Both China and Vietnam have made enormous progress in the fight against poverty, and the evidence suggests that rural economic growth has played a large role in this success. Using each country's own ...

Program 1719 has significantly reduced poverty in minority communities, with nine provinces essentially achieving its goals.

Vietnam’s ethnic minority poverty rate has dropped by over 3%, but officials push for stronger policies and decentralized decision-making to sustain progress. Minister Dao Ngoc Dung chairs the policy ...

Vietnam is a population-dense, coastal nation in Southeast Asia on the eastern edge of the peninsula known as Indochina, with a decades-long history of warring interests, including U.S. military ...