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UN official impressed by Vietnam’s climate commitments

UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja has expressed her impression on Vietnam’s strong commitments to climate change response, including energy transition.
UN official impressed by Vietnam’s climate commitments ảnh 1UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - UN Assistant SecretaryGeneral and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja hasexpressed her impression on Vietnam’s strong commitments to climate changeresponse, including energy transition.

At a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs BuiThanh Son in Hanoi on July 28, Wignaraja commended efforts by the Vietnamesegovernment in building an efficient and transparent public administration.
She spoke highly of Vietnam’s socio-economicachievements as well as its commitments to multilateral cooperation, and itsrole and contributions to the UN.

Expressing her delight to visit Vietnam on the occasionof the 45th anniversary of its UN membership, Wignaraja affirmedthat the UNDP stands ready to support the Southeast Asian nation in green,sustainable and inclusive socio-economic recovery and development.

For his part, Son lauded the UNDP’s role andcontributions globally in poverty reduction, governance enhancement and recoverycapacity building, towards sustainable development goals.

The minister thanked the UNDP for its support toVietnam since the national reunification, and applauded the programme’s valuableassistance to the country in COVID-19 prevention and control, and post-pandemicsocio-economic recovery.

Regarding cooperation between the two sides in thetime ahead, Son suggested the UNDP mobilise resources and policy advice toeffectively and fully implement the Country Programme Document for Vietnam forthe 2022-2026 period.

He also proposed the UNDP coordinate with other UNorganisations to implement the Vietnam-UN Sustainable Development CooperationFramework for 2022-2026, covering socio-economic recovery, climate changeresponse, the implementation of Vietnam’s commitments at the 26th UN ClimateChange Conference of the Parties (COP26), and the mobilisation of resources insupport of vulnerable groups during socio-economic recovery and transformation./.
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