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The role volunteers play in society will be addressed at Thailand’s 2nd National Conference on Volunteerism on Wednesday and Thursday.
The conference will focus on the significant contribution volunteers can make to the achievement of sustainable development goals.
Hattaya Wongsaengpaiboon, programme manager of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) |Asia Pacific – the world’s leading international |development organisation that has been fighting poverty by harnessing the power of volunteering – said that an interest in volunteering work has |significantly increased worldwide over the recent years, not only in response to natural disasters but also social issues.
At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 held last year in New York, the leaders of virtually all countries around the globe, as well as many personalities from the civil society and the business, supported the adoption of the 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDG). These goals will help shape sustainable development policies and actions around the world for the next 15 years.
“In this context, volunteering saw its importance reinforced as a people-centered approach to help address development challenges. Indeed, volunteering typically involves cross-sectoral collaborative actions, and therefore significantly contributes to the achievement of SDG 17, which aims to |revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development,” said Hattaya.

SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR VIETNAM-CAMBODIA TRADE

There is untapped potential for Vietnam |and Cambodia to foster bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, investment and tourism.
This message was delivered by Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du during a |business conference held on Thursday in Cambodia.
The ambassador said bilateral ties have experienced encouraging results over the past years.
Vietnam is considered one of Cambodia’s |leading economic partners with two-way trade reaching US$3.4 billion (Bt118 billion) in 2015. Trade is expected to reach $5 billion in 2017. In term of investment, Vietnam has, till date, invested $2.85 billion in 182 projects in Cambodia. Vietnam also recorded the largest number of travellers to this neighbouring country with some 990,000 recorded in 2015, Du said.
In his speech at the event, Chea Vuthy, vice | general of the Council for Development of Cambodia, gave a brief overview of the country’s investment climate and policies. He also spoke| highly on the effective contribution of Vietnamese businesses to his country’s socio-economic development and to the economic co-operation between the two countries. – Viet Nam News