G-20 economies should continue efforts to maintain a stable economic environment, build a mechanism to prevent and address crises, facilitate developing countries’ trade activities and provide resources for the implementation of MDGs.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made this statement at the Forum on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which took place in Seoul , the Republic of Korea , on November 11 on the sidelines of the on-going G-20 Summit.

The forum was also attended by the UN Secretary-General, the Spanish Prime Minister, the South African President and the Speaker of the RoK Parliament, together with over 100 RoK parliamentarians and representatives from NGOs.

PM Dung said that Vietnam has fulfilled many MGDs ahead of schedule and will try its utmost to reach all remaining goals in 2015. “These achievements have been reached, thanks to the fact that MDGs were integrated into development strategies, policies and plans at all levels and implemented through national objective programmes with the participation of the entire society,” he said.

The Government leader spoke highly of the international community’s support for Vietnam in implementing MDGs.

At the forum, PM Dung and other leaders also highly valued the UN’s role in accelerating discussions and exchanges on methods to solve problems in implementing MDGs.

They emphasised the significance of the G-20 Summit being held for the first time in an Asian country, the RoK, which is the first country moving from being an aid recipient to a provider of development assistance, as well as calling on G20 to continue providing assistance for developing countries in order to help them achieve MGDs in 2015.

The delegates applauded the inclusion of development issues in the summit’s agenda, saying that it represented G20’s political determination to realise its commitments. They urged developed countries, NGOs, and business community to support developing nations’ MDGs implementation.

The implementation of MGDs has helped hundreds of millions of people escape from poverty, strengthened care and investment for women and children, boosted the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases and mobilised international resources.

However, many countries are unlikely to reach all MGDs by the deadline of 2015 due to the negative impacts of the financial, monetary, energy and food crises and climate change./.