HIV/AIDS prevention is one of important factors in the sustainable development strategy in Vietnam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung during his meeting with United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Nafis Sadik, on September 20 in Hanoi. During the meeting, Ms Nafis Sadik said that she was delighted with Vietnam's achievements in socio-economic development and its certain successes in HIV/AIDS prevention. She added that the successes came from the synchronous and strong guidelines from the Government of Vietnam and its mobilisation of all people in participating in the fight against HIV/AIDS. She also highly praised close coordination of agencies in reducing the spread of the epidemic. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung thanked UN for its support in combating HIV/AIDS in Vietnam. He stressed that in national sustainable development strategies and action plans, Vietnam always treasured economic development growth and addressed well social … [Read more...] about PM: HIV/AIDS prevention is among important factors in Vietnam’s sustainable development strategy
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Hai Phong strengthens marine sustainable development strategy in 2014-2018 period
On 14 November, in Hai Phong, Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands (under Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) in collaboration with the Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) organized a workshop on planning and consultation on GEF / UNDP / PEMSEA project on "Strengthening the implementation of Vietnam's sea sustainable development strategies (2014-2018)" at the local level. Mr. Vu Si Tuan, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands and Ms. Nancy Bermas, Coordinator of PEMSEA in Vietnamand numerous marine scientists and representatives of 13 provinces in the whole country attended the workshop. The workshop discussed the content of the Strategic Framework to identify areas of sea waters, coastal areas, river basins and watersheds to which should give priority as well as the solutions to overcome difficulties and barriers to the success of the project in Vietnam. Thereby, the project on the one hand … [Read more...] about Hai Phong strengthens marine sustainable development strategy in 2014-2018 period
Guiding the implementation of Sustainable Development Strategy in the 2011-2020 period
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has recently held a workshop to popularize as well as propagating documents and policies on sustainable development, guiding the localities to implement Sustainable Development Strategy in the 2011-2020 period. During the 2-day workshop (June 21st and 22nd), the delegates were supplied with brief contents of Sustainable Development Strategy in the 2011-2020 period, the National Action Plan for Sustainable Development in the 2013-2015 period, Circular 02/2013/TT-BKHDT by the Minister of Planning and Investment in guiding the implementation of some contents of Sustainable development Strategy in the 2011-2020 period. According to the Sustainable Development Strategy in period 2011-2020, the indicators of monitoring, assessing sustainable development, including: green GDP, human development index (HDI), environmental sustainability index (ESI), utilization efficiency in investment capital (ICOR), social labor productivity, consumer price … [Read more...] about Guiding the implementation of Sustainable Development Strategy in the 2011-2020 period
Sustainable Development Strategy for Phu Yen province by 2020, vision to 2030: Expectedly to be issued this July
Mr. Pham Dinh Cu, PPC Chairman cum Head of Provincial Steering Committee for Sustainable Development, has chaired the meeting to ratify the draft Sustainable Development Strategy for Phu Yen Province by 2020, vision to 2030. The strategy goal is towards steady and sustainable growth, in parallel with progressive, social justice, protecting natural resources and environment, stabilizing politics-society; sustainabe development for humans, focusing on people and life quality. Maintaining stable annual economic growth at 10% from now to the year 2020, on the basis of improving growth quality; maintaining increasing trend of human development index (HDI), ensuring social equity in income, increasing the productivity of social labor ... In the period of 2011-2020, poverty rate falls from an annual average of 1.5% to 2%, by 2020 the rate of trained laborers reaches 67% and the unemployment rate in urban areas is under 4%; by 2020 the rate of rural population using safe water and hygienic … [Read more...] about Sustainable Development Strategy for Phu Yen province by 2020, vision to 2030: Expectedly to be issued this July
Vietnamese Coffee Industry’s Sustainable Development Strategy
In Vietnam, the private sector is operating with previously unseen dynamism. Assigned by the Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ), GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusannebarbeit – or German Technical Co-operation Agency) has begun its development partnership with the private sector to develop Public Private Partnerships (PPP) programme. Under the programme, the Vietnamese coffee industry has been chosen to implement some projects, helping the industry to gain sustainable development. Doan Trieu Nhan, chairman of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA), said that over the past two decades, the Vietnamese coffee industry had seen rapid development with one million tonnes of exported coffee. However, the industry faces many difficulties, in particular water resources. Nhan said that it was necessary for Vietnam to protect the environmental, social and economic factors in order to build its coffee industry. The target of the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Coffee Industry’s Sustainable Development Strategy