The Government has launched a nationwide census on poor households between September 21 and November 30, 2010 in an attempt to speed up poverty reduction.
Hanoi is determined to stamp out traditional and privately owned inner-city slaughterhouses that fail to meet hygiene and food safety standards before October.
Vietnam, like all other countries in the world, always consider sustainable development one of the top priorities, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.