Trần Minh Huế, Official

Department for Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment

Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam

Hai Phong, October 10, 2018

THE AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

AND THE NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGENDA 2030

MAIN CONTENT

▪ ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION OF GLOBAL SDGs

TARGETS AND INDICATORS IN THE CONTEXT OF

GEWE IN VIETNAM

▪ VIETNAM’S VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW

EXPERIENCE

▪ GLOBAL/REGIONAL FRAMEWORK RELATED TO GEWE

IN VIETNAM

NATIONAL ACTION PLAN

(Decision 622/ QD- TTg dated 10/05/2017)

SDGs versus VSDGs

169 specific targets (targets)

VSDGs

17 Corresponding VSDGs

115 specific targets (targets):

• 114 VN targets ~ 145 global targets

• 01 target nationalised in the VN

context about new rural development

232 SDG indicatorsVSDG Indicators (Circular No.

03/2019/TT-BKHDT): including 158

indicators (Route A&B)

NAP’S MAIN TASKS IN 2018 & 2019

2018 2019

➢Develop line-minitries’ and

localities’ NAP: 10 line-ministries &

11 provinces (Hanoi, Kon Tum,

Tuyen Quang, Phu Yen, Kien Giang,

Bac Kan, Gia Lai, Hai Duong, Hau

Giang, Bac Giang and Quang Nam)

developed/issued their sectoral/local

NAP

➢Develop & Promulgate the statistical

set of VSDGs Indicators

➢Develop and Present the Voluntary

National Report (VNR) at the High

Level Political Forum (HLPF)

➢Media activties, rasing awareness of

the whole society on SDGs:

Awareness raising workshops on

SDGs for the Assembly, civil society

organisations, journalists,

enterprises…

➢Develop the VSDGs Roadmap

➢Develop and Promulgate the Guidance on

integrating VSDGs into the planning. SEDP of

line ministries, localities

➢Develop and Promulgate the M&E framework

for VSDGs implementation

➢Develop plan to mobilise domestic and foreign

sources, including sources from the society,

private sector, ODA, FDI and other international

source; allocate sources prioritised for the

implementation of VSDGs and NAP.

➢ Integrate VSDGs into the development and

implementation of the 5-year and annual SEDP

➢M&E, Synthesise the NAP’s implementation

status & development of National report on

VSDGs and NAP implementation submitted to

the Gov., the Assembly

GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

GEWE prioritized to implement in route A

• Target 4.5.1: Gender equality in education and training

• Goal 5: To achieve gender equality, women

empowerment and creation of opportunities for women

and girls

• Goal 16: To promoting social equality for sustainable

development, create ability of accessing to justice for all

people; develop effective, accountable and participatory

institutions at all levels

VIETNAM’S VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW OF

IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs

▪ Gradually making gender equality a cross-cutting issue in all

political, economic, cultural, and social spheres with

remarkable results such as: women’s representation in the

National Assembly in the 2016-2021 term reaching 26.7 per-

cent; and, the year 2017 recorded 12 out of 30 government

ministries and agencies with female leaders holding minister

and deputy-minister positions; There is an increasing trend in

female-owned enterprises, at present 31.6 per-cent of

enterprises are female owned.

VIETNAM’S VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW OF

IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs

▪ A reduction in inequality and an improvement in the

promotion of access to justice and information.

▪ The principle of gender equality is mentioned in the

Constitution and important laws such as the Law on Gender

Equality, Law on Election of Deputies to the National

Assembly and People’s Councils, and Law on Support

for SMEs.

VIETNAM’S VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW OF

IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs

However:

• SDG 4: The gender gap is getting wider in access to

vocational training for some ethnic minority groups.

appropriate policies and measures to fill the gender gap

in training.

• SDG 5: Women still represent a lower percentage of

leadership roles than targeted in the women still

represent a lower percentage of leadership roles than

targeted in the National Strategy on Gender Equality in

2011-2020.

VIETNAM’S VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW OF

IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs

However:

• Early marriage and all forms of gender-based

violence in rural, mountainous and remote areas

heavily populated by ethnic minority people. Women

(72.9%) participating in the workforce remains lower

than men (83.0%) and a gender gap remains in

terms of salary. Women must do the vast majority of

unpaid housework.

VIETNAM’S VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REVIEW OF

IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs

• SDG 4: The gender gap is getting wider in access to

vocational training for some ethnic minority groups.

appropriate policies and measures to fill the

gender gap in training.

• SDG 5: The principle of gender equality is

mentioned in the Constitution and important laws

such as the Law on Gender Equality, Law on

Election of Deputies to the National Assembly and

People’s Councils, and Law on Support for SMEs.

GLOBAL/REGIONAL FRAMEWORK RELATED TO

GEWE IN VIETNAM

• Conventional on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination

against Women (CEDAW).

Propose to amend the Labor Code in terms of equality in the

job sector and equal retirement ages for men and women.

• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: COP 18 in

Doha call mechanisms to track progress toward gender

balance

• Land rights is high profile issue where the empowerment of

women need to be cultivated.

• UN-REDD programme focuses on how gender should be

mainstreamed and women empowered through

implementation

• Disaster Risk Reduction: roles of women in DRR and CC

adaptation

Thank You For Your Listening!