At the session, Vu shared Vietnam’s notable socio-economic development achievements in recent years and its strategic development goals for the period ahead, emphasizing that these results stem from the determination of the Party and the State, along with a number of strategic reform measures, particularly in organizational restructuring and the formulation of breakthrough strategic resolutions.

Highlighting the profound political significance of the 14th Party Congress in reviewing 40 years of the Renewal (Doi Moi) process and shaping the country’s development vision, the Vietnamese diplomat noted that the system of documents was meticulously prepared with many new elements, based on an objective assessment of domestic and international contexts, while showing the determination to promote rapid and sustainable development and the nation’s aspiration for stronger development.

Key directions identified include restructuring the growth model, accelerating industrialization and modernization, implementing comprehensive digital transformation, enhancing the efficiency of the state economic sector, leveraging the driving role of the private economic sector, promoting breakthroughs in science and technology, continuing to streamline the apparatus, and placing people at the center, as both the subject and the ultimate goal of all development policies.

Thanking the United Nations for its support in Vietnam’s development process, Deputy FM Nguyen Minh Vu hoped that UN development agencies and international experts would draw on their knowledge and experience to provide constructive advice on the proposed directions.

Thanking the United Nations for its support in Vietnam’s development process, Deputy FM Nguyen Minh Vu hoped that UN development agencies and international experts would leverage their knowledge and experience to contribute constructive input to the outlined directions.

Congratulating Vietnam on its tremendous socio-economic achievements in recent years, Resident Coordinator Pauline Tamesis expressed admiration for the country’s aspiration for comprehensive development and the long-term strategic vision reflected in the draft documents. She positively assessed Vietnam’s progress in advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and expressed confidence that Vietnam will continue to grow strongly, achieve breakthrough advances in the new era of development, and assert its increasingly important role in regional and global cooperation mechanisms.

UN development agencies also highly appreciated Vietnam’s contributions to working with the UN and other countries to address global challenges, most recently through successfully hosting the opening ceremony for the signing of the UN Convention against Cybercrime. They also expressed hope that the upcoming Party Congress documents will more clearly demonstrate Vietnam’s commitments to strengthening multilateralism and the role of the United Nations and other international organizations.

Representatives of UN agencies in Vietnam also shared numerous assessments and recommendations to help Vietnam optimize development opportunities, particularly in planning financial resources for development, promoting gender equality, protecting vulnerable groups in digital transformation, responding to climate change, and advancing cultural, educational, and healthcare initiatives to improve human resource quality and ensure social welfare linked with sustainable development-all aligned with the implementation of major policy directions on these issues in the draft Party Congress documents.

UN agencies expressed confidence in Vietnam’s long-term growth, emphasizing that the strategic directions and policy priorities outlined in the draft documents of the 14th Party Congress will continue to provide a foundation for deeper integration and rapid, sustainable development.

UN development agencies are ready to continue supporting agencies and localities in carrying out the Party’s major development directions for the country through various frameworks and cooperative projects.

Appreciating the objective and substantive assessments, as well as the collaborative suggestions and initiatives from UN agencies, Vu affirmed that Vietnam and the United Nations share the vision of placing people at the center of all development processes. He expressed confidence that UN and international organizations’ cooperative efforts, support, and constructive recommendations will continue to play an important role as Vietnam pursues its national development goals in the coming period.

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