- Education key to easing poverty, AFP, July 22, 2010, The Straits Times: “Education is a key to lifting Vietnam’s ethnic minorities from the ranks of the country’s poorest, a United Nations expert said on Thursday. After a 10-day mission to the country, Gay McDougall said education is ‘a gateway’ to development and poverty eradication for its minorities who remain ‘the poorest of Vietnam’s poor’. ‘Persistent problems remain for many of those belonging to Vietnam’s minority groups,’ despite economic growth, social development and poverty alleviation more generally, Ms McDougall, the UN’s independent expert on minority issues, said in a statement…”
- Bilingual education could improve lives of VietNam?s ethnic minorities, By UN News, July 22, 2010, Spero News: “Despite Viet Nam’s progress in boosting economic growth and reducing poverty, the country”s ethnic minorities continue to remain the poorest of the poor, says a United Nations human rights expert, adding that bilingual education could play a major role in redressing this situation. “Access to quality and appropriate education is a gateway to development and poverty eradication for minorities, and it is equally essential for the preservation and promotion of minority cultures, languages and identities,” Gay McDougall, the UN Independent Expert on minority issues, said following a 10-day mission to the country…”
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Poverty Measurement – Vietnam
More to qualify for aid with redefinition of poverty line, By Thu Van, December 15, 2009, Viet Nam News: “More than 6 million disadvantaged people in Viet Nam will be able to receive the Government’s financial support if the proposed poverty line is applied in 2011. This move means the State coffers will have to subsidise basic living costs for 16 million people who live in extremely poor conditions. With the current poverty standard, there are 10 million residents living below this line. According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ recent proposal, the new poverty standard includes those living in rural areas who earn VND350,000 (US$19) or less a month,or those living in urban areas who earn VND450,000 ($25) or less a month. The existing poverty line, which was created in 2005, is VND200,000 per person per month in the countryside and VND260,000 for those living in urban areas…”