The Vietnam Sustainability Forum (Jan 17-18, 2019) aims at providing an international exchange platform for global leaders and stakeholders (policymakers, academics, businesses, entrepreneurs, and NGOs) to present and discuss worldwide initiatives, practices and visionary trends about sustainability. The ultimate goal is to achieve the long-lasting ...

The provincial sustainable development index (PSDI 2021) report, which was announced at a workshop on December 21 in Hanoi, reflects clearly efforts of Vietnamese localities in implementing sustainable development goals in the context of difficulties and geopolitical conflicts in the world.The average point for all ...

A United Nations delegation yesterday met with the government to review a report on sustainable development and raise three points regarding social protection initiatives in the Kingdom. According to the UN, a government delegation is expected to attend a series of meetings with the Economic ...

In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This contained 17 items that have become known as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), intended to drive action in critically important areas to the year 2030. These Goals have ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs has reiterated its commitment to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating violence against children globally by 2030. ...

Open Development Vietnam has just published a topic page on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)The VSDG has been approved by the Government of Vietnam in 2016 and has 17 Goals but only 115 targets. There are many similarities and differences between SDG’s global Goals and national ...

Cambodia’s national means of implementing Cambodian sustainable development goals (SDGs), while smaller in scale, have realized consistent growth in recent times. Cambodia has been increasingly funding its own development, through both tax and non-tax government revenue. For example, government revenue totalled $US 3.5 billion in ...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Mekong Delta to make breakthrough changes in mindset and actions, especially amidst severe climate change impacts, so that it could attain fast and sustainable development and be on a par with other Vietnamese regions in all aspects. PM ...

This policy booklet provides policy recommendations on key sustainable development issues in the Mekong Region that were explored by the collaborative research projects of SUMERNET in phase 3 (2014-2017). The collaborative research projects addressed various sustainable development issues under three themes: Climate compatible development; Ecosystem ...

Vietnam needs to mobilise $360 billion for implementing its green and sustainable development targets by 2030. According to Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, Vietnam needs to mobilise $360 billion for implementing its green and sustainable development targets by 2030, 50 per ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are universal targets designed to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity in each UN member state by 2030. They are intended to continue the progress made ...

Many Vietnamese enterprises lack understanding about sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are not applying them to their business, Tran Thi Lan Anh, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said at the forum “Responsible Business Forum – Vietnam” held in Ho ...

Commentary on the Sustainable Development Goals by David Ganz highlighting the need and challenges for developing a Sustainable Development paradigm shift.  Read ...

As chair of Asean, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on the bloc to accelerate plans for sustainable development while speaking at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Gen Prayut urged a greater regional trade partnership and public participation, as well as ...

The World Bank’s Development Data Group (DECDG), in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), is interested in supporting innovative collaborations for data production, dissemination, and use. The collaborations should take place in low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries, and be directed towards ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and the Embassy of Japan in Bangkok will co-host the 6th Green Mekong Forum on 8 July 2019 at Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel, Bangkok. The Forum will be co-chaired by  Mr. Nikorndej Balankura, Deputy Director-General, Department of ...

In the last regular meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Washington (ACW) with the Philippines as chair, I hosted a forum on environmental policy and public-private cooperation that would, hopefully, provide a deeper understanding of the priorities and initiatives toward sustainable and resilient development. Keep reading ...

  Việt Nam will take strong action to promote sustainable development, investing more in the workforce and advanced technologies, moving towards digital Government and digital society, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said. The PM was speaking at a conference on sustainable development in Hà Nội that he chaired alongside ...

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is convening the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2018 in Bangkok on 28 – 30 March 2018. They are hosting a CALL FOR CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION to help inform the agenda “Transformation ...

Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) or TGO set up a seminar on “Low-carbon and sustainable businesses meet SDGs” with the aim of disseminating business practices according to the sustainable Development Goals, including to create awareness among the private and public sectors about  such Goals.  ...