At a reception for UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pratibha Mehtain Hanoi on October 24 to mark UN Day, the PM also praised the UN’seffective coordination and assistance to Vietnam over the past time.
PM Dung informed his guest of Vietnam’s development strategy forpeople-centred sustainability, adding that the country’s economicdevelopment policies are always in association with social developmentand justice, better ensuring people’s rights.
He said Vietnam wants to receive more UN support to successfully fulfil its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
For her part, Mehta spoke highly of Vietnam’s active and responsibleparticipation in the UN’s activities, adding that Vietnam is an exampleof the successful realisation of MDGs by 2015.
She also praisedVietnam’s efforts and achievements in dealing with the global economicdownturn, macro-economic stabilisation, inflation curbing, as well as inpoverty reduction, social welfare, and narrowing the development gapbetween urban and rural areas.
The UN in Vietnam will do itsutmost to nurture and deepen its fine relationship with Vietnam and stayside-by-side with the country in fulfilling its development goals, sheadded.-VNA