The present Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy considers poverty reduction to be the basic element to ensure social justice and sustainable growth; and in-return, high and sustainable growth could bring about physical energy to support and provide opportunities for the poor to get out of poverty holes. In Part II it is repeated that it is essential to bring Vietnam out of the state of underdevelopment, to significantly improve the people’s material, cultural and spiritual life; and to lay the foundations for transforming the country into a modern industrialized country by 2020. In particular, to enhance the human resources, scientific and technological capacity, infrastructure, and economic, defense, and security potential; to establish the institutions of a socialist-oriented market economy; to advance Vietnam’s position in the international arena. In order to achieve these objectives, in Part III it is suggested to: 1) Create a legal environment that support fair and competitive businesses; 2) Reform continously State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs); 3) Create conditions for land use, support business production and develop small and medium-size enterprises, farms and various types of enterprises in the private sector; 4) Encourage foreign investment and consider it a long-term component of the national economy; Implement the Public Administration Reform (PAR), Legal Reform and pro-poor Good Governance. Furthermore, the macroeconomic stability shall be maintained and a social environment shall be created to bring about social equality, enhance grassroots democracy and provide legal support to the poor.Part IV considers the large scale infrastructure development for growth and poverty reduction and establishes that large-scale infrastructure plays an important role in the process of growth and poverty reduction, which depends on the natural, social and economic conditions of each locality. Part V lays down provisions relating to major policies and measures to develop sectors and industries to promote sustainable growth and poverty reduction. It is envisaged to: 1) Develop agriculture and rural economy to achieve rapid poverty reduction; 2) develop industry and urban areas in order to create more jobs and improve the living standards of the poor; 3) Develop infrastructure to create opportunities for poor areas, poor communes and poor people to access public services; 4) Establish an education system for the people that is more egalitarian and of higher quality; 5) Improve the quality of health services, family planning programmes, improve access and reduce health care costs for the poor; 6) Develop an advanced culture, strong national identity; improve the dissemination of information to help the people expand their options; 7) Protect the environment and maintain a healthy life for the poor. In particular, the Strategy is formulated in 6 Parts as follows: Part I provides for: I) Socio-Economic Setting; II) Current Poverty Situation and Causes of Poverty in Vietnam; III) Achievement and Challenges. Part II concerns: I) Overall Objectives and Tasks of Socio-EconomicDevelopment and Poverty Reduction; II) Major Socio-Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Targets for the Period up to 2005 and 2010; III) The Relationship between Growth and Poverty Reduction. Part III takes into consideration: I) Creating a Legal Environment that Supports Fair and Competitive Business; II) Maintain the Macro-Economic Stability; III) Create a Social Environment to bring about Social Equality, Enhance Grassroots Democracy and Provide Legal Support to the Poor. Part IV deals with: I) the Role of Large-Scale Infrastructre for Growth and Poverty Reduction; II) Evaluation of current State of Large-Scale Infrastructure in Vietnam; III) Objectives and Directions of Large-Scale Infrastructure aiming at Growth and Poverty Reduction; IV) Policies and Solutions for Large-Scale Infrastructure Development. Part V lays down provisions relating to: I) Policies and Measures to Develop Major Sectors and Industries to Create Income Generation Opportunities for the Poor; II) Narrow the Gap between Different Regions, Realize Gender Equality and the Advancement of Women; III) Development of Social Safety Nets for the Poor and for Victims of Natural Disasters. Part VI specifies: I) Investment for Development; II) State Budget Expenditure (Public Expenditure); III) Poverty Reduction. Part VII sets out: I) Implementation; II) Monitoring and Evaluation of Implementation.
Viet Nam · 2003-01-01