The Central Steering Committee for Sustainable Poverty Reduction will review its six-month performance in August and devise the national target programme for sustainable poverty reduction in the next five years. Vietnamese Gov’t mulls poverty reductionVietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue yesterday said poverty reduction policies should not be too excessive because that would eliminate people’s motivation to improve their lives. He praised the committee’s past performance and asked for the speeding up of projects to achieve sustainable poverty reduction goals. Hue also emphasised the need to combine poverty reduction policies with socio-economic development and security policies. Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said there should be policies to back additional commercial credit to support poverty reduction programmes with attractive interest rates and incentives.

Source: VietNamNet News July 19, 2016 04:52 UTC