Our work in Viet Nam

WHO’s work in Viet Nam is based on the country’s need for support in implementing its national health policies, strategies and plans (NHPSP) to address key health issues and fulfil its commitment to the WHO Constitution and other international health laws and treaties. Global and regional priorities as well as joint priorities with the United Nations further guide the work of WHO in Viet Nam. Providing the overarching framework is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015.

One Strategic Plan 2017 - 2021

The One Strategic Plan 2017-2021 represents the programmatic and operational framework for delivering United Nations (UN) support to the Government over the next five years and sets out how the UN will deliver as one in support of national development priorities. The Plan is aligned with the Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2011-2020, the Socio-Economic Development Plan 2016-2020, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Viet Nam’s international human rights commitments.

In preparation, the UN conducted an Independent Review of the One Plan 2012-2016, a Common Country Assessment, a Consultative Review of the Role, Position and Partnerships for the UN in a Lower Middle-Income Context, a strategic planning process and extensive consultations with the Government, development partners and other stakeholders.

National health policies, strategies and plans of Viet Nam

All top-level decisions in the country come from the Communist Party of Viet Nam. In October 2017, the sixth plenary session of the 12th Party Central Committee adopted a new resolution on the protection, care and improvement of people’s health (No. 20-NQ/TW). It updated the previous resolution of the 7th Party Central Committee in 1992. Incorporating findings from a stock-take of the implementation of the 1992 resolution and an assessment of the current situation, the new resolution includes set viewpoints and objectives of national health policy as well as major tasks and specific targets to achieve by 2025 and 2030.

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