A United Nations delegation yesterday met with the government to review a report on sustainable development and raise three points regarding social protection initiatives in the Kingdom. According to the UN, a government delegation is expected to attend a series of meetings with the Economic ...

In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This contained 17 items that have become known as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), intended to drive action in critically important areas to the year 2030. These Goals have ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs has reiterated its commitment to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating violence against children globally by 2030. ...

The Early Warning System is a global initiative that ensures local communities, and the organizations that support them, have verified information about proposed bank-funded projects likely to cause human and environmental rights abuses and provides clear strategies for advocacy before the project financing is approved ...

Cambodia’s national means of implementing Cambodian sustainable development goals (SDGs), while smaller in scale, have realized consistent growth in recent times. Cambodia has been increasingly funding its own development, through both tax and non-tax government revenue. For example, government revenue totalled $US 3.5 billion in ...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Mekong Delta to make breakthrough changes in mindset and actions, especially amidst severe climate change impacts, so that it could attain fast and sustainable development and be on a par with other Vietnamese regions in all aspects. PM ...

Throughout the Lower Mekong Countries (LMCs), local strategies are being developed to monitor the implementation of the SDGs. Yet, these metrics are not helpful without baseline data, which is inconsistent, if not unavailable entirely, for Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Cambodia. What data is available is often ...

  Việt Nam will take strong action to promote sustainable development, investing more in the workforce and advanced technologies, moving towards digital Government and digital society, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said. The PM was speaking at a conference on sustainable development in Hà Nội that he chaired alongside ...

Many Vietnamese enterprises lack understanding about sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are not applying them to their business, Tran Thi Lan Anh, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said at the forum “Responsible Business Forum – Vietnam” held in Ho ...

The Prime Minister is satisfied with the latest Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ranking where Thailand’s is in 40th place and the highest placed country in ASEAN. Deputy Government Spokesman Lt Gen Werachon Sukondhapatipak said the Prime Minister has acknowledged and is satisfied with Thailand’s latest position ...

Open Development Mekong is looking to hire a national Content and Research Assistant to contribute to research and content Development for Open Development Vietnam (ODV) site. The role is to provide research and data support to the Content and Research Officer who manages the ODV ...

The Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society is pushing for state offices to utilize Big Data and is aiming to connect all such agencies within the year. Minister of a Digital Economy and Society, Pichet Durongkavejroj, speaking at a seminar entitled “The Key to ...

As chair of Asean, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on the bloc to accelerate plans for sustainable development while speaking at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Gen Prayut urged a greater regional trade partnership and public participation, as well as ...

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has summoned permanent secretaries of all ministries to follow up on the implementation of government 4.0 policy. At a meeting of ministry permanent secretaries and high-ranking authorities on Friday (May 4), the Thai PM was briefed on the progress of Thailand ...

Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) or TGO set up a seminar on “Low-carbon and sustainable businesses meet SDGs” with the aim of disseminating business practices according to the sustainable Development Goals, including to create awareness among the private and public sectors about  such Goals.  ...

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is convening the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2018 in Bangkok on 28 – 30 March 2018. They are hosting a CALL FOR CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION to help inform the agenda “Transformation ...

As chair of Asean, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on the bloc to accelerate plans for sustainable development while speaking at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Gen Prayut urged a greater regional trade partnership and public participation, as well as ...

In the last regular meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Washington (ACW) with the Philippines as chair, I hosted a forum on environmental policy and public-private cooperation that would, hopefully, provide a deeper understanding of the priorities and initiatives toward sustainable and resilient development. Keep reading ...

The launching ceremony of the Multi-Dimensional Review (MDR) of Vietnam on December 8 held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was attended by MoFA Deputy ...

Thailand has been able to voluntarily implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and has achieved many aspects, especially solutions to environmental problems and social disparities by applying the philosophy of sufficiency economy initiated by His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.Keep reading ...