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Accelerating Viet Nam’s progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals

Poor households in Quang Binh receive resilient houses

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4M Initiative (Meet-Match-Mentor-Move)

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Mangrove Revitalization in Viet Nam’s Coastal Provinces

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Grassroots telemedicine – Phase 2 results and future planning

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Amplifying the voice of people with disabilities in Viet Nam

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Stories from Viet Nam

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First-ever podcast ‘Descendants of Hai Ba Trung’

UNDP Viet Nam is producing its first-ever podcast ‘Descendants of Hai Ba Trung’ or ‘Hậu duệ Hai Bà Trưng’, showcasing voices from the frontline of the climate crisis. Each episode showcases the journey of women from all backgrounds sharing their experiences in mobilizing their communities and taking action in the field of agriculture, disaster risk reduction, circular economy etc; to adapt and mitigate climate change.

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News
The path toward gender parity in politics in Viet Nam

When it comes to women in political decision-making, Vietnam has in place an adequate legal framework to ensure gender equality in political and public life. UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi wrote the comment in her article entitled “The path toward gender parity in politics in Vietnam” on the occasion of Vietnamese Women’s Day.

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UXO-free land new home to farmers from flood-prone areas

In anticipation of this year’s flood and storm season, farmers living in the flood-prone areas have been relocated to a higher area in Cat Nhon commune, Phu Cat district in Binh Dinh province.

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What we do

UNDP has been working closely with the Government of Viet Nam and other partners to expand the choices for people and ensure that everyone has equal access to opportunities to realize their full potential.

Our current Country Programme Document (2022-2026) is directly aligned to Viet Nam’s priorities set out in the Socio - Economic Development Strategy, supporting the Government to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The programme is guided by the UNDP Strategic Plan and enhanced by the three enablers: Strategic innovation, Digitalization, and Development financing.

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Sustaining Rapid Reduction of Poverty in All Dimensions and Everywhere in Viet Nam - Viet Nam Multi-dimensional Poverty Report 2021

The Report provides a detailed analysis of productive employment, basic social services, and social protection for all as key pathways to sustaining Vietnam’s multidimensional poverty reduction achievements. In Viet Nam, productive employment increased substantially in the past ten years. The report proposes recommendations for sustaining rapid reduction of poverty in all dimensions and throughout Vietnam along three pathways: (i) promoting broad-based growth and inclusive development through productive employment, (ii) improving delivery of quality social services, and (iii) enhancing resilience through expansion of social protection, particularly the adoption of digital technology in registration and payment.

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Our impact

300K

vulnerable people

benefited from resilient housing and coastal livelihood improvement

15

million people

to benefit from the new higher Multidimensional Poverty line co-developed by UNDP-MOLISA

27

million people

received the Government's social protection packages, as a result of UNDP's support on digital transformation and COVID-19 impact assessments.

162K

citizens

have their governance assessment heard by central and local governments through PAPI survey

320K

people

accessed legal aid services

450K

people

in mine contaminated areas joined risk education to improve their resilience

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