Vietnamese Ambassador presents credentials to UNESCO Director-General
VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), presented her credentials to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris, France on February 7.
At the credentials presentation ceremony, Ambassador Anh said that Vietnam appreciated multilateralism, the role and contribution of the United Nations and UNESCO in seeking solutions to increasing global challenges, thereby contributing to maintaining peace and security, and promoting sustainable development in the world.
The diplomat underscored Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, multilateralisation, as well as its policy of considering culture, science and education important driving forces for the country's rapid and sustainable development.
She showed her elation to hold her position admid fruitful cooperation between Vietnam and UNESCO in all the fields of culture, education, natural science, social science, information and communications.
The diplomat used this occasion to thanked the UNESCO for its support and assistance, especially in implementing the Memorandum of Cooperation between Vietnam and UNESCO for the 2021 – 2025 period.
She expressed her wish that the UNESCO will continue supporting Vietnam, particularly in consulting and developing new heritage documents, and preserving and promoting heritage sites recognised by UNESCO, including the project on conservation and promotion of the value of Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
Anh pledged her best efforts to deepen Vietnam - UNESCO cooperation as a contribution to realising the UNESCO's goals and promoting socio-economic development of localities as well as Vietnam.
For her part, UNESCO Director-General Azoulay thanked Vietnam for its role, participation and contribution to the UNESCO.
She hailed close and effective cooperation between Vietnam and UNESCO across multiple fields, considering it a typical model of cooperation, and propose augmenting cooperation with Vietnam in other promising fields such as climate, water, ocean science, artificial intelligence, and others.
She said that more staff arranged at the UNESCO Office in Hanoi will make an important contribution to bolstering cooperation with Vietnam in the time ahead.
