Vietnam's 17 sustainable development goals to 2030 include these three goals among its seventeen: eliminating all forms of poverty in any localities; ensuring quality, equitable, and inclusive education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all; achieving gender equality; empowering and creating opportunities for women and girls.

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on and required authorities at all levels to step up efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as protection of citizens’ health and lives is the “supreme” goal.