A consultation conference on Việt Nam's voluntary national review of the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals was held on Friday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) jointly hosted a consultation conference on Việt Nam's voluntary national review (VNR) regarding the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) on Friday.

The VNR is a mechanism through which countries assess and present national progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda. Việt Nam conducted the VNR for the first time in 2018 and will submit the report with 41 other countries for the second time in 2023.

During the event, the head of the MPI’s Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment, Lê Việt Anh, expressed Việt Nam's hopes to share its achievements and progress in realizing the 2030 Agenda, which was adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 and consists of 17 SDGs.

The country will also present the difficulties and challenges it experienced during the process.

With the report, Việt Nam continues to give strong and persistent commitments to working with international friends in implementing SDGs for a sustainable, inclusive and prosperous world for all, said Anh.

He praised the positive contributions from relevant parties inside and outside the countries, especially from the German Government, through important support throughout the process of building and completing the report, as well as from the UN through technical assistance for the work.

Dennis Quennet, Chief Advisor of the GIZ Macroeconomic Reforms/Green Growth Programme in Việt Nam, said the GIZ would share German and international experience to ensure that Việt Nam successfully implements its sustainable development commitments.

Naomi Kitahara, Acting Resident Representative of the UN in Việt Nam, lauded the Vietnamese Government’s creative exploitation of data resources, using in-depth analysis and mobilising a wide range of stakeholders in developing the VNR 2023.

She pointed out that investing in social welfare and energy transition alone can accelerate SDG progress. The UN estimates that each dollar invested in social security can generate more than one dollar of GDP, ensuring greater socio-economic benefits, contributing to sustainable and inclusive growth and leaving no one behind.

The UN encouraged the Government of Việt Nam to continue to develop and implement follow-up actions to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs after the VNR is completed, she said. — VNS