The UN in Viet Nam has released its latest interactive Annual Results Report 'Delivering as One' which showcases the progress made by UN Agencies working in the past year. The penultimate year of the One Plan 2012 -2016, 2015 proved to be another landmark year for the UN, with the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon inaugurating the new Green One UN House in May, as well as marking the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations in October.

The UN also played a key role in helping Viet Nam prepare for the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals, and helped Viet Nam prepare to participate in key events on the global stage, including the Finance for Development Summit in Addis Ababa, the Sustainable Development Summit in New York and the Climate Change Summit COP 21 in Paris.

It was also another important year for delivering results. In January 2015, together with the Prime Minister, the UN launched the Secretary-General's Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC) Initiative which is providing a strong platform for Viet Nam to address a number of SDGs. Building on this, a new UN joint project on 'Integrated nutrition and food security strategies for children and vulnerable groups in Viet Nam' moved into action, with financial support from the Sustainable Development Goals Fund.

Throughout the year, the UN came together with other development partners for high-level advocacy to address chronic deprivation in the ethnic minority areas. The 'MDG Action Plan for Ethnic Minority Areas' and multi-dimensional poverty approach were approved by the Prime Minister, offering a comprehensive policy package for tackling chronic poverty to ensure access to quality public services.

The UN also advocated successfully for greater public consultation during legislative reforms, including the land reform process, but the opportunities overall for participation of civil society organizations remains limited. The UN increased its engagement and dialogue with civil society organizations and helped broker direct representation in a number of critical processes.

An important UN joint programme was launched tohelp improve the enabling conditions for civil society organizations, including support to engage a national network of civil society organizations in the formulation of a new Law on Association. An important UN joint programme was launched to help improve the enabling conditions for CSOs, including support to engage a national network of CSOs in the formulation of a new Law on Association.

In 2015, the Government developed the first draft of the new five-year national Socio-Economic Development Plan. The UN Country Team took the opportunity to contribute substantive comments from an SDG perspective that were prepared by the eight joint programming groups. UN engagement will continue in 2016 to help integrate SDGs and relevant targets into the SEDP and in the formulation of a government action plan to roll out the SDGs.

As in previous years the UN values the strong collaboration with Government and donors. This tripartite partnership is one of the major factors in the success of the Delivering as One initiative. The UN system looks forward to continuing to work closely with all our national and international partners to build a more inclusive, sustainable and equitable future for everyone in Viet Nam.

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