(ĐN)- Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said he hopes that the UN will continue to co-operate with and assist Vietnam and support the country’s bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in the 2008-2009 period
(ĐN)- Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said he hopes that the UN will continue to co-operate with and assist
Vietnam and support the country’s bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in the 2008-2009 period.
Receiving UN General Secretary Kofi Annan in Hanoi on May 24, Mr Manh said that Vietnam actively participates in UN activities and co-operates closely with UN organizations in dealing with regional and global issues. He voiced Vietnam’s strong support for UN reforms to heighten the global body’s role, prestige and effective operations to cope with new challenges in maintaining peace and security and promoting sustainable development.
The Party General Secretary thanked the UN for its effective assistance and co-operation with Vietnam in implementing socio-economic development programmes as well as the UN Millennium Development Goals, thus improving people’s living conditions.
Vietnam will strive to lift the country out of its underdeveloped country status by 2010 and become an industrial nation by 2020, stressed Mr Manh.
He affirmed that with the achievements obtained in the past 20 years of Renewal, Vietnam is ushering in a new stage of development – a stage of accelerating national industrialization and modernization and implementing social progress and equality through mobilization and better utilization of all resources.
He reiterated Vietnam’s consistent foreign policy of openness, independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of international relations for the sake of peace, co-operation and development, while actively participating in the regional and international co-operation process.
The Party leader spoke highly of the significance of Mr Annan’s visit to Vietnam, which he said, showed the concern and support of the UN and the international community for Vietnam’s renewal and development.
For his part, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed his pleasure at visiting Vietnam for the first time. He praised the significant achievements obtained by the Vietnamese people during the past 20 years of Renewal, and hoped that Vietnam will share its successes in implementing the UN Millennium Development Goals with other developing countries.
The United Nations will strengthen co-operation with and assistance to Vietnam, affirmed the UN Secretary General.
He said he hopes that Vietnam will make further contributions to UN activities, play its leading role in implementing UN initiatives for developing countries and actively participate in the UN reform, as well as increase the role and position of the UN in dealing with global issues.
He expressed his belief in the prospect of Vietnam’s future development and wished Vietnamese people greater successes in the renewal process and sustainable development.
(Source: VOV)
