A lack of consistency in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of unpredictable developments in the global economy and the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to affect the economy have resulted in Vietnam’s SDG Index being downgraded.

The news was released at the “Sustainable Development Goals in Vietnam: Implementation Process and Recommendations” workshop organized by the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Academy of Policy and Development on December 21.

Director of the Academy Tran Trong Nguyen said sustainability has become a pressing need and inexorable trend in the development process.

To demonstrate Vietnam’s commitment, the then Prime Minister promulgated the National Action Plan for the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in Decision No. 622/QD-TTg dated May 10, 2017. The country then developed a set of 17 sustainable development goals based on the UN’s SDGs in a spirit of “leaving no one behind”.

As a result, according to SDG Index, Vietnam has posted certain progress since 2015, ranking 68th in the Sustainable Development Index in 2017 and 49th in 2020.

However, it had bounced back to 55th position in 2022.