This workshop aims at building the capacity of government officials on implementing trade facilitation and paperless trade initiatives and enabling them to more effectively support or participate in the work of National Committees on Trade Facilitation or related inter-agency bodies. The workshop will present an ...

The APFSD is the most inclusive regional platform on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.The sixth Forum, as in previous years, will serve as a preparatory event for the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and will engage member States, United Nations ...

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on March 24 jointly held a consultation conference on Vietnam’s voluntary national review (VNR) on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).Vietnam conducted the VNR, a mechanism through which ...

The Shell Company of Thailand Limited recently participated in the Thailand SDGs Forum 2018: Localising the SDGs (Thailand’s Sustainable Business Guide) seminar organised by online news agency Thaipublica and the Thailand Sustainable Development Foundation.Keep reading. ...

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 pre-recorded session for the upcoming 2020 Virtual UN World Data Forum on (TA1) Data for Development: towards a more integrated agenda from the global south is now available.   About the session: Data is a crucial resource for the 21st century, for monitoring and achieving the SDGs, ...

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has summoned permanent secretaries of all ministries to follow up on the implementation of government 4.0 policy. At a meeting of ministry permanent secretaries and high-ranking authorities on Friday (May 4), the Thai PM was briefed on the progress of Thailand ...

 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 ...

The Early Warning System is a global initiative that ensures local communities, and the organizations that support them, have verified information about proposed bank-funded projects likely to cause human and environmental rights abuses and provides clear strategies for advocacy before the project financing is approved ...

The Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Mechanism (MLC) is a cooperation mechanism in line with the current trend of globalisation and integration. The MLC aims to promote comprehensive cooperation to build a community of responsibilities and common interests in the subregion. In addition, the MLC also has other goals ...

The financing for sustainable development agenda promises to bring together more actors than ever before – from businesses, governments, philanthropists, and remitting households – to address the world’s most pressing problems and achieve the sustainable development Goals. Yet, in spite of this promise, the financing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Việt Nam has made remarkable progress in terms of meeting the sustainable development goals, but more work is needed in a number of areas.In 2023, the Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) highlighted Việt Nam’s significant strides in areas like poverty reduction, provision of clean water, infrastructure ...

The 14th Asia Pacific Sociological Conference will be held at SEISA Hakone campus in Japan. The theme for this year’s conference is “Interconnections, social transformation and global mobility: a way towards the future.” By connecting sociologists across countries, it encourages presenters and attendees to share ...

The Bertelsmann Stiftung and the SDSN are pleased to invite you to a public consultation of data used for the upcoming third edition of the SDG Index and Dashboards report, which will be published around July 2. This year’s report will focus on national implementation ...

The Ministry of Education and Training and the UNESCO Hanoi Office on November 24 held a consultation workshop on the national education for sustainable development initiative. UNESCO has launched and promoted such initiatives across the world, particularly in countries and territories that are highly vulnerable to ...

The People’s Committee of Can Tho city has announced a plan to hold an international forum on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta (SDMD) on November 29 – 30. The event, to be organised in coordination with the Can Tho University, will focus on ...

The launching ceremony of the Multi-Dimensional Review (MDR) of Vietnam on December 8 held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was attended by MoFA Deputy ...