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Fri, 09/26/2008 - 21:08
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Stronger measures needed to achieve MDGs: Deputy PM
New York (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem said on September
25 that Vietnam gives top priority to poverty reduction and is taking
strong measures to achieve eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by
2015.
Deputy PM Khiem, who is also Vietnam 's Foreign Minister, made the
statement at a roundtable on poverty during the United Nations General
Assembly high-level meeting on MDGs which took place in New York on
September 25.
" Vietnam was recognised by the UN and other development partners as
having recorded successes in realising MDGs. Some targets have been achieved
or surpassed and it is very likely that we will fulfill the remaining
targets ahead of 2015," Khiem said.
Vietnam 's poverty rate was reduced from 58 percent in 1993 to 14.7
percent in 2007 according to the national poverty line and these figures
were 58 percent in 1993 and 24 percent in 2004 respectively according to the
international line, he said, adding that with what it has achieved, the
country has fulfilled the MDGs on poverty reduction.
"In fact, we partly owed these achievements to a policy initiated by the
late President Ho Chi Minh in 1945 when Viet Nam regained her
independence that is to fight three enemies, namely foreign invaders, hunger
and poverty and illiteracy.
"Since then, each and every development plan has been formulated with both
economic and social considerations. Social progress and equity are now
incorporated into all development plans and policies. Eight MDGs have been
translated into 12 Viet Nam Development Goals (VDGs) and included in
national and provincial social and economic development plans."
The Deputy PM stressed that Vietnam gives top priority to poverty
reduction, adding that to this end, the government has carried out many
programmes, including infrastructure development, credit provision,
free-of-charge healthcare and education services in order to help the poor
improve their living conditions.
Deputy PM Khiem emphasised the need for a sustainable development policy,
saying that it makes efficient use of available resources, gives priority to
the poor and promotes international cooperation.
The deputy PM highlighted strategic significance of MDGs, saying that they
are framework for international development cooperation and a guide for
national socio-economic development policies.
MDGs could only be achieved with a peaceful environment, a stable world
economy, fairer international trade relations and more resources, Khiem
said.
He urged the UN, having a central role to play in the fulfillment of MDGs,
to reform itself and enhance its capacity as the body is required to take
stronger actions to address current challenges related to climate change,
energy security and food security.
The high-level meeting, attended by nearly 100 high-ranking officials along
with 192 representatives from UN member countries, took place at a time when
the global economy is struggling with various difficulties caused by
increasing fuel prices and widening financial crisis, which has seriously
hindered efforts to reduce poverty, universalise primary education and lower
child fatality rate and has posed new challenges to poor countries in the
implementation of one of the eight MDGs.
A number of events took place on the sidelines of the meeting, including the
launching of a global anti-malaria plan of action with the aim of wiping off
the disease by 2015.-Enditem
25 that Vietnam gives top priority to poverty reduction and is taking
strong measures to achieve eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by
2015.
Deputy PM Khiem, who is also Vietnam 's Foreign Minister, made the
statement at a roundtable on poverty during the United Nations General
Assembly high-level meeting on MDGs which took place in New York on
September 25.
" Vietnam was recognised by the UN and other development partners as
having recorded successes in realising MDGs. Some targets have been achieved
or surpassed and it is very likely that we will fulfill the remaining
targets ahead of 2015," Khiem said.
Vietnam 's poverty rate was reduced from 58 percent in 1993 to 14.7
percent in 2007 according to the national poverty line and these figures
were 58 percent in 1993 and 24 percent in 2004 respectively according to the
international line, he said, adding that with what it has achieved, the
country has fulfilled the MDGs on poverty reduction.
"In fact, we partly owed these achievements to a policy initiated by the
late President Ho Chi Minh in 1945 when Viet Nam regained her
independence that is to fight three enemies, namely foreign invaders, hunger
and poverty and illiteracy.
"Since then, each and every development plan has been formulated with both
economic and social considerations. Social progress and equity are now
incorporated into all development plans and policies. Eight MDGs have been
translated into 12 Viet Nam Development Goals (VDGs) and included in
national and provincial social and economic development plans."
The Deputy PM stressed that Vietnam gives top priority to poverty
reduction, adding that to this end, the government has carried out many
programmes, including infrastructure development, credit provision,
free-of-charge healthcare and education services in order to help the poor
improve their living conditions.
Deputy PM Khiem emphasised the need for a sustainable development policy,
saying that it makes efficient use of available resources, gives priority to
the poor and promotes international cooperation.
The deputy PM highlighted strategic significance of MDGs, saying that they
are framework for international development cooperation and a guide for
national socio-economic development policies.
MDGs could only be achieved with a peaceful environment, a stable world
economy, fairer international trade relations and more resources, Khiem
said.
He urged the UN, having a central role to play in the fulfillment of MDGs,
to reform itself and enhance its capacity as the body is required to take
stronger actions to address current challenges related to climate change,
energy security and food security.
The high-level meeting, attended by nearly 100 high-ranking officials along
with 192 representatives from UN member countries, took place at a time when
the global economy is struggling with various difficulties caused by
increasing fuel prices and widening financial crisis, which has seriously
hindered efforts to reduce poverty, universalise primary education and lower
child fatality rate and has posed new challenges to poor countries in the
implementation of one of the eight MDGs.
A number of events took place on the sidelines of the meeting, including the
launching of a global anti-malaria plan of action with the aim of wiping off
the disease by 2015.-Enditem
