Ambassador Do Hung Viet, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, handed over the Vietnamese translation of the “Pact for the Future” to President of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly Philemon Yang at the “Multilingualism in Action” high-level event held in New York on July 18.

The world has entered a full 10 years on the journey towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, according to a recently released United Nations report, only 35% of SDGs are on track or have made certain progress. Many goals have even regressed, putting the world at risk of missing the SDGs.