The Government has introduced clear income thresholds to identify low-income workers eligible for support under the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for 2021-2025.
A total of 1,752 temporary and dilapidated homes were replaced between February 14 and 21, bringing the total number nationwide to 107,941, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
After nearly four decades of reform, Vietnam has emerged as a middle-income country and is pushing forward with industrialisation and modernisation. The nation's socio-economic development strategy for the 2021-2030 period set a target of achieving an average social labour productivity growth rate of at least 6.5% a year, marking a significant shift from quantity-based to quality-driven growth.
The Provincial Steering Committee for the removal of temporary and dilapidated housing recently convened a meeting to assess situation of eliminating substandard housing for poor and near-poor households, as well as policy beneficiary families.