Deputy Foreign Minister to attend High-level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation

Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son

FM Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang announced some remarkable diplomatic activities which will be held in the time ahead at a press conference in Ha Noi on March 14. 

With the theme "Role of South-South cooperation and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: challenges and opportunities", the meeting will review the 40 years of the implementation of Buenos Aires Action Plan on promotion of technical cooperation between developing nations and propose South-South Cooperation in the upcoming time.  

Mr. Son will also join the fourth political consultation in Chile and work with the Argentinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs from March 15-24. 

The Vietnamese delegation’s participation in the conference affirms the nation’s commitments to South-South Cooperation. 

As scheduled, Ms. Son will make a speech at the conference and attend discussions at seminars and dialogues as well as meet heads of delegations joining the event. 

A Vietnamese delegation lead by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung will join a meeting at the 26th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue for Senior Officials from ASEAN and New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand from March 18-19. 

At the Dialogue, the related sides will be discussing measures to boost ASEAN-New Zealand Strategic Partnership in the upcoming time, including the ASEAN-New Zealand action strategic plan 2020-2025 and the 45^th founding anniversary of ASEAN-New Zealand ties by 2020.  

On March 18, Deputy Minister Dung will co-chair the 11^th Viet Nam-New Zealand political consultation. 

Within the framework of the meeting, the two sides will review developments in Viet Nam-New Zealand ties and concentrate on exchanging ways to strengthen cooperation heading to Strategic Partnership as well as discuss international and regional issues of common concerns. 

By Thuy Dung