At the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has recorded remarkable achievements in materialising
11 priority actions prescribed in the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration
on Population and Development over the past 25 years, heard a meeting in Hanoi
on July 10.
According
to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien, these achievements cover poverty
reduction, employment, reproductive and sexual health, services and rights,
minors and youths.
Head
Representative of the (UNFPA), Astrid
Bant said this year marks the 25th anniversary of the International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the 50th founding anniversary of the UN fund, adding the fund has set forth a new
strategic plan to support the 2030 Agenda and consolidate its commitments to the
action plan of the ICPD.
At
the ICPD, which was held in Egypt in 1994, 179 countries, including Vietnam,
adopted an action plan on population and development, under which they agreed
that humans should be placed at the centre and women should be empowered.
Statistics
show that rate of in the least developed countries using modern
contraceptive methods increased from 15 percent in 1994 to 37 percent at
present.
The
maternal mortality rate (deaths per 100,000 live births) in these countries
also halved during the period, from about 800 deaths in 1994.
Vietnam
and other countries worldwide have begun to implement the 2030 Agenda on
Sustainable Development since 2016, aiming to achieve the 17 sustainable
development goals.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
