UN Special Rapporteur Highly Values Vietnam’s Progress on the Right to Development

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According to Surya Deva, Vietnam has made significant strides in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in various areas, such as poverty reduction, access to clean water and sanitation, resilient infrastructure development, and enhanced innovation.

In response, Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organization, and other international organizations in Geneva, affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of promoting and protecting human rights, including the right to development.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development Surya Deva (second from left) at the dialogue. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam appreciates the positive perspective of the Special Rapporteur regarding the country's achievements, commitments, and vision for comprehensive development, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, poverty reduction, resilient infrastructure development, innovation promotion, and ensuring the participation, contribution, and enjoyment of the people in the development process.

It always places people at the center of all development strategies, viewing them as the subject, driving force, and beneficiaries. The country does not try to achieve economic development at the expense of the environment, stressed Dung.

He also emphasized that Vietnam has been attaching importance to creating opportunities for its citizens to participate in and contribute to all policymaking and implementation processes, VNA reported.

At the event, Dung affirmed Vietnam's commitment to sustainable development, to the implementation progress of the Sustainable Development Goals and to engaging all stakeholders and collaborating with partners to achieve these goals for everyone by 2030.

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