Asia-Pacific countries need to reform policies and public services towards encouraging people from all social strata to participate in the policy making process to ensure inclusiveness and equality, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Hai Bang.
The 16th United Nations Day of Vesak has successfully wrapped up, offering participants wonderful experiences, Most Venerable Phra Brahmapundit, President of the International Council for Day of Vesak (ICDV), has said.
ASEAN ambassadors and UN officials have sat down to examine the two organisations’ joint projects and cooperation activities within their Plan of Action for 2016-2020.
Vietnamese women do not have access to many decent job opportunities as gender prejudice remains in the labour market, heard a policy event on women’s participation in the labour market held in Hanoi.
Experts gathered at a workshop in Hanoi on November 8 to discuss measures to raise the role and responsibility of businesses in realising sustainable development goals (SDGs).
The Asia-Pacific Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Conference, which closed in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on November 8, placed a spotlight on the important role played by NGOs in implementing sustainable community development goals through the protection of ICHs.
Developing the private sector and expanding domestic private financial sources are the key targets for Vietnam in order to meet financial demand for the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.
Vietnam is committed to implementing the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, stated Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong.
The Government of Vietnam is determined to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Achim Steiner on June 27.
Policy-makers, socio-political organisations, enterprises and capital funds should play a greater role and involve broadly in the fight against climate change.
Representatives of ASEAN member nations are meeting in Bangkok for the second round of the High-Level Brainstorming Dialogue (HLBD) on Enhancing Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Delegations of the ASEAN member states, East Asian countries, the US, Japan, and India took part in planting mangroves within the Angke Kapuk Mangrove Ecotourism Park in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 20.
Experts and policy-makers from eight Southeast Asian countries gathered in a workshop on “The Role of Livestock in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia” in Hanoi on November 16.
The APEC Economic Leaders on November 11 adopted the Da Nang Declaration, affirming their determination to take bolder and sustained collective actions to inject new dynamism into APEC cooperation.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung called on ASEM to take more specific and drastic actions to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Vietnam will make more constructive contributions to UN mechanisms for the sake of peace, security and sustainable development, affirmed Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.
Chairman of the Culture, Education, Youth and Children Committee of the National Assembly Phan Thanh Binh and a Vietnamese delegation are attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s Interregional Seminar in Beijing, China to promote the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
The ECOSOC has concluded its 2017 High-level Segment by approving a minister-level statement on commitments of participating countries to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Vietnam issued a National Action Plan to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in May this year, which demonstrates the country's resolve and responsibility for achieving the global SDGs.
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