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Viet Nam moves towards MDGs (23/10)
06/08/2010 - 206 Lượt xem
The report,
co-authored by the Bangkok-based United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for
The report - MDGs:
Progress in Asia and the Pacific 2006 - said that the region as a whole, was on
track to achieve MDGs set by the UN like halving poverty and hunger, achieving
universal primary education and eliminating gender disparity in education. The
eight MDGs are targeted to be achieved by 2015.
Countries in the
region have been grouped into four categories according to their different
performance levels for achieving MDGs.
In the first group,
called "Moving ahead",
Three other groups
are marked as losing momentum, catching up and falling further behind.
The report also said
progress in many countries was slow and performance on some vital targets
unsatisfactory.
"The average
progress and relative performance of the region, however, is no reason for
early celebration," the report stated. "The absolute size of social
and economic deprivation remains enormous."
It pointed out the
remaining high figure of people requiring sanitation, underweight children,
infant mortality and the prevalence of HIV.
The report concluded
by asking developing countries to support institutions and policies required to
achieve the MDGs by committing more and efficient aid, ensuring fair trade and
working for realising a more equitable share of the global prosperity for the
poor.
Viet Nam has
fulfilled its commitments on poverty reduction ahead of schedule by reducing
the number of poor people to 19.7 million in 2004 from 40.4 million in 1993.
Source: Vietnam News
