Vice Principal Hoang Anh Tuan received Ms. Caitlin Wiesen (UNDP Country Director)

Ms. Caitlin Wiesen thanked the University of Social Sciences and Humanities for coordinating the Social Good Summit event on the University campus at the beginning of the new school year. The Social Good Summit is an annual event of the UNDP globally, aiming to exchange and seek creative solutions, promoting the resolution of challenges that countries are facing.

UNDP leaders also shared about the ongoing activities related to youth organized by UNDP such as: Social Entrepreneurship Support Program - Youth CoLab, National Assembly Simulation Program, Communication Initiative Competition on Gender Equality - HowAbnormal... UNDP is very pleased to welcome the participation of the University's students.

According to the Youth Survey Report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) conducted by UNDP, the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam and partners in early 2018, more than 7,000 young people from 63 provinces and cities of Vietnam participated in the survey. Of which, nearly 75% of young people participating in the survey had never heard of the SDGs. Therefore, organizing events to introduce the SDGs to a large number of young people, such as the Social Good Summit, is very necessary.

Currently, the School has sent staff to participate in the ASEAN My World survey - an initiative launched by UNDP and the ASEAN Secretary General to survey the general public's understanding of the SDGs. There have been nearly 1,200 survey participants in Vietnam, making Vietnam the ASEAN country with the largest number of survey participants. In 2020, Vietnam will become the rotating Chair of ASEAN. The high number of participants in the ASEAN My World survey in Vietnam will be good news, contributing to Vietnam's active participation in the bloc's common activities.

In response, Vice Rector Hoang Anh Tuan said that the two sides have a lot of potential for future cooperation in youth activities and other fields. The two sides can organize guest lectures with the participation of experts from UNDP; organize sharing activities for students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on Sustainable Development and other related contents.