(VOV) -Vietnam spares no effort to complete its social welfare system to provide timely assistance to people, especially those vulnerable to market economy implications.
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Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam made the statement at an international seminar in Hanoi on July 19, stressing that social assistance is an important part of Vietnam’s social welfare system.
He said the global economic downturn from 2008 to 2013 negatively affected Vietnam’s economy, and the Vietnamese government has tried its best to improve the living conditions of needy people in society.
However, Vietnam’s social welfare system has several shortcomings that need to be overcome soon to meet the increasing demand of people in the new development stage when Vietnam is developing a socialist-oriented market economy and globally integrating deeply, Dam noted.
UNDP Vietnam Country Director Louise Chamberlain asked Vietnam to identify shortcomings in implementing the current social welfare system to make appropriate changes and draw international experience in order to raise the effectiveness of present social policies.
Delegates exchanged information and made recommendations to improve social assistance activities in the country in the 2015-2020 period.
The seminar was jointly held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
