Vietnam to apply new multidimensional poverty standards
The Vietnamese Government has issued a decree on new multidimensional poverty standards for the 2021-2025 period, which raises the income-based poverty threshold in both rural and urban areas.
A farmer takes care of her coffee trees. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese Government has issued a decree onnew multidimensional poverty standards for the 2021-2025 period, which raises theincome-based poverty threshold in both rural and urban areas.
The national multidimensional poverty indexes, which measure the ratio ofthe population on low incomes and with little access to basic social services,serve as the basis for policy-making in poverty reduction, social welfare, andother matters.
Under Decree No 07/2021/ND-CP, for this year alone, the multidimensionalpoverty measurement stipulated in Decision No 59/2015/QD-TTg for the 2016-2020period will continue to be applied.
From next year to 2025, the income-based poverty threshold for poorhouseholds will be raised from 700,000 VND per person per month in rural areas,applicable in the 2016-2020 period, to 1.5 million VND per person per month.
In urban areas, it will be 2 million VND per person per month, comparedwith 900,000 VND in the previous term.
Besides income levels, multidimensional poverty will be measured by theaccess to six essential social services (or six dimensions) - employment,healthcare, education, housing, water and sanitation, and information access - insteadof only five in the previous period.
The six dimensions will be presented by 12 indicators, up from 10.
From 2022, poor households in rural areas are those that either have amonthly per capita income equal to or less than 1.5 million VND or lack threeindicators. In urban areas, poor households are those that either have monthly percapita income equal to or less than 2 million VND or lack three indicators.
The decree will take effect from March 15.
The national poverty rate is estimated to have been around 5.23 percent inthe 2016-2020 period and the near-poverty rate 4.59 percent.
The northwestern mountainous region has the highest poverty rate, at 4.63-timesthe national rate. It is followed by the northeastern mountainous region andthe Central Highlands.
The southern region has the lowest poverty rate, at less than 1percent./.
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A farmer takes care of her coffee trees. (Photo: VNA) 
