Vietnam's multidimensional poverty rate to reduce to 2.93 per cent by year-end

HANOI (Xinhua): The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam will reduce to 2.93 per cent in 2023, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday, citing a government report on implementation of the national program on sustainable poverty reduction.

Vietnam has set the target of reducing the proportion of poor households in poor districts and ethnic minority areas to 33 per cent and 17.82 per cent respectively by the end of this year.