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Reducing poverty goals in ethnic minorities from 2016 - 2020
Reducing poverty goals in ethnic minorities from 2016 - 2020
9/12/15
Experts said Viet Nam is a pioneer in Asia
in applying and implementing the multidimensional approach to poverty
measurement. During the past two decades, Viet Nam has seen its poverty
reduction rate reduce from 58.1% in 1993 to under 10%.
The National
Assembly’s Ethnic Minority Council, Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA)
and the United Nations in Viet
Nam, focused on identifying ethnic
minority disparities and recommended priority action to be mainstreamed into
the 2016-2020 Socio-Economic Development Plan (SEDP) as well as sector plans.
The 2016-2010
National Targeted Program for Sustainable Poverty reduction will promote
decentralization and empowerment at grassroots and community levels, and
strengthen people’s participation and oversight before, during, and after the
implementation process. The Master Project is aimed at further improving
people’s access to basic social services, especially healthcare, education,
housing, clean water and sanitation, and information, and, at the same time,
better classifying poor households to tailor support solutions.
“Leave no one behind and Actions of Viet Nam”
is the theme of the poverty reduction forum organized in Ha Noi, October 15, 2015 – in
commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and Viet
Nam’s Day for the Poor (17 October).
UN Resident Coordinator Dr Pratibha
Mehta welcomed the development of the action plan to set out ethnic minority
development priorities as "a central theme of the 2016-2020 SEDP" in
the context of sustainable development goals – Post 2015.
“Viet Nam might
address the tendencies towards inequality which emerge as countries grow and
develop, especially in middle-income countries. International experience and Viet Nam’s
experience from the early stages of Doi moi show that it is possible to avoid a
trade-off between equity and efficiency. The developmental gaps between ethnic
minorities and the majority are not inevitable and can be closed by greater
inclusion of minorities in the country’s socio-economic and political life. The
key is to recognize the productive value of diversity. In turn, the national
economy can be grown through enhancing all people’s capacity to seize new
development opportunities and unlock their full potential.”
However, Viet Nam is
faced with many challenges in assuring the sustainability of this result and
further reducing poverty in the areas where poverty and hunger are still
chronic. Although Viet Nam
has made significant achievements in implementing the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), poverty reduction and MDG achievement in ethnic minority
communities severely lags behind national trends. The poverty rate of ethnic
minorities accounted 56% of the country's poor households, while minorities had
difficulty accessing basic services, such as those for healthcare, clean water
and education. The child mortality rate among minorities was double that of
Kinh people and the malnutrition rate of ethnic minority underweight babies (33
per cent) contrasted with the national average (15.3 percent).
Vietnam aims to keep the malnutrition rate among ethnic
children under five years old at below 8%, the literacy rate among ethnic
people aged ten upwards at over 98%, and the illiteracy rate among ethnic women
at below 10% as of 2025.
Additionally, the percentage of ethnic
people with HIV/AIDS is targeted to be reduced by less than or equal to 0.3% by
2025, while over 50% of the ethnic group population are targeted to have access
to safe water.
In order to achieve those targets, it
requires institutionalization of MDGs towards ethnic minorities into the
2016-2020 socio-economic development strategies and plans of the country and
each ministry, sector and locality; enhancement of intersectoral coordination
from central to local levels in MDGs implementation; and mobilization of
resources for the fulfillment of MDGs, towards several sustainable development
goals among ethnic groups after 2015.
To make the commitment before the
international community, the Government of Vietnam has actively innovative
approach poverty measurement from single to multi-dimensional way, applicable
for the period 2016-2020 with purpose solutions with support livelihoods,
income generation, further enhancing the accessibility of the population on
basic social services, especially in health, education, housing, water
sanitation, and information; classify objects to poverty solutions tailored
support, in order of priority, identify more comprehensive poverty, assess the
extent of social progress over the years and the whole period. This is a new
approach by the international community recommends that countries use to solve
poverty. Vietnam is a
country in Asia has pioneered the application
and implementation of this method, is expressed through the early issuance of
Decision No. 1614 / QD-TTg approving the scheme conversion approach poverty
measurement from single multidimensional way to apply for the period 2016-2020
in September.
According to the Minister of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam
will reform the system mechanisms and policies towards poverty reduction focus,
overcoming fragmentation, scattered and inefficient. Poverty policies should
promote the role of community participation, arouse a sense of escape from
poverty is the poor, limiting support policies not increase lending policy
conditions, have completed pay and terms of payment; while mainstreaming gender
equality, priority support policies for women and children, ethnic minority
poverty, expansion of policies for poor households, middle income.
People believe that with strong commitment and diverse
experience in implementing poverty reduction and Millennium Development Goals
of the Government of Vietnam, the objective of sustainable development will be
implemented successfully and poor hunger will be eliminated in all its forms
and everywhere in Vietnam,
“will” no one is left behind./.
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The progress of poverty reduction among ethnic minority groups is much slower, with their poverty ratio being 3.5 times higher than that of the country’s average.
An annual 3-4% decrease in the poverty rate of ethnic groups is one of the specific targets of realising Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) towards ethnic minorities associated with the post-2015 sustainable development goals.
It is also necessary to boost the empowerment of local authorities; facilitate local people’s participation in building and implementing policies on poverty reduction
Vietnam has shown strong commitment to advance the international community with all the political, solutions and resources.
The poverty rate in Vietnam has dropped rapidly from 58% in 1993 to 5.97% at end-2014.
poverty reduction results have contributed to social stability and create conditions for sustainable development of the country
Poverty reduction achievements of Vietnam was the UN appreciated and recognized as a bright spot on poverty reduction.
the poverty rate in Vietnam fell rapidly below 10%, the rate of primary education is nearly 100% for all children boys and girls
However the remaining challenges are ahead, if you want to realize the ambitious idea of the goal of sustainable development in Vietnam.
Vietnam implement the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction 2016-2020 period and allocated towards identifying medium-term investment for the local 5 years to the initiative, allocate portfolios in order of preference.
These expressed high determination, and commitment of the Government of Vietnam in the successful implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.
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