(VOVworld) - Vietnam has made remarkable progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and has been successful in meeting many of them, including halving extreme poverty and hunger rates, improving people’s access to water and sanitation, achieving universal primary education as well as gender equality in education.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the Vietnam News Agency before his visit to Vietnam from May 22-23, in which he talked about the aims of the visit and made recommendations for the country in its transition to the post-2015 sustainable development goals. He said beyond 2015, Vietnam must ensure that progress is shared by all groups of the population, including ethnic minority communities and people living close to the poverty line.
The country needs to make sure that people are not sent back into extreme poverty by economic or natural disasters. The UN Chief was confident that the post-2015 era will open up new opportunities for Vietnam and help it focus on overcoming the remaining challenges it faces to achieve sustainable development for all.
During his 2^nd visit to Vietnam as the UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki Moon will discuss with Vietnamese leaders environmental sustainability and climate change and open the Green One UN House - an eco-friendly building now home to the UN family working in Viet Nam. He is expected to engage with students at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.