Sustainable Development Goals spur progress in Laos
The government has further pursued the national development policy and mainstreamed the Sustainable Development Goals into its 8th five-year National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2016-2020), the Development Strategy 2025, and Vision 2030. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith outlined the government’s stance on the SDGs at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York on September 23. We regard implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals as our international obligation, which will not only contribute to the realisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but will also bring development benefits to Laos, he said. The government must focus on meeting the goals set in its 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan, Development Strategy 2025, and Vision 2030. These include green growth and sustainable development, maintaining steady economic growth, achieving constant reduction of poverty and graduating from Least Developed Country status.
