Nguyen Phu Trong (R), general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, meets with visiting United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 22, 2015. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is on his 2-day official visit to Vietnam.(Xinhua/VNA)
HANOI, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Visiting United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said the UN will continue to support Vietnam in socio-economic development, fulfilling Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The UN chief made the remark while meeting with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Friday.
Speaking at the meeting, the UN chief praised Vietnam's efforts in joining in UN's activities, especially the country's participation in UN Peacekeeping mission, reported Vietnam's state- run news agency VNA.
The Vietnamese party chief, for his part, expressed his gratitude for the UN's supports in the country's post-war rehabilitation, financial aid, as well as financial, personnel and technical assistance in poverty reduction, hunger elimination and socio-economic development.
The visit of Ban Ki-moon to the country plays an important role in boosting the cooperation between Vietnam and the UN, Trong said, adding that Vietnam will continue to participate into UN's activities for peace, security and development in the region and the world.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is paying a visit to Vietnam on Friday and Saturday at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.
