Asean today: Vietnam sets an example in poverty reduction


A newly-built road in Leng Su Sìn Commune, northern mountainous Dien Bien Province. Investment in infrastructure is key to sustainable poverty reduction. - The Vietnam News/Asian News Network

HANOI, Dec 13 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam is expected to lower its national average poverty rate from 58.1 per cent in 1993 to 2.75 per cent by the end of 2020, becoming a role model in the world in poverty reduction and hunger elimination, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

He was speaking at a national online conference recently to review poverty reduction work in 2016-20.

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