Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on October 21 asked Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf to verify and validate the data of beneficiaries receiving government social assistance, ensuring that aid is directed to the rightful recipients.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and the Bank for Social Policies on August 16 co-organised a workshop on the role of social policy credit in ensuring the livelihood and development of people, especially the poor and other social policy beneficiaries.

A perfect public-private partnership (PPP) model should harmonise the interests of State agencies, investors, beneficiaries and those affected by the project, an official of Ho Chi Minh City has said.

About 20 percent of the Vietnamese population needs financial support.

A number of activities have been taking place across the country to bring a warm traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) to local people.

Localities nationwid have held a wide range of activities to support AO/dioxin victims, many of whom live in poverty and suffer from serious diseases as consequences of exposure to the toxic chemical.

Malaysia will be the second biggest long-term beneficiaries from the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, according to Credit Suisse.

The People’s Committee of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has decided to allocate two billion VND (90,000 USD) from the “For the poor” fund to help build houses for 80 needy local families.