(Ministry of Planning and Investment, Government of Viet Nam 2011).While the
development plan for 2011–2015 does not explicitly emphasize inclusive growth,
it aims to ensure social welfare and enhance people’smaterial and spiritual life and
to make Viet Nam an industrialized country by 2020. GDP is expected to grow by
at least 6.5–7% annually. Over the plan period, 8 million jobs are expected to
be created and poverty to be reduced by 2 percentage points per year on average
nationwide and by 4 percentage points in poor areas.