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From customary law through "huong uoc" (village rules) to the state law
Huong uoc” is of the Viet (Kinh) majority people and the product of village culture. It was written in Han (Chinese), Nom (Demotic or ancient Vietnamese) or Vietnamese scripts, ...
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Decree No. 23/2006/ND-CP On the implementation of the law on forest protection and development
This Decree provides for forest protection and development plannings and plans; allocation of forests, lease of forests, recovery of forests, conversion of forest use purposes, ...
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ADB and the Sustainable Development Goals
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a universal call to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all. They form part of the 2030 Ag...
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Delivering on the 2030 Agenda
Statement by the Heads of the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developmen...
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Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform: Voluntary National Reviews Database
This online review platform is dedicated to compiling information from countries participating in the voluntary national reviews of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable...
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About the ACSS Committee
The ACSS is a partnership between and among the national statistical systems of the ASEAN Member States (AMSs), the ASEAN Community Councils, and the ASEAN Secretariat.
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Thematic Working Groups - Statistics
Supports the implementation of the 2030 Agenda through effective and efficient support for SDG monitoring at the country-level, and a sustainable approach to statistical capacit...
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The Sustainable Development Goals: Tracking Progress and Engaging Stakeholders in Review
The Sustainable Development Goals are a complex and ambitious framework for transformative change. ESCAP is supporting monitoring, review and follow up on the Sustainable Develo...
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Asia: IFC Emerging Asia Fund
Information on AIIB's commitment to IFC's Emerging Asia Fund
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AIIB Proposed Projects as of April 2018
dataset on AIIB proposed projects
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AIIB Approved Projects as of April 2018
Dataset of projects approved by AIIB.
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2017 Lao Social Indicator Survey II to Provide data for the SDGs
The Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS) II is a nation-wide household-based survey with a sample size of 23,400, covering all of the country’s 18 provinces. It aims to generate d...
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The Global Gender Gap Report 2017
The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their pr...
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Third National Report on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Since Lao PDR has become a party of the Convention on Biological Diversity on September 20, 1996 and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on November 1, 2004. The Lao government ...
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Building the foundations for inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Cambodia
Cambodia will need to diversify the economy providing productive employment opportunities for the 275,000 youths reaching the working age population annually if the returns to l...
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It's Time to Move Towards Environmental Sustainability
June 5th marks the annual World Environment Day, a time to reflect on the importance of protecting the environment. In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted 17 Susta...
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UNFPA steps-up the SDG localization in Cambodia
The seventeen sustainable development goals adopted at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last year, September 2015, aim to make a better world over the next 15 yea...
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Who will finance development in Cambodia?
The Government is well positioned to lead and finance the next stage of national development. Managing partnerships with the private sector will be of increased importance while...
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Nature-Based Solutions for Building Resilient Cities
These examples from the Greater Mekong Subregion demonstrate approaches of immediate relevance for other towns and regions throughout Asia with extensive coastlines, riverine an...
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The Lower Mekong Dams Factsheet Text
The governments of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam are planning to build eleven large hydropower dams on the Lower Mekong River. If built, these dams would destroy the riv...