(VOVworld) – The Ministry of Planning and Investment has hosted a workshop this week to assess how far Vietnam has gone in achieving the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

(Source: www.un.org)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was approved at a UN Summit in late December last year in New York. This is a new global framework built on the basis of the Millennium Development Goals and Agenda 21. The 2030 Agenda embraces the three dimensions of sustainability – economic, social, and environmental. Its goals are to end poverty, promote human potential and dignity, enhance equality, protect our planet from degradation, boost consumption and sustainable production, manage natural resources, mitigate climate change effects, and ensure that all people enjoy a prosperous life marked by economic, social, and technological progress. Other goals include building a peaceful and fair society, where each individual respects others, a society without fear and violence. The Agenda calls for mobilizing essential resources, strengthening global partnership, promoting solidarity, and encouraging the participation of all countries and people.

The 2030 Agenda is the result of a widespread consultation process between UN members, including Vietnam.

Vietnam has been one of the countries that have proactively implemented Agenda 21 by adopting the national strategy for sustainable development from 2011 to 2020. But social, economic, and environmental challenges will require Vietnam to work harder to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Vietnam will have to mobilize financial resources, enhance support between relevant agencies, and, particularly, to integrate development goals into national policies, strategies, and plans.

National Assembly resolutions and government documents have taken into consideration Vietnam’s commitments to the international community under the 2030 Agenda.