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Vietnam launches anti-famine plan

Xinhua, January 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Vietnam launched here on Wednesday a national action plan to promote the Zero Hunger Challenge, an important initiative to remove famine raised by the United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon since 2012.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in the past few decades, thanks to efforts of countries and support of international organizations, including the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), world food production has reached achievements and food security has been ensured in many countries.

The Vietnamese government welcomes and highlights the Zero Hunger Challenge, which aims at ensuring lives for people worldwide, said the prime minister.

Vietnam has some 10.3 million hectares of agricultural land.

In 2013, Vietnamese population reached 90 million, 70 percent of whom are living in rural area. The rate of poor households nationwide remained 7.6 percent in 2014, said Dung. Endi