UN Special Rapporteur assesses Vietnam's progress

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development affirmed that he has witnessed Vietnam's impressive progress in economic development and implementation of social security programs.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development - Mr. Surya Deva at the dialogue session. (Photo: Anh Hien/VNA)

According to a VNA correspondent in Geneva, within the framework of the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Switzerland, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development - Mr. Surya Deva on September 18 had a dialogue with countries about his activities in the past year.

Regarding the visit to Vietnam from November 9-15, 2023, the Special Rapporteur on the right to development thanked the Vietnamese Government , relevant agencies and organizations for their cooperation during the visit; affirmed that he had witnessed Vietnam's impressive progress in economic development and implementation of social security programs.

He also affirmed that Vietnam has made significant progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in many areas such as poverty reduction, access to clean water and sanitation, development of resilient infrastructure and enhancement of innovation.

He also appreciated the Vietnamese Government's multidimensional poverty reduction approach.

Speaking at the dialogue session, Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam in Geneva, affirmed Vietnam's consistent policy in promoting and protecting human rights, including the right to development.

Vietnam always puts people at the center of every development strategy, as the subject, the driving force and the beneficiary.

Vietnam does not sacrifice the environment for economic development. This is also what the Special Rapporteur on the right to development directly witnessed and heard during his visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam considered the visit a success and appreciated the constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur, facilitating the exchange of information on the realization of the right to development and the Sustainable Development Goals in Vietnam.

Vietnam also highly appreciated the Special Rapporteur's positive views on Vietnam's achievements, commitments and vision in comprehensive national development, implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, eradicating poverty, developing resilient infrastructure, promoting innovation, and ensuring people's participation, contributions and benefits in the development process.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung affirmed Vietnam's consistent policy in promoting and protecting human rights. (Photo: Anh Hien/VNA)

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung emphasized that Vietnam always attaches importance to creating conditions for people to participate and contribute to all policy making and implementation processes.

“People know, people discuss, people do, people inspect, people supervise, people benefit” are important principles, institutionalized and realized through many domestic frameworks.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung also affirmed Vietnam's commitment to sustainable development, including prioritizing investment in human resources, science and technology and innovation; improving infrastructure; developing a green and circular economy; enhancing resilience to natural disasters and climate change; perfecting socialist-oriented market institutions; promoting public administration reform; promoting the participation of vulnerable groups in decision-making; continuing to reform the social security system to enhance community resilience and support vulnerable groups; stabilizing macroeconomic foundations; mobilizing and effectively using financial resources for sustainable development; improving the availability of data to enhance monitoring of progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals; and mobilizing all stakeholders and working with partners to achieve the Goals for all by 2030.

Finally, Ambassador Mai Phan Dung affirmed his support for the Special Rapporteur on the right to development and wished to continue cooperating with the United Nations human rights mechanisms in the coming time./.

(Vietnam News Agency/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/bao-cao-vien-dac-biet-cua-lien-hop-quoc-danh-gia-tien-bo-cua-viet-nam-post977635.vnp