Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The first-ever Youth Surveyon the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was released during a ceremony inHanoi on February 2. The event was co-hosted by the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP), the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI)’s SustainableDevelopment Office and the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies.Speakingat the event, UNDP Country Director in Vietnam CaitlinWiesen said the Vietnamese young people play a central role in the achievementof the SDGs and the Agenda 2030, adding that “it is time to shift the notion ofpartnering with young people from engaging youth as beneficiaries to partneringwith youth as agents of change, driving the SDGs and the future they want.” Dao Dinh Tan, Chief of the MoPI’s Sustainable DevelopmentOffice, said sustainable development is incorporated into the 2011-2020socio-economic development strategy and the socio-economic development plan for2016-2020.On May 10, 2017, the PM issued Decision No.622/QDTTCP on thepromulgation of the national action plan on the 2030 Agenda on SustainableDevelopment. Vietnam is in the golden population period with 27.7 percentof its population aged 16-30, making youth become an important force in thefulfillment of the SDGs by 2030, he said. The survey was made to “better understand the concerns, perceptions andinterests of young people and the SDG priorities they see as vital for theirfuture,” Wiesen said.More than 7,000 young people from all 63 provinces respondedto the survey, which offered 18 questions and lasted 37 days, nearly 75 percentof them are female and 65 percent live in urban areas. It is noted thatthree-fourths of the respondents… [Read full story]
NDO - SDG Challenge 2017, a competition and acceleration programme has been launched by UNDP Vietnam to find business ideas and innovations that will help to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). The programme, created in collaboration with HATCH! VENTURES, a start-up incubator, will take place in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, with the final round scheduled for October, in Ho Chi Minh City.
The winning teams will receive equity-free seed funding, professional training on entrepreneurship on the SDGs, incubation and acceleration services, direct introductions to international impact investors and mentorship on enhancing SDG business impact from UN…... [read more]
Observed for the first time in Vietnam, the event was co-organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the United Nations in Vietnam under the theme ‘Vietnamese Youth: Partners in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’. Currently, there are around 1.8 billion young people around the world – the highest ever. Vietnam is experiencing a ‘golden population’ period, recording the highest proportion of youth in its history. There are more than 25 million young people aged between 16 and 30 – more than a quarter of the total population. The event featured a forum offering a chance for opinions and goals…... [read more]
The Hanoitimes - At the meeting with President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan in Hanoi on August 30, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific Karin Hulshof affirmed that UNICEF will assist Vietnam in carrying out sustainable development goals. President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan received UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific Karin Hulshof in Hanoi on August 30. President of the VFF Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (R) meets with UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific Karin Hulshof. Addressing the reception, the…... [read more]
NDO – Progress for the most disadvantaged children and families is the defining condition for delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals for generations to come, according to a recent UNICEF report.Released in Hanoi on July 6, the latest annual flagship report The State of the World’s Children 2016 - A Fair Chance for Every Child is dedicated to equality for children. It points to evidence that investing in the most vulnerable children can yield immediate and long-term benefits for the country.Speaking at the launch, UNICEF Representative Youssouf Abdel-Jelil said that the global report brings the perspective of several countries in…... [read more]
HCM CITY - Việt Nam has made significant advances in achieving the United Nation's health-related sustainable development goals (SDG) as its SDG index score increased 59 last year, up from 38 in 2000, according to a baseline analysis from the international Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 published in the The Lancet journal last week. A national SDG index score is based on a scale of zero to 100. Iceland tops the list with a score of 85. The lowest-scoring nation was the Central African Republic, at 20. The United States has a score of 75, just behind Slovenia, Greece,…... [read more]
