The Vietnam Corporate Sustainability Forum (VCSF) 2021 is held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and its partners in Hanoi on December 9. (Photo: VNA)As sustainable development has become a worldwide trend, theGovernment of Vietnam has incorporated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)into its socio-economic development strategies, Dam told the Vietnam CorporateSustainability Forum (VCSF) 2021 held in Hanoi by the Vietnam Chamber ofCommerce and Industry (VCCI) and its partners.
Realising all 17 SDGs is a huge challenge to every nation,he said, noting that Vietnam has so far fulfilled two SDGs in Quality Education,and Responsible Consumption and Production. The country has seen progress inother SDGs but there remains a big gap in realising the SDGs regardinginfrastructure, and land and maritime resources, he said.
Over the last two years, each nation, each community and eachenterprise have learned from their own experience in adapting to the pandemic,he continued.
In the face of COVID-19, each nation, community, enterpriseand individual must be better aware of their responsibility for protectingtheir beloved and society, he stated, adding that they must sacrifice immediateinterests for long-term benefits of their own and others.
The Deputy PM went on to applaud manyfirms for aiding Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight, stressing that all Vietnamesecompanies, 97 percent of which are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), muststay together to develop a business community for sustainable development.
“Don’t consider it as a playground only for major corporations,”he said, stressing that “it is a play field for all businesses and people."
At the forum, speakers put forward recommendations onhow to further improve legal frameworks and create a favourable business climatefor enterprises to achieve sustainable development./.
Top 10 businesses in manufacturing and trade-services in 2021 are honoured at the event. (Photo: VNA)
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