UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis speaks at the workshop in Hanoi on December 14. (Photo: Government e-newspaper) The workshopaimed to improve the awareness of development challenges and opportunities ofVietnam, discuss policy choices to help the country reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and better thespecialised capacity of Government agencies’ staff in making macro-economic analysesand assessments of economic, social, and environmental aspects of thedevelopment process.
Le Viet Anh, Director ofthe MPI’s Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment,said that to realise the SDGs, boost greentransition, and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, the Vietnamese Government hasissued many policies and investment commitments on different fields such asstepping up the implementation of the three national target programmes on sustainablepoverty reduction, new-style countryside building, and socio-economicdevelopment in ethnic minority areas.
Besides, it has also been accelerating energytransition by approving the eighth National Power Development Plan, whichincludes ambitious targets on clean and renewable energy, implementing the PoliticalDeclaration on establishing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), and fosteringdigital transformation and the application of scientific and technological advances,he noted.
UNResident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis said the country has made greatstrides in improving living standards and lifting millions of people out ofpoverty.
Basing on these attainments, she went on, Vietnameseleaders set the targets that the country will become a high-income nation by 2045and secure net zero emissions by 2050. This vision is promoting Vietnam’simplementation of commitments to carry out the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment and the SDGs.
The second voluntary national review, delivered byMPI Minister Nguyen Chi Dung at the high-level political forum last July,outlined six policy priorities and recommendations for accelerating the realisationof the SDGs.
Those prioritiescomprise promoting science, technology and innovation; developing quality humanresources; efficiently managing resources, adapting to and mitigating climatechange, and building green and circular economy; finance; data readiness; andputting people at the centre of every decision, policy, and action.
Tamesis held that these priorities highly matchthe six transformations to achieve the SDGs agreed by member countries at theSDG Summit./.
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