In Ha Long Bay (Photo: VNA) Paris (VNA) – Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay has hailed Vietnam as a model of effectivecooperation with UNESCO.
Talking with the Vietnam News Agency beforeher Vietnam visit from September 5-7, Azoulay said since Vietnam’s entry toUNESCO in 1976 following its national reunification, both sides have built a solidrelationship with various joint scientific projects, most recently twotraining and research centres for maths and physics that debuted in 2021.
Thetwo sides have also supported education development, especially for girls.
Interms of culture, Vietnam’s eight destinations have been named in the list ofWorld Heritage Sites and 13 others in the list of Intangible CulturalHeritages. The country also has 11 UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserves.
Vietnamis also an active member of the UNESCO Executive Board after being elected in2021 with a four-year tenure, she said.
Accordingto her, Vietnam has built a development model based on substantial investmentin education and made specific commitments to protecting heritages.In both areas, the country has made important progress, but these efforts alsoneed to be sustained to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Azoulay said as for climate change - one of the biggest challenges today - Vietnam in July last year adopted the National Climate Change Strategy to 2050.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) and UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay in 2021 (Photo: VNA) During her visit,Azoulay is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, visit Trang An Landscape Complex – a World Heritage recognised in 2014 in thenorthern province of Ninh Binh, and tour the south to review cooperation projectsand set out action plans, thus realising the cooperation memorandum of understanding she signed with the Vietnamese Government in November 2021 during thePrime Minister’s visit to UNESCO headquarters in Paris./.
