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The World's Cities in 2016: Data Booklet
This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on population estimates and projections published in World Urbani...
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Urban Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion
This publication on urban development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)—a first of its kind—reflects recognition of the greater potential roles of urban development, increas...
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Women in the Workforce: An Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific
This report shows that the low labor force participation of women is intimately related to how they allocate time between market and nonmarket activities. Indeed, in deciding wh...
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Making SDGs Work for Climate Change Hotspots
The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even ex...
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Joint Statement of the Implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production in ASEAN
Statement of the Ministers of Environment of the ASEAN member countries on implementing sustainable consumption and production.
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ABC of SCP: Clarifying Concepts on Sustainable Consumption and Production
This publication “ABC of SCP” aims to clarify the main terms and concepts related to sustainable consumption and production, and other terms associated with sustainable developm...
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Borderlines: Vietnam's booming furniture industry and timber smuggling in the Mekong Region
This report contains new information from field investigations carried out by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)and its partner Telapak. It exposes how the rapid growt...
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Women and sustainable development goals - Vietnam towards gender equity in 2030
This publication is a contribution of UN Women to the UN in Viet Nam. The report examines 17 sustainable development goals from a gender perspective and indicates that gender in...
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Desertification in Vietnam and climate change
The report mentions the current situation, causes of land degradation and desertification; solutions to drought and desertification; Land degradation and desertification in the ...
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Water governance systems in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam
This is the report of Mekong project 4 on water governance: Challenge Program for Water and Food Mekong. The analysis report explored the key challenges and weaknesses in imp...
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Measurement to Assess the Effectiveness of System-level and SDG Investing
The report examines how investors can chart a course to assess system-level issues (like those contained in the SDGs) appropriate for their specific situation, and then establis...
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Vietnam WASH Sector Brief
Rates of access to improved water and sanitation in Vietnam are better than neighbouring countries, however with 87 million people Vietnam is the thirteenth most populous nation...
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Vietnam Mine Action
Vietnam is neither a State Party nor a signatory to 1997 Mine Ban Treaty nor the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. The article lists some recommendations for action on comta...
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USAID country profile - Vietnam: property rights and resource governance
This report outlines land rights and land tenure issues in Vietnam. Key issues that may benefit from high impact interventions from donors are supporting women’s land rights, ad...
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The Law on Complaints
Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001 / QH10, the Congress issued the Law on Co...
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Activities of Consultancy, Judgment and Social Expertise by Vietnam Union of Scientific and Technical Assocations
This decision is in order to bring into full play the role and responsibility and exploit the intellectual potentials and contribution of Vietnam Union of Scientific and Technic...
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Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front
In order to enhance the role of Vietnam Fatherland Front in the cause of national renewal, contribute to exercising the socialist democracy, consolidate the cohesive relationshi...
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Taking Stock: An Update on Vietnam's Recent Economic Developments
A broad-based recovery in global economic activity has been taking hold since late 2016. Despite some moderation in economic activity in the first half of 2017, Vietnam’s econom...
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Ecosystem Value Estimation
The Ecosystem Value Estimator aims for the provision of a first guide to understand how economic losses are likely to relate to expected gains. Understanding this proportion is...
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Education: Distribution of Enrolment by Field of Study: Tertiary Education
The demand for higher education continues to grow as universities compete globally to attract students. But are students opting for private or public institutions? To what exten...