In order to realise the commitment of not leaving anyone behind, it is necessary to ensure the full and equal engagement of persons with disabilities (PwD) in all social areas, stated UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis on December 2.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened a meeting in New York on July 7 to seek measures to speed up the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthen their partnership.
Vietnam’s consistent policy of protecting and promoting human rights has been clearly shown in the context of COVID-19 posing unprecedented challenges to global efforts in protecting human rights.
Ethnic minority women and children, especially the Mong and Khmer, are the most vulnerable group in terms of the United Nations' sustainable development goals, Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam, said at a workshop held on December 8 to announce findings from a survey measuring Vietnam Sustainable Development Goal indicators on Children and Women (SDGCW) 2020-2021.
Malaysia showed good performance in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in 2020 despite adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the third series of the SDG Indicators Report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Vietnam is very well placed within Asia in terms of the general progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative a.i. in Vietnam Terence D. Jones on October 21.
Naomi Karahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam, has highlighted young people as the key force to achieve the country’s agenda for sustainable development.
The ASEAN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicators Baseline Report and an online database portal for ASEAN SDG indicators were released at an online event on October 23.
Vietnam on July 17 shared its experience in integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into building plan and strategy for socio-economic development at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)’s High-level Segment.
Vietnam places great importance to the people diplomacy and the role of non-governmental organizations (NGO) in its foreign policy, stated Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a New Year gathering in Hanoi on January 25 of representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps and NGOs in Vietnam.
A conference was held in the central city of Da Nang on December 17 to introduce a set of tools to help parliaments self-evaluate their efficiency and share international experience in the implementation of sustainable development goals (SDG).
Vietnam is considered by international organisations to be one of the most succesful countries in ensuring gender equality and narrowing the gender gap.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), Citi Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) jointly organised a diagnostic workshop on the state of the social impact startup ecosystem in Hanoi on June 15.
The United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam (UNDP) in collaboration with HATCH! VENTURES held a ceremony in Hanoi on December 19 to present awards to the top four teams of the SDG Challenge 2017, a competition to devise business solutions to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Vietnam targets a reduction of 1-1.5 percent of poor households each year to the new multidimensional poverty standards that have been applied since January 5, 2016.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong attended the 2016 Integration Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the UN headquarters in New York, the US on May 3-4.
About 32,000 individuals invested 810 million SDG in risk-free Singapore Savings Bonds (SSBs) over the last six months, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced.
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