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Vietnam attends UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung attended the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York on July 14.
Vietnam attends UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development ảnh 1At the forum (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation led byMinister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung attended the United NationsHigh-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York onJuly 14.

In his speech, Minister Dung presented theVoluntary National Review (VNR) on Vietnam's implementation of the sustainabledevelopment goals (SDGs) in 2023, emphasising that the process of preparingVietnam's second VNR was conducted through 10 steps to mobilise theparticipation of all relevant parties from the beginning and ensure the showcaseof their roles and voices.

The entire political system and society have made efforts toimplement SDGs with the core principle of "leaving no one behind" andhave gained certain achievements in the process, affirmed the minister.

Vietnam attends UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development ảnh 2Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung speaks at the forum. (Photo: VNA)
He highlighted six solutions for Vietnam tosuccessfully implement these goals in the remaining half of the journey, namely placing people at the centre of all decisions, enhancing the quality of human resources, strengthening the management and efficient use of resources, protect the environment, mobilising andeffectively utilising financial resources for the work, and furtherimproving the availability of data to serve the monitoring and evaluation of the SDGs implementation.

The official took the occasion to highlight Vietnam'scommitment to continue playing its role as a responsible member of the internationalcommunity and actively contributing to joint efforts so that no individual ornation is left behind in this process.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted byUN member states in September 2015, with the focus on 17 SDGs. The VNR isconsidered a mechanism for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the agendaand SDGs on a global scale. Vietnam first developed and presented its VNR in2018./.
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