Live: National Assembly discusses the National Target Program on new rural areas and sustainable poverty reduction

Continuing the 10th Session, on the morning of December 5, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the investment policy of the National Target Program on new rural areas, sustainable poverty reduction, and socio -economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas until 2035.

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment explained and clarified a number of issues raised by National Assembly deputies.

The National Assembly 's discussion session was broadcast live at 8:00 a.m. on VTV1 for voters and people nationwide to watch.

In the afternoon, the National Assembly voted to pass: Law on Judicial Expertise (amended), Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement (amended), Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Judicial Records.

Afterwards, delegates discussed in the hall the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Citizen Reception, the Law on Complaints, and the Law on Denunciation. The Government Inspector General explained and clarified a number of issues raised by National Assembly delegates.

Next, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the draft Law on Specialized Courts at the International Financial Center. The Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court explained and clarified a number of issues raised by National Assembly deputies.

Realize the goal of making people have a prosperous and happy life

Previously, on December 3, the National Assembly heard the Submission and Verification Report on the investment policy of the National Target Program on new rural areas, sustainable poverty reduction, and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas by 2035.

According to Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang, regarding the results of the 3 national target programs for the 2021-2025 period, by the end of October 2025, the basic programs had achieved and exceeded a number of targets, while 4/21 targets had not been achieved.

Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang presented the Report

Regarding the results of allocation and disbursement of central budget capital for the 3 programs, the Minister of Agriculture and Environment said that the capital allocated and assigned to ministries, branches and localities was nearly 176,000 billion VND, reaching 90.4% of the estimate. By the end of October 2025, the disbursement rate reached 67.9%; by the end of January 2026, it is estimated to reach the highest 75% of the plan; about 45,000 billion VND will be transferred to implementation in 2026.

Regarding the shortcomings, Minister Tran Duc Thang emphasized that there are still some targets that have not been completed as assigned by the National Assembly and the Government and the disbursement results are slow. Accordingly, the reason is that the system of guiding policies and mechanisms is slow to be issued and unclear; the content and investment objects are not close to reality; some localities are not resolute in implementation; national target programs still overlap and duplicate in content and objects, and resources are still scattered, leading to difficulties in implementation.

According to Minister Tran Duc Thang, the Government submitted to the National Assembly the integration of three programs into one program to realize the highest goal of the Party and State, which is to make people have a prosperous and happy life.

"Integration does not reduce policies, but overcomes overlaps and duplications, helping to focus more priority on ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the coming time" - Minister Tran Duc Thang emphasized.

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment said that the beneficiaries of the program are communes, villages, people, communities and relevant organizations nationwide. Priority will be given to poor areas, ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

The program will be implemented nationwide, with priority given to ethnic minority and mountainous areas, for 10 years, divided into two phases: 2026-2030 and 2031-2035.

“The goal is to focus on key targets on income, poverty rate, rate of communes and provinces meeting new rural standards, and solving urgent problems of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas,” said Minister Tran Duc Thang.

Regarding resources mobilized to implement the program:

Phase 1 (2026-2030): Directly allocated central budget capital: 100,000 billion VND; integrated capital of national target programs and other programs and projects, investment for rural areas, ethnic minority and mountainous areas: about 360,000 billion VND; the rest is local budget capital and other legally mobilized sources.

Phase 2 (2031-2035): Based on the implementation results of the 2026-2030 period, the Government will submit to the National Assembly for consideration and decision on implementation resources.

According to Minister Tran Duc Thang, regarding the mechanism for management, capital allocation and program implementation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is the program's main agency. The Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions guides the implementation and supervises the implementation of contents related to socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.

Source: https://vtv.vn/truc-tiep-quoc-hoi-thao-luan-ve-chuong-trinh-muc-tieu-quoc-gia-ve-nong-thon-moi-giam-ngheo-ben-vung-100251205001532555.htm