Vietnam will further intensify the long-term efforts that it has made over the past more than four years to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for a sustainable fisheries sector and the lifting of the European Commission's "yellow card" warning on the country.

A five-year project which aims at shifting Vietnam's private sector toward sustainable energy use has been officially launched in southern Tay Ninh province.

VOV.VN - The nation is set to achieve an export value of wood and forest products of US$20 billion by 2025, a figure over US$9 billion higher than the current level, with the export turnover of local wood products set to hit US$18.5 billion.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to promoting gender equality, making great strides in its sustained efforts to achieve its target, according to Colombian Ambassador Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Melo.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, called for enhancing programmes and activities for women capacity building at local, national and international levels in order to promote sustainable peace and women's economic empowerment.

The Vietnamese Government has made significant progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG5 on Gender Equality, said Elisa Fernandez Saenz, UN Women Representative in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese women have shown their capabilities and virtues in any situations, making great contributions to the causes of national construction, development, and international integration.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a memorandum of understanding and launched a project on programme development and policy advising on multidimensional and sustainable poverty reduction for 2021-2023.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations, after a week in New York to take on a new assignment, on February 25 presented the Letter of Credence from President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the UN Secretary General António Guterres.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on February 23 by the Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Swedish Workplace Programme (SWP) to discuss how social dialogue contributes to sustainable business during and post pandemic.