Multidimensional Poverty in Viet Nam: Reducing poverty in all its dimensions to ensure a good quality life for all

"This report is a joint research product by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), General Statistics Office (GSO), Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) and the United Nations Development Programme in Viet Nam (UNDP Viet Nam). Using data from various sources (Viet Nam Household Living Standard Surveys (VHLSS), Population and Housing Census, survey on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minority groups, National Survey on People with Disabilities in Viet Nam), this report paints a broad picture of MDP reduction in Viet Nam with an analyses of poverty trends among disadvantaged groups of ethnic minority areas and people with disabilities. This report suggests recommendations for further refinement of NTPSPR and poverty reduction policies towards ensuring good quality lives for all, leaving no one behind and achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) “eliminating poverty in all its dimensions and everywhere”.