(VOVworld) – The Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs said that this year Vietnam will focus on generating jobs, reducing poverty and ensuring social security. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency, Minister Pham Thi Hai Chuyen said that poverty reduction has always been a major policy of the party and state and a key socio-economic development task. 

She added that this year, efforts will be made to increase people’s access to basic social services such as healthcare, education, housing, and information. Legislation will continue to be fine-tuned in order to achieve sustainable poverty reduction.