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Submitted by ctv_en_6 on Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:41
In 2000, 189 United Nations member countries agreed to obtain 8 millennium development goals (MDGs) by 2015. With two-thirds of that time frame past, Vietnam has made significant achievements.

The eight MDGs are to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, to achieve universal primary education, to promote gender equality and empower women, to reduce child mortality, to improve maternal health, to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, to ensure environmental sustainability, and to develop a Global Partnership for Development.

According to a report on MDGs 2010 made by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam continues to achieve significant results in poverty reduction. The number of poor households has dropped in all regions, and local people’s living standards have improved significantly. The country has also obtained positive achievements in education, training, eradication of illiteracy and the improvement of women leadership in State agencies. The child mortality and malnutrition rates have decreased sharply. Spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases has been gradually controlled.

Vietnam is going ahead with its Agenda 21 to ensure environmental sustainability, increase forest coverage, fully exploit and economically use natural resources, and prevent environmental pollution and degradation. The country has also made great progress in establishing a global partnership for development, implementing an open door policy and actively integrating into the region and the world.

Although the report affirms that Vietnam will fulfill its MDGs on schedule in 2015, it points out two challenges to the country in the remaining time and in the long-term.

The first challenge is to ensure the MDGs are fulfilled for disadvantaged groups, especially ethnic minorities, and the rural and urban poor. The report shows that forward progress in poverty reduction among ethnic minority groups declines slightly while the development gap between rural and urban areas is still too wide. Also the maternal mortality rate is still high among poor and ethnic minority groups.

The second challenge is to make sustainable achievements in implementing MDGs given the fact that the country is suffering from the impact of the economic crisis, fluctuations in food and energy prices and climate change.

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