Poverty reduction in Vietnam is considered an urgent, medium, long-term task in top priorities of ensuring social welfare. The Vietnamese government helps the poor mainly through loans, instructions on do business. Funds for poverty reduction are founded at many localities based on helps of people and the State. In addition, taking advantage of humanitarian aids of both domestic and international sources is highly conducted, with striving to increase the number of wealthy households, and reduce poverty. From 2003 to 2012, the State budget accounted for over 51 % of the total expenditure for ensuring Vietnam social welfare, about 6.6 % of GDP/year. In the period 2006 - 2012, the Government has invested more than 700 trillion of state bonds in nearly 3,000 projects of transportation, irrigation, health, education and support to strengthen the poverty reduction. In particular, the ethnic minority groups and mountainous areas received investment of over 54,770 billion from State budget. Each year, the State spends budget on regular social allowances for about 2 % of the population, and irregular allowance of about 0.5 % - 0.6 % of GDP for overcoming the consequences of disaster. In the period 2010 - 2013, the State also give ethnic groups the right to managing and stabilizing forest lands; and mobilize ethnic minorities to stabilize their life in suitable areas for the national and community socio – economic benefits.