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via VOV, 06 June 2023: UNESCO praises Vietnam as a responsible and pioneering member in its programmes, with plans to run for a seat in the World Heritage Committee 2023-2027, to protect global heritage.
Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay praised Vietnam as a responsible member and one of the pioneering countries in carrying out UNESCO programmes and activities during a recent meeting with Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Paris.
The UNESCO leader applauded the nation’s tremendous and effective contributions to the common work of the organisation as a member of the UNESCO Executive Board for the 2021-2025 tenure, the Vice Chair of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, and a member of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Vietnam is a successful model in the connection of economic development and culture, she added.
In response, the Vietnamese diplomat affirmed the important role that UNESCO plays in maintaining and promoting peace, sustainable development and prosperity of nations over the past 80 years, and showed his elation at the growing partnership between Vietnam and the organisation.
Source: Vietnam highlighted as responsible member of UNESCO
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