The “International Decade on Culture for Sustainable Development” initiative proposed by Vietnam has received high appreciation from the UNESCO Director-General and member states for its relevance to the organisation’s strategy and current global priorities, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ngo Le Van has stated.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreaign Affairs Ngo Le Van and Marek Estok, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, who is on a working visit to Vietnam, co-chaired a Vietnam - Slovalia political consultation in Hanoi on July 9.