Seminar on Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction for Ethnic Minorities

A seminar on implementation of the hunger eradication and poverty reduction policy for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas was held in Hanoi, on November 5, by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation and the Committee for Ethnic Minorities. The participants said that the hunger eradication and poverty reduction campaign needs to be based on socio-economic and defense development and a powerful politic system. It should mobilize community, particularly the poor in overcoming their difficulties. The policy and measures should be carried out scientifically and suitably within each locality and area, they added. The nation’s rate of the poor has decreased from 22% in 2005 to10% in 2010. However, the country still has 62 districts with poverty rate over 50 percent, of which 90 percent are ethnic minorities. Nguyen Trong Co from the Committee for Ethnic Minorities said that the policy and research on ethnic minorities should be stepped up and information exchange promoted. We need to promote the training of ethnic minority staff from central to local, and solve the problems relevant to the minority people in a timely fashion. (VOV News Nov 5)