Hunger, lack of education, and violence are not inevitable. Extreme poverty must be something we all strive to eradicate.
“1 of the 4 films developed by the trainees of “Communication – Narrow the Gap” initiative that provides communications skills for persons with disabilities”
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The exhibition aims to break gender stereotypes that are putting both women and men in certain ways of being, thus hampering their ability to fully realize their potentials.
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The comprehensive campaign conducted by the Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (VNDMA), Ministry of Agriculture and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Government of Japan on tsunami awareness and disaster prevention in schools was launched in Cau Giay High school in Hanoi.
A competition, the SDG Challenge 2017, was launched to find innovative business ideas with global scalability and high social impact to realize SDGs.
The project aims to increase the resilience and reducing vulnerability of local infrastructure in the northern mountains areas of Vietnam.
Criminal Lawyers Exchange Knowledge and Skills to Protect Human Rights in Viet Nam
The developments in criminal law have generated a healthy debate among lawyers in Viet Nam about how these principles and provisions can be practically applied by the legal community.
New understandings of poverty help target drought recovery efforts
In the past families were identified as poor simply by measuring their level of income. But thanks to a new ‘multi-dimensional approach to poverty’ recently introduced nationwide by the Government of Viet Nam, more vulnerable families are able to receive emergency support.
Final Report: Feasibility Study for a Provincial Environmental Performance Index in Viet Nam
This report documents the progress/ results of Viet Nam in implementing MDGs throughout the period from 2001 to 2015. Along this 15-year journey of moving towards MDG achievement, after the first report compiled by UNDP in 2002, the country has developed annual Country Reports in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2013 that described the progress for each time period.
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About Viet Nam
91.7 millions
Population
13.5%
Poverty rate
$2.111
GNI per capita
0.683
Human Dev. Index