The United Nations wants to spread Vietnam's successful experience in development

On April 17, at the Presidential Palace, Politburo member and President Luong Cuong received Ms. Amina Mohammed - Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations on the occasion of her visit to Vietnam to attend the 4th Summit on Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals (P4G) in Hanoi.

The President emphasized that this is the first multilateral summit in the field of green growth, green transformation and sustainable development hosted by Vietnam and highly appreciated the participation of Ms. Amina Mohammed, thereby affirming the United Nations' commitment to promoting green growth, responding to global challenges as well as to the Vietnam - United Nations cooperation relationship.

Pleased to share the country's great and historic development achievements since the achievement of peace and unity, the President thanked the United Nations for the valuable support that the United Nations has always given to Vietnam from the post-war reconstruction period to the process of innovation and international integration.

Affirming strong support for multilateralism with the United Nations playing a central role, the President stated that Vietnam is steadfast in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization and diversification; is an active and responsible member of the international community in solving global issues.

Sharing the vision of national development in the new period, the President suggested that the United Nations continue to support Vietnam in a number of priority areas, including the implementation of sustainable development goals, building a rule of law state, digital transformation, green transformation, responding to climate change and global challenges.

Ms. Amina Mohammed thanked the President for taking the time to meet, expressed his impression of Vietnam's development achievements in recent times and was pleased to affirm the good and extensive development of the Vietnam - United Nations cooperation over the past nearly ten years. The United Nations highly appreciated Vietnam's role and contributions to the activities of the United Nations and wished to share Vietnam's successful development experience with United Nations partners.

The Deputy Secretary General shared a number of activities that the United Nations is promoting with Vietnam, including implementing the results of the Future Summit (New York, September 2024), preparing for the 2nd World Summit on Social Development, the 30th Conference of the Parties to participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), and the 4th International Conference on Finance for Development.

On this occasion, the two sides discussed the world and regional situation, challenges facing multilateralism and agreed to strengthen cooperation, jointly promote multilateral cooperation and the role of the United Nations in global governance, preserve and promote the United Nations' principles and founding values since its establishment in 1945.

The two sides also discussed issues that orient Vietnam - United Nations relations in the coming time, including green growth, sustainable development, innovation, digital transformation as well as increasing the participation of young people and women in these processes.

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