Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam always remembers the United Nations (UN)’support on the first days of its membership, Ambassador Dang HoangGiang, head of the Vietnam’s permanent delegation to the UN, has said.
In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Vietnam’s entry to the UN (September 20), Giang said there weretimes when the UN aid amounted to 60% of the total non-refundable assistance to Vietnamin the context that the country was under embargo.
Atpresent, the UN is also the top partner of Vietnam in terms of assistance for sustainabledevelopment, social welfare, poverty reduction and climate change response, the diplomat pointed out.
Overthe past more than four decades, Vietnam has made active contributions toimproving the role of the UN, building international law system and standardstoward a society of fairness and development and ensuring globalpeace and security, he said.
The diplomat affirmed that Vietnam’s successes in the process of renewal and nationaldevelopment are also the UN' own. Vietnam also succeeded in fulfilling the UN’ sustainable and millennial development goals, proving that goals set by the international organisation for the international community are completely feasible.
Vietnamalso became a member of the UN Security Council for the 2008-2009 and 2020-2021tenures, the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Economic and Social Council. Itjoined management mechanisms of the UN Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), became member of theUN’s International Law Commission twice and recently Vice President of the UN GeneralAssembly for the second time. With the deployment of its staff to the UNpeacekeeping mission, Vietnam has increasingly made effective contributions topeace and security in the region and the world, Giang said.
Fromits humble beginning as an aid recipient and less developed nation, Vietnam hasbecome one of the middle-income countries and is realising the UN’ major goalsin the near future.
PM Pham Minh Chinh (L) meets UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohamed (Photo: VNA) Accordingto him, bilateral ties between Vietnam and the UN have brought practicalbenefits to not only Vietnam but also the region and the world.
Tosuch end, he said each nation must become self-reliant in terms ofsocio-economic development and advocate a foreign policy of independence andself-reliance in line with international law. Its role and position will impactits contributions to multilateral mechanisms.
Giang also called for ensuring harmony between national and international community’sinterests, thus dealing with global issues
In his opinion, joining hands to address global issues is also a preconditionto achieve stable and sustainable national development, thus making it easierto build trust and raise mutual understanding.
AboutVietnam’s major goals for next years, Giang said the most important is how tomaintain peace and stability in the country, the region and the world. The nextis how to ensure sustainable and inclusive growth.
In orderto achieve them, he said countries must work closely together to deal withcommon issues at multilateral forums, especially the UN./.
