A conference was held in Hanoi on March 17 to discuss the National Assembly’s (NA) role in the implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the 2000-2015 period, as well as Vietnam ’s post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
Addressing the event, NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said that over the past 15 years, by responsibly striving to realise the eight MDGs, Vietnam has achieved a number of important results, especially in poverty reduction, gender equality and education. These successes have been recognised by the international community.
The country fulfilled the goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in 2002, while completing primary education popularisation in 2010, she noted, adding that Vietnam is now working towards universal secondary and high school education.
Vietnam is also seeing improvements in gender equality and women’s empowerment and has successfully controlled malaria, prevented the spread of HIV and wiped out a number of other fatal diseases, Phong stated. The country will soon reach its goal to reduce child mortality, she added.
The NA Vice Chairwoman called for participants to clarify the role that the assembly plays in proposing policies, implementing sustainable development goals and supervising progress.
She also suggested that attendees recommend the agenda for the forthcoming 132 nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132) during discussions on the sustainable development goals.
Meanwhile, Pratibha Mehta, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam , said sustainable development is one of the key post-2015 topics for Vietnam as well as other medium-income countries.
She stated that the implementation of sustainable development goals requires a stronger approach to public management from parliaments at global and national levels, together with their drastic engagement in policy-making. Partnerships among ministries, localities, civil society organisations and private firms must be enhanced as part of this effort, she argued.
During the conference, participants also evaluated the country’s 17 sustainable developments goals and its capacity to realise them.
The proposals will add information for the Vietnamese delegation at the IPU-132, which will be hosted by Vietnam for the first time from March 28 to April 1.-VNA
Parliament’s role in realising MDGs discussed Related image(s)
0 comments:
Post a Comment