now she raises 20 ducks and chickens to improve her income, and her children can have eggs with their meals.
The project has spread to 26 districts in the provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.
“This project is among a number of World Bank funded operations targeting the poorest areas in the country and demonstrates the consistency between the goals of the Government and those of the bank in addressing absolute poverty,” said Keiko Inoue, World Bank Vietnam Programme Leader for Human Development.
“Over the past five years, the project has delivered technical support and financing for essential infrastructure and livelihood activities across 130 ethnic communes.”
“We are pleased to learn that according to the recently completed impact evaluation that travel time to schools and administrative centres has been reduced, drop-out rates for primary and secondary students have fallen, agriculture activities have become more diverse and animal husbandry has increased, and per capita expenditures have increased for female-headed households and for migrant ethnic minority groups,” she said.
Inoue said it would become more and more challenging to reach groups that remained behind, particularly in lagging regions, and to bridge gaps in basic services, access to economic opportunities, and poverty.
The World Bank has committed to move forward with Vietnam to bring the project to more poor areas in the northern mountainous region for a better life in the country./.
It’s a result of the Central Highlands Poverty Reduction (CHPR) Project launched by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) with support from the World Bank in 2013.
A conference to review the project from 2013-2019 has been held in Hanoi. It’s estimated that investment of 135 million USD from the World Bank's official development assistance (ODA) fund and the State budget has been spent on the project.
Tran Duy Dong, Director of the Local and Territorial Economy Department (MPI), said the project had totally changed the lives of many people in the Central Highlands.
“The project aims to enhance opportunities and livelihoods of residents in poor households and communities in the Central Highlands by improving access to basic services related to farm production and strengthening food security and nutrition,” he said.
“It also helps them to upgrade infrastructure and train local staff.
“We have built 439km of roads in rural areas, 73 new bridges and 141 clean water stations. About 142,000 households have benefited from the project thanks to training on breeding/farming and funding for them to buy their own livestocks and farms.”
Bling Thi Cot from the central province of Quang Nam shared her happiness about a new road built in her hometown in Ba Trang commune.
“I used to walk 2km to reach our field. The road was full of obstacles and impassable by vehicle,” she said.
“Last year, a new road was built, much to the delight of all the villagers. We can ride motorbikes to go to work, and come back for a rest at midday.”
A Hieu agreed: “Thanks to the road, the children don’t fall over anymore.
“Some years ago, I harvested one tonne of coffee per hectare. After the road was built, the work became easier, and last year I harvested four tonnes per hectare.”
Ho Thi Hen didn’t know that her children had a poor diet, like many other mothers in Nam Tra My district, that was until she attended a training course to raise people’s awareness of childcare and health.
“Children in my village used to eat vegetables like sweet potatoes and cassava. Life was hard and we didn’t have many options. We didn’t think much about nutrition,” Hen said.
The project arrived in her village and Hen was one of the women to receive funds and livestock.
Now she raises 20 ducks and chickens to improve her income, and her children can have eggs with their meals.
The project has spread to 26 districts in the provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.
“This project is among a number of World Bank funded operations targeting the poorest areas in the country and demonstrates the consistency between the goals of the Government and those of the bank in addressing absolute poverty,” said Keiko Inoue, World Bank Vietnam Programme Leader for Human Development.
“Over the past five years, the project has delivered technical support and financing for essential infrastructure and livelihood activities across 130 ethnic communes.”
“We are pleased to learn that according to the recently completed impact evaluation that travel time to schools and administrative centres has been reduced, drop-out rates for primary and secondary students have fallen, agriculture activities have become more diverse and animal husbandry has increased, and per capita expenditures have increased for female-headed households and for migrant ethnic minority groups,” she said.
Inoue said it would become more and more challenging to reach groups that remained behind, particularly in lagging regions, and to bridge gaps in basic services, access to economic opportunities, and poverty.
The World Bank has committed to move forward with Vietnam to bring the project to more poor areas in the northern mountainous region for a better life in the country./.
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Viet Nam has achieved significant economic, social and poverty reduction successes that the international community have admitted.
Poverty in Vietnam continues to fall, particularly amongst ethnic minorities, who saw their rate of poverty decline significantly by 13 percentage points, the largest decline in the past decade.
improving income from highland agriculture can help Vietnam further reduce poverty, which has fallen by almost 4 percentage points since 2014.
Ethnic minorities – many of them living in highland areas – account for 72 percent of Vietnam’s poor, and encouraging them to grow more profitable industrial crops may improve their earnings.
Vietnam has achieved tremendous results in reducing poverty and improving the quality of life for millions. The decline in poverty amongst ethnic minorities is encouraging, and more focused efforts on improving their incomes can further broaden their opportunities and reduce persistent inequalities.
The aspirations of those with less opportunities cannot be ignored.
Low-income families in highland areas use their land to grow basic crops such as rice or maize instead of raising more profitable crops such as coffee, black pepper, or rubber.
Improving access to credit may help highland farmers make the necessary investments for higher-earning agricultural production.
Well done Vietnam!
Strengthening earning capacity can help narrow inequalities between groups. The average per capita consumption of ethnic minorities, for example, remains less than 45 percent of the Kinh and Hoa.
Hunger eradication and poverty reduction have always been among the key tasks of the Party and State in all periods.
Poverty reduction has engaged the whole political system to comprehensively support the poor, especially those in the poorest regions, and the region of ethnic minorities.
Over the past years, though achievements have been made in hunger eradication and poverty reduction in Viet Nam, limitations remain.
Poor people and families have been supported to develop production. They have had access to health services, education, vocational training, legal assistance, housing and clean water. In especially difficult communes, investment has been made in building essential infrastructure.
Policies on assistance to the poor in education, training and vocational training have boost the proportion of poor children go to school at the right age, and increased percentage of poor people receiving vocational training.
Viet Nam was completed ahead of time the Millennium Development Goals “reducing by half the number of extremely poor people worldwide by 2015” and was recognized by the international community as a good example in the fight against hunger and poverty.
Viet Nam eradicated hunger since 2000 and shifted focus to achieve the objectives of sustainable poverty reduction.
2020 hope Vietnam will do more in reducing rich-poor gap!
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