Multidimensional poverty rate to reduce to 2.93% at end of 2023
(VOVWORLD) - The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam will reduce to 2.93% in 2023, a drop of 1.1 percentage points compared to last year, according to the Government’s report on the implementation of the national program on sustainable poverty reduction.
 A goat farm in Pleiku city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. (Photo: VNA) |
Previously, the National Assembly and the Government set a target to reduce the ratio of poor households in 74 poor districts by 4-5 percentage points.
By the end of this year, nine additional communes are expected to be omitted from the list of specially disadvantaged communes.