Viet Nam has succeeded in reducing poverty rates from over 60 per cent in 1990, to 18.1 per cent in 2004, largely due to its rapid annual economic growth, averaging 8- 9 per cent annually. Maintaining the current pace of economic growth is crucial, but it is not enough.
The poor are always more affected by environmental degradation. Seventy percent of Vietnamese people earn their living from the land, making them directly dependent on the quality and availability of natural resources.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women praised Vietnam for adopting new legal documents to eliminate discrimination against women and promote gender equality at a workshop in Hanoi on March 5.
Over the past two years, the State has spent hundreds of US dollars each year providing free healthcare services for children under six years old at public medical centres. As a result, nearly 8.5 million children under 6 have been provided with free medical cards.
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women praised Vietnam for adopting new legal documents to eliminate discrimination against women and promote gender equality at a workshop in Hanoi on March 5. 