IMPLEMENTATION OF POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES FOR THE KHMER PEOPLE IN AN GIANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM

Abstract

Poverty is a global socio-economic issue, thus addressing poverty becomes an important task of An Giang province. On the other hand, hunger eradication and poverty reduction are also some of the basic social policies that are concerned by the State of Vietnam. Therefore, the good implementation and implementation of poverty reduction policies, especially poverty reduction policies for ethnic minorities not only contributes to promoting the socio-economic development of the locality but also contributes to better implement the ethnic policy, ensure stable security and politics of the locality. The identification of poverty reduction in the Khmer ethnic minority is one of the top priority policies in the socio-economic development strategy of An Giang province. In recent years, the implementation of the State policies on poverty alleviation in An Giang province has concentrated resources, implemented many policies on poverty reduction and social security; it brings many important results, contributing to sustainable socio-economic development, especially in areas with a large number of Khmer ethnic minorities with many positive changes, the rural development is more and more prosperous development, the rate of poor households decreased, the life of a quite large part of the Khmer ethnic group has been increasingly improved.