Ha Noi, June 10 2010 - The launch of UNDP’s regional Human Development Report (HDR) for Asia Pacific in early March 2009 in Hanoi was an example of how the One UN Communications Team has facilitated a stronger and more coherent UN voice on key development challenges in Viet Nam.
The HDR focused on important issues for Viet Nam that relate to the work of multiple UN agencies: gender equality and economic power, political decision-making and legal rights. To ensure that the expertise and views of relevant agencies were included, the Communications Team coordinated a joint UN approach for the national press launch: an interagency panel consisting of heads of agencies from UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM (part of UN Women) and ILO, along with the UN Resident Coordinator and the UN Gender Advisor, shared their views and answered questions from more than 40 media representatives.
This approach strengthened the focus on the issues, with the UN providing a clear multi-dimensional perspective on gender in Viet Nam and representatives of each participating agency providing their unique insights.
April 2009, Hanoi - More than 40 United Nations staff from five agencies in Viet Nam (UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNIFEM and UNAIDS) joined staff from Viet Nam’s General Statistics Office and other partners to help monitor the 2009 Population and Housing Census in 21 provinces during 1-15 April of 2009. This was the first time that UN agencies in Viet Nam jointly monitored a national census, and their work underscored the importance of quality data for both the Government and the UN.
Hoa Binh, Viet Nam, May 2010 - Nguyen Thi Gai is a farmer living in Hoa Binh, a mountainous province in the north of Viet Nam. Her 15-year-old son died after he was seriously injured at a construction site, where he had been working to support his family. At the hospital, doctors found out Gai’s son had been suffering from malnutrition for a while. Gai’s family had never qualified to receive support from Government schemes as they live above the official poverty line. Yet Gai’s income was not enough to provide for her children’s education and nutritional needs. Her four children, three daughters and one son, only attended primary school and all of them started working during their teen years. 
Ha Noi, 2 December 2009 - What are the main climate change challenges facing Viet Nam? What policies are needed to ensure that Viet Nam continues on a path of sustainable human development? These are the main questions addressed in 
Pham Xuan Tung talks eagerly and takes notes for his group during a biology lesson on HIV transmission and the virus’ replication in blood cells. This new type of highly interactive class is something Tung, a student at Hoang Quoc Viet upper secondary school in Dong Trieu District, Quang Ninh Province, clearly enjoys. 
Hung Yen Province, Viet Nam - The interview proceeded with typical formality and courtesy: 
