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THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

1. Reasons to choose the topic
Poverty is one of the pressing socio-economic issues that many countries around
the world are facing.
In Vietnam, the Party and the State have been soon aware of the risk of poverty
and invested much effort and money to implement the poverty reduction program

THAI THANH QUY

throughout the country.
However, the results of poverty reduction in Vietnam in the past have not been
stable and there are still many challenges.

THE ROLE OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
FOR SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN NGHE AN
PROVINCE

Nghe An is one of the poor provinces. Recently, Nghe An provincial government
has achieved many achievements in leadership of socio-economic development in the
locality, people's lives have been gradually improved both physically and spiritually.
However, the results of poverty reduction are not sustainable, with high risk of re-poverty
(about 10%), concentrated in the mountainous areas of Nghe An province.

Major: Political Economy
Code: 9310102


2.1. Research purpose: The thesis aims to propose views and solutions to improve
the role of provincial government in sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas
of Nghe An province in the coming time.
2.2. Research tasks

Thirdly, organizing the implementation of sustainable poverty reduction in
mountainous areas. In this content, the thesis only studies:
- Developing a apparatus for sustainable poverty reduction;
- Implementing laws and policies of the Central State and policies promulgated by

To achieve this goal, the thesis sets out the following tasks:
- Overview research of study works related to the thesis, then pointing out "gaps" that
needs to continue the research;

the province on sustainable poverty reduction;
- Coordinating with relevant organizations on sustainable poverty reduction.
Fourthly, checking and supervising the implementation of sustainable poverty

- Clarifying theoretical issues about the role of provincial authorities in sustainable
poverty reduction in mountainous areas;
- Analyzing the role of provincial authorities in sustainable poverty reduction in
mountainous areas of Nghe An province from 2014 to 2017. From that, to point out

reduction in mountainous areas.
3.2.2. Regarding the geographical space
The thesis conducts sustainable poverty reduction research in mountainous areas of
Nghe An province, including 11 districts and towns which are: Thai Hoa town, Anh Son

achievements, limitations and causes of restrictions on the role of the provincial level


income perspective. In November 2015, Vietnam introduced a new criterion and poverty

3.2. Research scope

standard according to the multi-dimensional approach and the income level criteria also

3.2.1. Regarding the content
3.2.1. Regarding the content

increased (from 400,000 VND per person to 700,000 VND per person for rural and
mountainous areas.

The thesis studies in the direction of implementing the functions of the provincial

Secondly, despite only until 2016 when the new criteria and poverty standard

government for sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas under the perspective
of political economy. Therefore, the thesis focuses on the study of:
Firstly, identifying strategies and plans for sustainable poverty reduction in

started to be implemented, at the end of 2015, Nghe An province had investigated the
poor and poor households according to this new poverty standard and criteria. Therefore,
the data published about the poor and poor households in early 2016 are actually the data

mountainous areas;
Secondly, promulgating sustainable poverty reduction policies in mountainous

of 2015 according to new poverty criteria and standards. Therefore, the number of poor
and poor households in 2014 is less than that in 2015 and poverty reduction in 2014 is


- What are the achievements and limitations of the provincial government role in

methods to study and explain the role of the Provincial level government for sustainable

sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province in the period of
2014 - 2017 and causes of limitations?

poverty reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province under the perspective of

- What solutions are needed to improve the role of the provincial authorities in
sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province?
4.2. Research framework of the thesis
The thesis proposes a research framework in the direction of proposing functions
of the provincial governmental role in sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas
as follows:
The necessity of the study

political economy.
The thesis also inherits the existing research results, supplements and develops
new arguments and practices in accordance with the research purpose of the thesis.
Secondly, the methods of information collection include:
Firstly, the secondary information is collected from the database system of the
Department of Statistics, Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Department
of Planning and Investment, Social Insurance of Nghe An province, Nghe An Bank for

The role of the provincial government in
sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous
areas:
- Developing strategies and plans for poverty
reduction;

- Strengthening inspection and supervision;
- Improving the quality of civil servants in the government apparatus on poverty reduction
- Strengthening coordination of authorities at all levels
- Promoting local economic development.
- Strengthening facilities

authorities in sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe
An province
(ii)

(ii) Interview: In order to better understand the poverty situation in
mountainous areas of Nghe An province, the thesis interviewed experts and


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managers on poverty reduction in Nghe An province.

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in accordance with the characteristics of mountainous areas of Nghe An province. In each

5. Contributions of the thesis

solution, the thesis creates new proposals. For example, for the policy of capital support,

5.1. In terms of theory

the thesis said that the poor should be divided into: the poor due to objective reasons and

Firstly, the thesis builds the concept of sustainable poverty reduction in


local authority.

administrative and economic measures to influence the natural, socio-economic

The thesis has proposed to the National Assembly to strengthen the supervision in

conditions, socio-economic organizations and the poor themselves to implement the goal

accordance with the Resolution No. 76/2014/QH13 on promoting the implementation of

of sustainable poverty reduction and contribute to solving socio-economic problems in

sustainable poverty reduction goals; to the Government on perfecting policies to reduce

mountainous areas.

poverty in mountainous areas, first of which is to reduce direct support policies, increase

The thesis also clarifies the role of the provincial government in sustainable
poverty reduction in mountainous areas.
- The thesis not only inherits but also develops the role of the provincial
government in sustainable poverty reduction in the context of mountainous areas and has

conditional support policies and mountainous development policies.
6. Structure of the thesis
In addition to the introduction, table of contents, conclusion, list of references and
appendices, the thesis is structured into 4 chapters:

found the factors affecting the role of the provincial authorities for with sustainable


reduction in the mountainous areas in the future.

The thesis has reviewed the situation of domestic and foreign research on poverty,

Thirdly, the thesis makes recommendations to the National Assembly and the

poverty reduction, sustainable poverty reduction and the role of the State and authorities

Government to enhance the role of the provincial governments in sustainable poverty

at all levels in sustainable poverty reduction. Thanks to that, the thesis has argued that

reduction in mountainous areas.

although there have been some studies on the role of the authorities at all levels in
poverty reduction, there has been no research on the role of the provincial authorities in

Chapter 2

sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas in general and mountainous areas of

THEORETICAL AND EXPERIENCE ISSUES ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IN SUSTAINABLE IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS

Nghe An province in particular in any form. This is a "gap" for the thesis to carry out its
research. The selection of the thesis topic is consistent with the objective reality, helping

2.1. Some issues of poverty and sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous
areas


Secondly, poor characteristics in mountainous areas

Firstly, the role of the provincial government in sustainable poverty reduction in

The thesis said that poverty in mountainous areas has common characteristics of

mountainous areas such as strategic planning and sustainable poverty reduction plans;

poverty. The thesis also points out that in addition to the general characteristics, poverty

promulgating policies to implement sustainable poverty reduction in accordance with

in mountainous areas has its own characteristics. These include, (i) due to natural

specific conditions of mountainous areas; organizing sustainable poverty reduction in

conditions, difficult socio-economic conditions and low qualifications, the efforts of

mountainous areas; inspecting and supervising the implementation of sustainable poverty

poverty reduction of the poor in mountainous areas themselves are sometimes not as

reduction in mountainous areas. Since then, to develop a theoretical framework on the

expected; (ii) the poor in mountainous areas have less opportunity to get good and stable

role of the provincial authorities in sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas.

jobs; (iii) poor household size in mountainous areas is often crowded while the fertility


areas
The thesis has pointed out the criteria for sustainable poverty reduction in
mountainous areas:

sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas is very difficult due to poor

Criterion 1: Increasing per capita income;

development of infrastructure, low intellectual standards, crowded households with many

Criterion 2: The rate of the poor households decreases annually;

children, customs and lack of resources.... Therefore, to reduce poverty sustainably in

Criterion 3: Annual poverty rate;

mountainous areas, it is necessary to persevere to do it in a long time, which may

Criterion 4: Criterion for the level of lack of basic social service access,

consume many resources.
2.1.2. Sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas: concepts, criteria
and roles

Thirdly, regarding the role of sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas.
The thesis explains the role of sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas,
namely: (i) sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas provides opportunities for

Firstly, regarding the concept of sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous


poverty reduction and sustainable poverty reduction are different, but there is a

2.2. The role of provincial authorities in sustainable poverty reduction in

relationship between each other. That is, poverty reduction is to increase income to

mountainous areas

ensure the life for the poor at the minimum level, also called unidirectional poverty

2.2.1. Concepts, characteristics and necessity of the role of the provincial authorities in

reduction; Multi-dimensional poverty reduction is to improve living standards, to

sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas

increase the enjoyment of education, health, culture, housing, information and create the
necessary conditions to increase the position of the poor in the community.

Firstly, on the concept of the provincial government's role in sustainable poverty
reduction in mountainous areas, in the perspective of political economics, the thesis states


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that: the role of the provincial governments in sustainable poverty reduction in the

the provincial government plays the role of managing the coordination of sectors in

Firstly, identifying strategies and plans for sustainable poverty reduction in
mountainous areas;

mountainous areas also has its own characteristics. These are: (i) due to low intellectual
standards, the capacity of local authorities is limited, so the strategies, plans developed by
the provincial government and policies on sustainable poverty reduction issued by the
provincial government shall be suitable with the mountainous conditions and very clear
and specific, (ii) the provincial government must direct the grassroots administrations
directly and really deeply observe the implementation of poverty reduction; (iii) in
directing poverty reduction in mountainous areas, the provincial government shall work
towards helping the specific poor households and mainstreaming programs and resources
to implement poverty reduction.
Thirdly, the thesis also points out the necessity of the role of the provincial
authorities in sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas. These are: (i) the
provincial government plays the role of the subject in redistribution of income among the
social classes, narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, thereby reducing poverty

Secondly, promulgating sustainable poverty reduction policies in mountainous
areas;
Thirdly, organizing the implementation of sustainable poverty reduction in
mountainous areas. In this content, the thesis only studies:
- Developing a apparatus for sustainable poverty reduction;
- Implementing laws and policies of the Central State and policies promulgated by
the province on sustainable poverty reduction;
- Coordinating authorities at all levels in implementing sustainable poverty
reduction.
Fourthly, checking and supervising the implementation of sustainable poverty
reduction in mountainous areas.
2.2.3. Factors affecting the role of the provincial authorities in sustainable poverty
reduction in mountainous areas

reduction in mountainous areas of some localities and lessons learned for Nghe An
province

in the period of 2014-2017
Content

Calculation
Unit

Population

People

The thesis has studied the experiences of Yen Bai province, Thua Thien Hue
province and the Central Highlands provinces. On that basis, lessons for the provincial
government of Nghe An are learned as follows: (i) creating favorable conditions for the
poor to escape poverty; (ii) when promulgating policies on poverty reduction in
mountainous areas it should be based on the poverty situation of mountainous areas and
must be synchronized in the implementation process; (iii) creating favorable conditions for
the poor people in mountainous areas to access capital sources associated with consultancy
and support to develop production and increase incomes; (iv) strengthening coordination of
agencies involved in sustainable poverty reduction.
Chapter 3: CURRENT STATUS IN THE ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT IN SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN NGHE AN PROVINCE
3.1. Natural conditions, socio-economic conditions and sustainable poverty
reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province
3.1.1. Natural conditions, socio-economic conditions in mountainous areas of
Nghe An province affect sustainable poverty reduction
The mountainous areas of Nghe An province has a natural area of up to 13,747.69

1.181

1.202

1.176

1.154

People

690,502

704,311

712,618

717,893

Million dong

20.69

21.90

23.75

25.71

Source: Summary from Statistics Office and the Department of Planning and
Investment of Nghe An province

Nghe An Province, 2018), the average income of poor people in mountainous areas is
still low.
3.1.3. The situation of sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe
An province
In the period of 2015 - 2017, there witnessed many improvements in poverty
reduction results in mountainous areas of Nghe An province while the rate of poor
households has decreased over the years. In 2016, the average poverty rate of the
whole region decreased by 12% compared to 2015, in 2017 the average poverty rate

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Quỳ Hợp District

192

2,94

194

3,38

146

2,89

7

Quỳ Châu District

49


176

3,27

182

3,85

84

1,98

10

Tương Dương District

130

1,51

58

0,77

80

1,25

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Source: Nghe An Province Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs
The thesis argues that the causes of re-poverty result from (i) objective conditions;
(ii) from guidelines and policies of the State and the authorities at all levels for those who
have escaped from poverty; (iii) the awareness and wills of those who have newly
escaped from poverty.
3.2. The role of the provincial authorities in sustainable poverty reduction in
mountainous areas of Nghe An province in the period of 2014 - 2017
3.2.1. Determining strategies and plans for sustainable poverty reduction
First, regarding the determination of sustainable poverty reduction strategies. "1.

decreased by 15% compared to 2016. The districts in the areas with a high poverty

Overall objectives: Focusing investment resources on creating more positive changes in
income, living conditions and quality of life of the poor. Promoting economic growth

reduction rate include Anh Son (32 %), Thanh Chuong (23%), Nghia Dan (21%).

associated with the goal of sustainable poverty reduction, training to improve the

However, some districts have lower poverty reduction rates such as Ky Son (6%)
and Con Cuong (10%).
However, poverty reduction results in the mountainous areas of Nghe An
province in the period of 2014 - 2017 are still unsustainable when people still get
poor again.
Table 3.6. The situation of re-poverty in the mountainous areas of Nghe An province
in the period of 2015- 2017
STT

Huyện/thị


12

3,12

2

Thanh Chuong District

488

5,62

304

4,06

242

4,20

3

Anh Sơn District

94

2,06

89


19

0,74

5

Nghĩa Đàn District

quality of human resources associated with job creation in order to create opportunities
for poor people, poor households to have jobs and stable incomes, each steps to escape
poverty. Ensuring that all people have conditions to access and enjoy the achievements
of infrastructure, culture, education, health, social welfare...
2. Specific objectives:
i) Annual average poverty rate reduced by 2.5-3%, particularly for the 3 poor
districts under Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP of the Government and communes with
a poverty rate of 30% or higher according to Decision No. 59/2010/QD-UBND of the
Provincial People's Committee on average reduction of 4-5%/year.
ii) Creating stable jobs and diversifying income-generating activities for the
poor; increasing the per capita income of poor households by 3 times compared to
2010.
iii) Accelerating the implementation of policies to support poor households in
housing according to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 167/2008/QD-TTg to ensure


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the basic completion in 2011 and completion in 2012 and summarizing housing support


Secondly, to apply science and technology to production and economic

infrastructure development in the mountainous areas of Nghe An province. With these

development in association with exploiting the potentials and strengths of each locality;
Thirdly, to increase the attraction of enterprises and socio-economic

policies, infrastructure for mountainous areas is growing more and more.
Table 3.7. Infrastructure in mountainous areas of Nghe An province
Calculation unit: %

organizations and adopt strong policies to attract large-scale enterprises to invest in the
2014

2015

2016

Traffic system (1)

94.1

94.1

95.8

95.8

Electricity system (2)



86.2

Western region;
Fourthly, to mobilize all resources to gradually invest in perfecting the

No.
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infrastructure system such as electricity, roads, schools, medical stations, running water,
cultural, sports and public works. other infrastructure works for production and people's

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life;
Fifthly, to develop vocational training associated with job creation and labor
export for employees.
Secondly, about sustainable poverty reduction plans
On the strategic basis, the province has proposed a poverty reduction plan for the
2016-2020 period for the mountainous region of Nghe An including:
- “Nghe An sets a target to strive to reduce the poverty rate of the whole
province by 2-3% per year on average according to the new poverty line for the 20162020 period; in particular, the poor districts and communes shall have the average
poverty reduction of 4-5%/year.
- Ensuring 100% of households, especially poor households, have access to basic
social, medical and educational services.

2017

Note: (1): Percentage of communes with motorways to the center in four seasons
(2): Percentage of communes with national electricity grid to commune center


Local budget

3

2014

2015

2,729,187 2,940,370

Socialization and Businesses

2,992,959 3,469,692

10,000

10,000

0

10,000

191,755

140,266

144,722

the provincial authorities have issued many policies on education and training for

poor
The provincial government has issued many policies to create favorable conditions

loans to poor households are constantly increasing. Specifically, in 2014, loans to poor
households were 462,121 million dong, 589,837 million dong in 2015, 675,788 million
dong in 2016, 804,896 million dong in 2017 (Nghe An Bank for Social Policies, 2018).
Fourthly, the policy on supporting science and technology for the poor

Table 3.10. Vocational education and training in mountainous areas of Nghe An
province

This policy has focused on supporting production development, diversifying
livelihoods and replicating poverty reduction models in the locality. The provincial

No.

Content

2014

2015

2016

2017

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Percentage of students graduating from
secondary schools (%)

40,767

39,568

38,347

36,822

1,793

1,926

2,178

2,909

Source: Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An Province
Secondly, in order to create jobs for the poor, the provincial government has issued
many policies to help create jobs for the poor in mountainous areas.
Table 3.11: Employment settlement results in mountainous areas of Nghe An
province

2017

Export labors

Nghe An province has seen steps of developments.

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Content
Number of people working
inside the country

strengthened technical and technological training for agricultural and forestry extension
workers in mountainous areas.
Fifthly, health policy for the poor
The provincial government has issued many policies to facilitate poor people to
access health services and to participate in health insurance coverage in a convenient
way.
Table 3.13. The number of poor people participating in health insurance and the
amount of health insurance paid to the poor in mountainous areas of Nghe An


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province
No.

The provincial government has perfected and regularly strengthened the Steering

District/Town

Number of the poor participating
health insurance (people)

Amounts of health insurance paid
to the poor (Million dong)

739

672

1

Anh Son District

10,118

7,238

9,407

7,444

6.256

2

Con Cuong District

47,861

1,445

1,054

994


54,548

21,469 24,218

28,010

33,641 13,200 14,850 18,869

6

Quy Chau District

40,833

18,107 18,849

17,914

25,082 11,258 12,288 12,117

7

Quy Hop District

55,125

20,531 18,206

18,017


826

990

743

560

10

Thanh Chuong District

29,102

14,611 12,094

12,459

17,920 8,980

7,705

8,369

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Tuong Duong District

56,659



Thirdly, implementing policies to reduce poverty in mountainous areas of the

provincial government has issued policies on support for housing for poor households,

central government and Nghe An province: (i) implementing policies for infrastructure

supporting

development and resource mobilization; policies on education, training and employment

electricity

fees

for

poor

households

and

promoting

information

communication in mountainous areas.
3.2.3. Organizing sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas in the
locality

waste or losses, the effectiveness of the policies given are the same as expected?…

policies in mountainous areas of Nghe An province.

3.3. Assessing the role of the provincial authorities in sustainable poverty
reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province in the period of 2014 - 2017

Thirdly, the coordination and support for the implementation of sustainable
poverty reduction has seen positive progress.

3.3.1. Achievements.

Fourthly, the inspection and supervision of the implementation of sustainable

Firstly, in the development of a sustainable poverty reduction strategy and plan,

poverty reduction in mountainous areas, under the drastic direction and close attention,

Nghe An provincial government has developed and issued many documents guiding and

the inspection and supervision of the implementation of sustainable poverty reduction

implementing the policy of poverty reduction for the mountainous areas of Nghe An

policies in the mountainous areas of Nghe An province have been strictly and properly

province.

implemented.
3.3.2. Limitations and causes of limitations

incomes and reduced poverty; Policies on capital assistance have helped develop

and interconnected way, in the construction, issuance and implementation, especially

production; Scientific and technological policies have made active support for production

missing feasible options in linking funding, counterpart funds for specific programs,

development and human resource training; Health development policies allow poor

projects. The process of promulgating poverty reduction policies is lacking coordination

people in mountainous areas to enjoy public services and strengthen poor people's health

and participation of the concerned parties, especially the poor and socio-political

care; Social security policies have created more justice for the poor, contributing to

organizations, in order to enhance the diversification and practicality for the policies. In

solving social problems in the locality.

addition, the provincial government has not yet issued a procedure or manuals for

Thirdly, the organization of implementing sustainable poverty reduction in
mountainous areas of Nghe An province has witnessed remarkable achievements.
Firstly, the apparatus for sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas has
been improved more and more, to become more suitable for mountainous conditions.

organizing the implementation of poverty reduction policies in general and poverty


government in sustainable poverty reduction are insufficient, failing to meet the

the mountainous areas of Nghe An province. That is, most of the implementation of laws

requirements.
Chapter 4:

and policies on poverty reduction have been carried out according to the top-down
mechanism, leading to the lack of flexibility in the implementation of the program in

VIEWS AND SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE THE ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT IN SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION IN

practice.

MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN NGHE AN PROVINCE

Thirdly, the coordination and support for the implementation of sustainable

4.1. International, domestic and local contexts affecting the role of the

poverty reduction have seen positive progress, but still has not met the requirements.
Fourthly, in checking and monitoring the implementation of sustainable poverty
reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province, despite being implemented

provincial authorities and sustainable poverty reduction in the mountainous areas
of Nghe An province in the coming time.

regularly, the effectiveness is not really high.

Million dong

50

69.5

2

Percentage of annual poverty reduction among
poor households in mountainous areas

%

5.0

3.0

3

Percentage of annual re-poverty

%

1.2

0.85

4

Access level to basic social services

efficiency and ease of monitoring, and ease of implementation.
Thirdly, to focus on the pre-planning works and pre-planning works in
implementing sustainable poverty reduction policies in accordance with the
characteristics of mountainous areas of Nghe An province.
Fourthly, to attach importance to attracting investment resources, transferring
science and technology into production, economic development in combination with
making full use of the potentials and strengths of each district and region.

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the conditions of mountainous areas; (ii) good implementation of sustainable poverty
reduction policies of the central and provincial levels; (iii) strengthening the coordination
of authorities at all levels in implementing sustainable poverty reduction.
Fourthly, to strengthen the checking and monitoring of the implementation of
sustainable poverty reduction
Fifthly, to improve the quality of civil servants in the provincial government
apparatus related to sustainable poverty reduction.
Sixth, to promote local economic development.
Seventh, to strengthen facilities to implement the role of the provincial authorities
in sustainable poverty reduction.
4.4. Some recommendations.
First, to make recommendations to the National Assembly
The National Assembly should work towards prioritizing the fund allocation for
sustainable poverty reduction policies in mountainous areas, ethnic minority areas, and
mountainous areas in the direction of implementation of local government capacity,
associated with specific poverty reduction goals and outputs.
Strengthening the oversight function of the National Assembly in the

Fifth, to strengthen the leadership and direction of Party committees, State

implementation of sustainable poverty reduction policies, especially the implementation


Thirdly, to well implement sustainable poverty reduction. This solution focuses on

overlapping, duplication;

the thesis: (i) building a apparatus for sustainable poverty reduction in accordance with

For direct support policies, consideration should be given to the distribution of a


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gradually reduced roadmap of these policies, to increase conditional support policies and
LIST OF ALREADY PUBLISHED WORKS OF THE AUTHOR

mountainous development policies.

1. Thai Thanh Quy, Dang Thanh Tung, Nghe An Province Tourism: Current status and
CONCLUSION
Firstly, through the learning of the domestic and foreign studies related to the role
of the government (the provincial government) in sustainable poverty reduction and

development orientations, Economics and Development Journal, edition 201 (II), March
2014
2. Thai Thanh Quy, Exploiting tourism potentials of some localities and lessons learnt for

poverty reduction in the mountainous areas, the author has drawn a research gap for the


Journal for regional sustainable

Thirdly, the reality of sustainable poverty reduction for the mountainous areas of

5. Thai Thanh Quy, Some thoughts about the poverty reduction policies in mountainous

Nghe An province in the past shows that the efforts of Nghe An provincial government in

areas of Nghe An province, Scientific workshop document “About employment, labor

sustainable poverty reduction, however, there remain many limitations that need to

export and poverty reduction after 2 years of implementing the Resolution of the 18th

overcome in each group of content mentioned above. The pointing out of the limitation

Provincial Party Committee, Resolution 26-NQ/TW of the Politburo regarding the

causes in identifying strategies, developing sustainable poverty reduction plans; enacting

direction, the task of developing Nghe An province to 2020,” organized by Nghe An

policies; organizing implementation and inspection, supervision of sustainable poverty

People's Committee, in August 2018.

reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province in the past time is an important
discovery in order to find solutions to overcome in the future.
Fourthly, based on the international, domestic and local contexts affecting
sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas of Nghe An province as well as the