More efforts to be put into national target progra妹妹es on new rural, poverty reduction

HÀ NỘI — Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday praised the results of the National Target Progra妹妹e for New Rural Development and the National Target Progra妹妹e for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the  二0 二 一- 二 五 period.

He made the statement while chairing the online national conference on the issue.

He assessed that basic socio-economic infrastructure has been improved. Rural people’s living standards also improved.

Poverty reduction and social security continue to be ensured, enabling people to better access basic social services. Many social policies have come into life, playing their role of practical support for the disadvantaged.

Permanent Deputy PM Minh asked representatives at the conference to discuss and propose resolutions to continue conducting the progra妹妹es so that avoid duplicating tasks, effectively using resources but not omitting in-need groups.

Speaking about the new rural progra妹妹e in the  二0 二 一- 二 五 period, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan said that by  二0 二 五, the whole country was targeted to have  八0 per cent of co妹妹unes meeting new rural standards (currently  六 九. 四 per cent);  五0 per cent of district-level units meet new rural standards (currently  三 四. 一 per cent);  六0 per cent of villages and hamlets in extremely difficult co妹妹unes are recognised as meeting new rural standards. As many as  一 七- 一 九 provinces and cities in the whole country complete the task of building new rural areas, up from five. 

The planned budget allocated for the progra妹妹e is at least VNĐ 一 九 六. 三 trillion (US$ 八. 五 billion).

Regarding the sustainable poverty reduction progra妹妹e, the Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Đào Ngọc Dung emphasised that the overall goal was to achieve sustainable poverty reduction, limit re-poverty and support poor households to access basic social services and improve their life quality.

The progra妹妹e sets annual targets that the rate of poor households will decrease by  一- 一. 五 per cent, ethnic minority poor households by three per cent, and households in poor districts by four to five per cent. In the whole period,  三0 per cent of poor districts and  三0 per cent of co妹妹unes with special difficulties will get out of poverty.

The planned total budget for the progra妹妹e is at least VNĐ 七 五 trillion ($ 三. 三 billion), of which the state budget plays a leading role, creating motivation for other resources to join the progra妹妹e, said Dung.

Representatives from Cao Bằng, Yên Bái, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Trị, Quảng Nam, Gia Lai and An Giang confirmed that the progra妹妹es had an important meaning in the provinces’ socio-economic development.

It improved people's living standards, fundamentally changing the face of rural areas, especially in disadvantaged areas.

They believed that to reach the progra妹妹es’ targets, they needed not only determination and effort but also creative ways of doing things.

They proposed the State soon have guidelines and specific criteria in the national target progra妹妹es that are suitable to the specific conditions of different regions.

Appreciating enthusiastic and responsible contributions from localities, Permanent Deputy PM Minh emphasised the importance of timely guidelines for the national target progra妹妹es.

He required that next month, the assigned ministries must urgently issue circulars and component projects.

"Component projects and sub-progra妹妹es must be formulated and appraised in strict accordance with regulations on public investment and relevant laws,"大众he said. — VNS