Support for Low-Income Urban Workers in Vietnam

The Vietnamese government has

No. 30 to support low-income workers under the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction (2021-2025). According to the decree, urban workers earning 3 million VND or less per month and rural workers earning 2.25 million VND or less qualify for assistance.

This policy establishes a framework to identify low-income individuals and provide them with

. Provincial authorities will conduct surveys, and eligible workers must apply to be recognized as low-income. Once approved, they will receive training funded by the program.

Before this decree, a lack of clear guidelines prevented many low-income workers from accessing vocational training. As of June 30, 2024, about 167,980 people from poor and near-poor households had received training, but

low-income workers were .

The program aims to provide training to 1 million low-income workers, contributing to socio-economic development.