Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang on February 10 held talks with Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Viet Nam Caitlin Wiesen. (Photo: Hong Nguyen)

Giang spoke highly of contributions by the two UN agencies to socio-economic development in Viet Nam, and thanked them for their support to Viet Nam in the fight agaist the COVID-19 pandemic.

Viet Nam will prioritise post COVID-19 socio-economic recovery in a green, sustainable and inclusive fashion, and promote innovation, he said, welcoming key areas of the 2022-2026 Country Programme Document (CPD) and the 10^th Country Programme for Viet Nam recently approved by executive boards of UNDP and UNFPA.

The Deputy Minister also praised cooperation between UNDP and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in organising an international conference on green, sustainable, inclusive socio-economic recovery and innovation this month, and expressed his belief that the conference would result in policy proposals useful for post-pandemic recovery in Viet Nam and the world.

Wiesen and Kitahara, for their part, affirmed the importance that UNDP and UNFPA attach to the cooperative relations with Viet Nam, and lauded the active and responsible cooperation of Vietnamese ministries and agencies.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Viet Nam Naomi Kitahara (Photo: Hong Nguyen)

Briefing Giang on priorities in operations of their agencies, they shared willingness to step up cooperation with and support for Viet Nam in green, sustainable recovery after the pandemic, addressing inequalities, reducing poverty, protecting vulnerable groups, as well as the population work.

UNDP and UNFPA will help Viet Nam achieve sustainable development goals (MDGs) and fulfill its commitment to net zero emissions made at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, they pledged./.