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VN to reduce poor family rate to below 5% by 2020 |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 |
 VGP - Việt Nam will take
concrete measures to lower its rate of poor family below 5% and
increase the percentage of households meeting cultural standards to
over 90% by 2020, according to the Strategy for Family Development
2011-2020.
By 2020, Việt Nam’s over 98% of couples in child bearing age have only one or two children - Illustration photo
According to the strategy drafted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, by 2020, over 90% of families in Việt Nam will be free from domestic violence and social evils; over 95% guarantee good care of their elders, women and children; and over 98% have school-age children going to school.
Việt Nam will also reduce the percentage of households living in makeshift houses to below 3%.
Over 85% of families nationwide will have access to healthcare, cultural and educational services, and more than 90% of households will use clean water.
Also by the year, over 80% of Vietnamese youths will undergo training about marriage and family-related issues before their marriage, and over 65% of families will report no child marriages.
To realize the targets, the ministry will focus on raising the public awareness about population and family issues.
(Source: VGP)
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