Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology on Poverty Reduction and Applying in Vietnam Today

Abstract

Poverty reduction is a subjective social and economic phenomenon. They exist alongside the development of human societies as a big challenge to all economies. For Ho Chi Minh, poverty reduction is solving problems directly related to people, thereby improving people’s material and spiritual life. Therefore, right from the founding of the country, he paid great attention to the development of policies on hunger eradication and poverty reduction to manage the country and serve the revolutionary cause. Ho Chi Minh’s ideology on hunger eradication and poverty reduction is a system of viewpoints on the purposes, objects, contents, requirements, and forces for poverty reduction. His Ideology on hunger eradication and poverty alleviation is a valuable spiritual asset, paving the way for the revolutionary cause of the Vietnamese nation to achieve great victories. In the cause of renovation in Vietnam, carrying out the task of building and defending the Fatherland, the Party and State have applied and developed Ho Chi Minh’s thought on hunger eradication and poverty reduction to suit the new situation, contributing to victory in the revolutionary cause.