State President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in New York on September 18 (local time) to attend the United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals from September 20-22.

Earlier on the same day on a stop-over at the Kansai International Airport, Japan, President Triet had separate meetings with the Governor of Hyogo Prefecture, Toshizo Ido, and the Vice Mayor of Sakai city, Osaka prefecture, Tamura./.