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THE PRIME
MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 20/2007/QD-TTg
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Hanoi, February 05, 2007
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DECISION
APPROVING THE NATIONAL TARGET
PROGRAM ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN THE 2006-2010 PERIOD
THE PRIME
MINISTER
Pursuant to the
December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government's Resolution No. 10/2005/NQ-CP of September 5, 2005;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 170/2005/QD-TTg of July 8, 2005, promulgating
the poverty line to be applied in the 2006-2010 period;
At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the national target
program on poverty alleviation in the 2006-2010 period, with the following
principal contents:
I. THE PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES
1. General objectives:
To speed up poverty alleviation and limit relapse into poverty; to consolidate
the results of poverty alleviation efforts and create opportunities for
households which have escaped from poverty to become well-off; to improve
living and production conditions in poor and exceptional difficulty-stricken
communes; to raise the quality of life of poor households and limit the
widening of the gap in terms of income and living standards between urban and
rural areas, delta and mountainous areas, and rich households and poor
households.
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a/ To strive to reduce
the rate of poor households from 22% in 2005 to 10-11% by 2010 (to halve the
number of poor households within five years);
b/ Incomes of poor
households will increase by 1.45 times as compared with those of 2005;
c/ To strive for the
target that 50% of exceptional difficulty-stricken coastal and island communes
will get out of exceptional difficulties.
II. BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROGRAM
The Program targets
poor people, poor households, exceptional difficulty-stricken communes and poor
communes, with priority give to poor households with female heads, poor ethnic
minority households and poor households of social policy beneficiaries (elderly
people, disabled people and disadvantaged children).
III. THE PROGRAM'S IMPLEMENTATION DURATION: FROM NOW TO
2010.
IV. MAJOR TARGETS TO BE ACHIEVED BY 2010
1. To basically build
all essential infrastructure works as required in exceptional
difficulty-stricken coastal and island communes.
2. To provide
preferential credit loans to six million turns of poor households.
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4. To exempt or reduce
job-training fees for 150,000 poor people.
5. To grant health
insurance cards for 100% of poor people for them to have their medical
examination and treatment expenses covered by the Health Insurance Fund
according to regulations.
6. To exempt or reduce
school fees and contributions for 19 million turns of poor pupils, including 9
million of primary pupils.
7. To providing
capacity-building training for 170,000 cadres engaged in poverty alleviation at
various levels, of whom 95% are grassroots cadres.
8. To support 500,000
poor households to move out of makeshift shelters.
9. To provide pro bono
legal aid to 98% of the poor in need.
V. POLICIES, PROJECTS AND MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF THE PROGRAM
1. The group of
policies and projects to create conditions for the poor to develop production
and raise incomes, including:
a/ Policy on
preferential credit for poor households;
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c/ Project on
agriculture-forestry-fishery extension and support for the development of
production and trades;
d/ Project on support
for development of essential infrastructure in exceptional difficulty-stricken
coastal and island communes;
e/ Project on job
training for the poor;
f/ Project on wide
application of poverty alleviation models.
2. The group of
policies to create opportunities for the poor to access social services:
a/ Policy on
healthcare support for the poor;
b/ Policy on education
support for the poor;
c/ Policy on dwelling
house and clean water support for the poor;
d/ Policy on legal aid
for the poor.
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a/ Project on building
poverty alleviation capacity (including training of poverty alleviation cadres
and communication activities);
b/ Supervision and
evaluation activities.
VI. SOLUTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM
1. To continue raising
poor households' and poor communes' awareness about poverty alleviation and
their will and determination to get rich; to raise the capacity poverty
alleviation cadres; to heighten the responsibility of administrations at all
levels and all branches for organizing the implementation of the Program; to increase
the participation of people and enhance the supervision and evaluation of
people-elected agencies, political organizations and mass organizations.
2. Funds for
implementation of the Program;
The total fund for
poverty alleviation is around VND 43,488 billion, including:
- The central budget:
VND 12,472 billion (28.68%);
- Local budgets: VND
2,260 billion (5.2%);
- Community
contributions: VND 2,460 billion (5.66%);
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- Credit: VND 26,000
billion (59.79%).
a/ The fund directly
allocated for the Program is around VND 3,456 billion, including VND 2,140
billion from the central budget, VND 560 billion from local budgets, VND 460
billion from community contributions and VND 269 billion from international contributions.
b/ The fund for the
Program integrated into current policies (such as policies on credit,
healthcare and education support, and support in terms of production land,
dwelling houses and clean water for ethnic minority people) is around VND 40,032
billion, including around VND 10,332 billion from the central budget.
3. Mechanisms for the
implementation of the Program:
a/ Mobilizing
resources from various sources: Apart from around VND 12,472 billion allocated
from the central budget, local budgets must reserve at least 1% of their total
annual budget expenditures for the implementation of the Program; to mobilize
contributions from enterprises, communities, households and individuals and
call for international financial support from multilateral, bilateral and
non-governmental organizations;
When allocating these
funds, priority should be given to mountainous, coastal and island communes
with a high poverty rate among eligible beneficiaries and high coefficient of
difficulty.
b/ Creating conditions
for the people to participate in formulating and implementing the Program in a
democratic, public and transparent manner;
c/ The State shall
directly support poor people in education and job-training expenses (exemptions
and reductions of training expenses provided directly to learners or training
establishments), and medical expenses (grant of health insurance cards);
d/ Further
decentralizing the management of poor households and implementation of the
Program to local administrations, especially commune-level ones;
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4. Organizing and
directing the implementation of the Program
a/ To set up the
Government's Steering Committee for the implementation of the national target
program on poverty alleviation in the 2006-2010 period and the program on
socio-economic development in exceptional difficulty-stricken communes in
ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the 2006-2010 period (Program 135,
Phase II), with the participation of representatives of concerned ministries,
branches, organizations and associations;
b/ To set up a Program
Coordination Office to assist the Steering Committee, which shall be located at
the Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Ministry; provincial-level Labor,
War Invalids and Social Affairs Services shall act as the standing bodies to
coordinate the implementation of the Program in localities.
VII. ASSIGNMENT OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO MANAGE AND
ORGANIZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM
1. Responsibilities of
ministries and central branches:
a/ The Labor, War
Invalids and Social Affairs Ministry, which is also the Program's standing
body, shall:
- Assist the
Government's Steering Committee in directing the implementation of the Program;
assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries
and branches in, elaborating five-year and annual plans on objectives, tasks
solutions and funds for the implementation of the Program, and send these plans
to the Planning and Investment Ministry and the Finance Ministry for synthesis
and reporting to the Government; formulate mechanisms and policies for and
guide the implementation of the Program; propose to the Prime Minister
mechanisms to support households and communes which have escaped from poverty;
- Assume the prime
responsibility for the execution of some projects on development of
infrastructure in exceptional difficulty-stricken coastal and island communes,
job-training for the poor, wide application of poverty-alleviation models;
raising of poverty alleviation capacity; and monitoring and evaluation
activities;
- Urge, inspect and
supervise the implementation of the Program by ministries, branches, central
agencies, provinces and centrally run cities.
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c/ The Finance
Ministry shall coordinate with the Planning and Investment Ministry in
allocating budgets for ministries, branches and localities to implement the
Program in accordance with the State Budget Law; assume the prime responsibility
for guiding financial mechanisms applicable to policies and projects under the
Program; coordinate with the Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Ministry in
elaborating documents to guide, inspect and supervise financial expenditures
for the implementation of the Program; and synthesize and settle the Program's
funds;
d/ The Agriculture and
Rural Development Ministry shall direct and guide the implementation of
agriculture-forestry-fishery extension projects and projects on production and
trade development; coordinate with ministries and branches in directing
investment in infrastructure for agricultural production and models of
association between enterprises and poor households and communes;
e/ The Fisheries
Ministry shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with
ministries and branches in, directing aquaculture models, guiding the
construction of works for aquaculture development in exceptional
difficulty-stricken coastal and island communes;
f/ The State Bank of
Vietnam shall direct and inspect the Social Policy Bank's implementation of
policies on preferential credit for poor households and social policy
beneficiaries;
g/ The Committee for
Nationalities shall direct the implementation of policies on provision of
supports in terms of production land, dwelling houses and clean water for poor
ethnic minority households and coordinate with ministries and branches in
implementing policies toward ethnic minority regions;
h/ The Construction
Ministry shall coordinate with the Committee for Nationalities and ministries
and branches in directing and guiding the implementation of policies on
provision of supports regarding dwelling houses and clean water for poor
households;
i/ The Health Ministry
shall direct the implementation of policies on healthcare support for the poor;
j/ The Education and
Training Ministry shall direct the implementation of policies on education
support for the poor;
k/ The Home Affairs
Ministry shall direct the arrangement of poverty alleviation cadres at various
levels;
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m/ Mass media agencies
shall conduct communication to raise awareness about the Program's importance
and significance; popularize good, creative and effective models and methods of
poverty alleviation and the results of the Program, thus enhancing the
responsibility for poverty alleviation.
2. Responsibilities of
localities
a/ To mobilize
resources and organize the implementation of the Program under the direction
and guidance of the Government's Steering Committee and functional ministries
and branches;
b/ To assign and
decentralize the responsibilities for the implementation of the Program to
branches and departments at each level on the principle of further
decentralizing powers to, and raising the sense of responsibility of, the
grassroots level;
c/ To direct the
effective integration of the programs and projects implemented in localities;
to regularly inspect and supervise the implementation of the Program and make
annual reports.
3. Mobilizing the
participation of mass organizations: To request the Vietnam Fatherland Front's
Central Committee and the Front's member organizations to participate in the
implementation of the Program; to continue raising "the Day for the
Poor" Fund; to set up a network of "savings-credit groups,"
"mutual assistance groups" and credit funds for the poor and
low-income earners; to widely apply effective poverty alleviation models.
Article 2.-
This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in "CONG
BAO."
Article 3.- Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and
Government-attached agencies and presidents of provincial/municipal People's
Committees shall implement this Decision.
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VICE PRIME MINISTER
STANDING DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Nguyen Sinh Hung