Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh stated this while attending adebate at the 68 th annual meeting of the UN’s Economic and SocialCommission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok , Thailandon May 21.
Vietnam has taken variousmeasures to improve people’s living standards and welfare, especiallyvulnerable groups, he said.
The country is alsocarrying out its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and will try itsbest to reach them on schedule by 2015, he added.
While underlining Vietnam ’s proactive policies on international andregional integration, Deputy Minister Minh gave his full support toUNESCAP’s recommendations for strengthening regional cooperation andeconomic integration.
He added that Vietnam is ready to work with other countries to help realise the regions common goals.
Regarding regional cooperation, he said that similarities in historyand culture are important foundations for Asian-Pacific countries towork closer together to ensure future development.
He recommended stepping up mutual consultation and coordination onmacroeconomic policies, particularly financial policies, to reduce therisk of financial and monetary instability and maintain the region’sdynamism and growth during current global uncertainty
In addition, the region needs to promote internal economic, trade andinvestment cooperation to take the advantage of the dynamic developmentof regional markets and limit dependence on outside markets, said Minh.
He said that in the long run, countries need toapply new models of development and combine economic development, socialequality and environmental protection with humanistic values.
After Vietnam ’s previous contributions, the countries presentre-elected the country as a member of UNESCAP’s Asia and PacificCentre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery.
The participating countries will discuss and approve 12 resolutionswith specific recommendations on boosting regional cooperation inpriority areas such as promoting e-commerce; developing transport;strengthening regional connectivity in the field of energy; realisingthe UN Conference’s outcomes on sustainable development and providingcare for disabled people.-VNA