Le Thi Hong Van, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO presents her letter of credence to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay (Photo:VNA)

Le Thi Hong Van, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to UNESCO presented her letter of credence to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on Tuesday, at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris. 

At the reception, the UNESCO chief showed her elation at the positive developments in the relationship between Vietnam and her organization.

She affirmed that Vietnam is always an active and responsible member, one of the leading countries in the effective implementation of UNESCO programs and activities, especially educational programs for sustainable development, human and biosphere, climate change adaptation, preserve and promotion and preservation of cultural values, and tangible and intangible heritages.

She said she hopes that Vietnam will continue to make effective contributions to the implementation of the UNESCO's strategic transformation, and global initiatives UNESCO is promoting such as the future of education, ethics of artificial intelligence, and open science.

Congratulating Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van on assuming the new assignment, Ms. Audrey Azoulay went on to say that Vietnam and the Ambassador will continue to receive effective cooperation and support from UNESCO. She also expressed a desire to visit Vietnam soon in order to exchange specific measures to bring the bilateral relationship to a higher level.

For her part, Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van expressed thanks to the support and cooperation that UNESCO has given to Vietnam, as well as the close coordination between the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Office in Hanoi.

In the context that Vietnam promotes comprehensive innovation, and extensive international integration, and enhances multilateral foreign relations, relations with the UN are always a priority in the nation's external policy, Van told her host.

Vietnam sticks great importance to the support and contributions of  UNESCO  to the country's sustainable socio-economic development, she said, adding that both sides are expected to augment broader cooperation, share ideas and experience as a way of realizing  the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

As the Chair of ASEAN 2020 and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2020-2021, the nation will increase its contribution to ASEAN cooperation with the UN as well as between ASEAN and the UNESCO, she added.