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The objective of national independence and the building of a powerful and prosperous country was affirmed by President Ho Chi Minh immediately after the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. In the “Letter to the People’s Committees of regions, provinces, districts and villages” published in the newspaper Cuu Quoc (National Salute) on October 17, 1945, he clearly declared: “If the country is independent but its people do not enjoy happiness and freedom, then independence has no meaning.”

Documents from the 13th century^e National Party Congress (January and February 2021) also added the phrase “people benefit” to the already familiar motto of action: “people know, people discuss, people do, people check, people supervise” to become “people know, people discuss, people do, people check, people supervise, people benefit”.

The directions, key and revolutionary tasks in serving the implementation of the 2025 Socio-economic Plan clearly indicate that in addition to continuing to prioritize promoting growth and maintaining macroeconomic stability, the Vietnamese government is very interested in the objectives of cultural development, ensuring social security and improving the living conditions of the population.

The government has set eight key and revolutionary tasks and solutions for 2025, of which the sixth task is cultural development, ensuring social security, investment and cultural development in harmony with the economy and society.

The government advocates good implementation of policies in ethnic, religious, belief and demographic matters, those in favor of the elderly, young people, gender equality and the progress of women; creating a safe, friendly and healthy living environment for children; efforts to complete the construction of more than 100,000 social housing units in 2025; the concentration of resources to completely eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses by the end of 2025.

In 2025, Vietnam strives to achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of 4,900 USD (the 2024 level being 4,700 USD).

The growth of Vietnam’s per capita GDP between 1990 and 2024 clearly demonstrates the country’s strong economic development (in 1990, the country only recorded an amount of 121.72 USD). The target of USD 7,500 GDP per capita in 2030 shows that the Vietnamese government is focused on sustainable economic development as well as improving the quality of life of its population.

In 2024, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs provided subsidies to nearly 4 million people nationwide, including 1.394 million elderly people, 1.667 million disabled people, 16,000 orphans and children with disabilities. lost their source of support, 150,000 children under 3 years old, 80,000 single parents in difficulty. Funding from the state budget for the implementation of social assistance policies amounted to approximately 2.25 trillion VND/month.

The rapid and sustainable reduction of poverty is also an important indicator to demonstrate that the government still pursues the policy of a “mighty country for a rich people.”

In 1993, the rate of poor households was 58.1%. In 2023, the rate of poor households according to the multidimensional poverty index was only 2.93% and was reduced to about 1.9% in 2024. In 2025, Vietnam strives to reduce half the number of poor and near-poor households compared to 2021, according to the national multidimensional poverty standard. It also strives to ensure that 100% of poor districts and municipalities experiencing particular difficulties in coastal and island areas receive aid for investment in the development of socio-economic infrastructure, regional links, means of subsistence and production.

Newborn care with modern medical equipment at Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital.

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The objective of the campaign lasting 450 days and nights from October 2024 to the end of 2025 is to provide housing assistance to deserving people in housing difficulty (around 200,000 housing units) with resources from the state budget; to provide housing assistance to the poor and people from ethnic minorities according to national target programs (around 88,000 housing units); to eliminate precarious housing for poor and near-poor households (more than 153,000 housing units).

One of the highlights of the social security policy implemented by the Vietnamese government is the national target program for the socio-economic development of areas populated by ethnic minorities and mountainous areas for the period 2021-2030 and the Social Security Strategy. ethnic affairs for the period 2021-2030, vision until 2045.

At the beginning of 2025, the socio-economic situation of areas populated by ethnic minorities and mountainous areas has seen many encouraging improvements. Twenty-five provinces and major cities recorded a reduction of more than 3% in the rate of poor households among ethnic minorities each year. Five provinces and large cities recorded an increase in the average income of ethnic minorities of more than 2 times compared to 2020…

To date, all 63 provinces and major cities in the country have achieved primary education enrollment, reaching a rate of 100%. Annual investment in education in Vietnam represents approximately 17-19% of the total budget, not a low rate when compared to the United States (13%), Indonesia (17.5%). , from Singapore (19.9%)…

For the national GDP, it represents 4.9%. Budgetary spending on education will continue to increase in the future, as the 2019 Education Law says that the state budget must spend at least 20% of total spending on education and training. training. In 2024, total state budget expenditure on education and training amounted to nearly 381 trillion VND.

In 2024, total state budget expenditure on education and training amounted to nearly 381 trillion VND.

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In terms of public health, in 2024, the Ministry of Health achieved and exceeded all three main socio-economic objectives set by the National Assembly (the number of doctors per 10,000 people reached 14; the number of hospital beds hospitals per 10,000 people, 34; health insurance participation rate, 94.1%). In 2023, the life expectancy of Vietnamese women increased to 77.2 years, that of men to 72.1 years.

The representative office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam assessed: Vietnam is among the first of the three groups of countries in the world that have progressed the fastest in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and it is one of the countries with the best progress in implementing the Global Goals in Asia.

Speaking on the fight against poverty in November 2024 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) as part of the G20 Summit, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said: Vietnam has reached the finish line with 10 years of advances in the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and constitutes a model of success in healing the wounds of war, eradicating hunger and reducing poverty. poverty.

Vietnam wishes to share valuable lessons: do not sacrifice security, progress, social justice and the environment for simple economic growth; putting people at the center of concerns; prioritize investments in people.

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