Lesser Whisling Ducks at Cat Tien National Park - (c) WWF Viet Nam
Protecting Biodiversity: Focus on concrete actions - This year’s international day for Biological Diversity to celebrate “Water and Biodiversity” recognizes the strong links between water security and biodiversity conservation. As Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, noted in his message today, “We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality often fails to meet minimum standards. Under current trends, future demands for water will not be met. Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides are central to achieving the vision of a water-secure world. Where once the focus was on trade-offs between water use and biodiversity, today we are coming to understand how biodiversity and water security are mutually reinforcing.”
Ha Noi, 14 May 2013 – The second annual results of an innovative governance survey released today warn that bribery remains widespread in the public sector, and that many citizens perceive bribery to be on the rise. Nearly 14,000 people were interviewed in the latest survey of the Viet Nam Governance and Public Administration Performance Index, PAPI, which was conducted by CECODES in collaboration with the Viet Nam Fatherland Front, with support from the UN. PAPI is the largest ever survey tool for measuring the quality of public services in Viet Nam.
Ha Noi, 8 May (ILO News) – The world youth unemployment rate this year is close to its crisis peak and is not expected to decline before 2018, according to a new ILO report. Unemployment rate among young people in Viet Nam is also more than three times higher than the adult rate. The global youth unemployment rate is projected to reach almost 13 per cent in 2013 – the equivalent of 73 million young people, according to a new report launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland today.
Ha Noi, 6 May 2013 - On 6 May, 2013 countries around the world will hold various activities to mark the Second UN Road Safety Week from 6-12 May, 2013. At the request of the UN General Assembly, this year’s theme will focus on “Pedestrian safety”. This week is an excellent opportunity to encourage Governments, Institutions, NGOs and other partners to take further actions to improve road safety and contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Decade of Actions to reduce 5 million deaths by 2020.
