New York (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on April 5-6(local time) met with UN De⭕puty Secretary-General AminaMohammed during his trip to the US to attend the 2024 Vietnam Executive Leadership Programme (VELP) in Boston.

Khaiaffirmed that Vietnam persistently supports multilateralism and a world order based on internationallaw and the UN Charter, advocates the central role of the UN in the globalgovernance system to respond to common challenges and will contribute to majorpriorities of the UN in the coming time. "Vietnam is determined to implement theSustainable Development Goals (SDG) and respond to climate change; supports theUN’s initiatives to accelerate the realisation of sustainable developmentgoals," he affirmed. He askedthe UN to prioritise supporting Vietnam in mobilising finance, transferringtechnology, and sharing knowledge and practical experience, especially in areas such as improving climate change response and adaptation,effective management of water resources, energy transition, innovation, and digitaltransformation. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said the world is entering animportant period with many global challenges, requiring countries to upholdmultilateralism and promote cooperation to achieve sustainable developmentgoals. Acknowledging that Vietnam is an important partner of the UN, sheexpected that the country will coordinate in implementing agendas, including climate change response, energy transition, digital transformation,maintaining food supply chains, promoting education, and ensuring inclusivedevelopment, and social justice, among others. Sheaffirmed that UN organisations are ready to support Vietnam in mobilisingresources, thereby helping the country accelerate the implementation ofdevelopment goals, especially on energy transition and response to climatechange. Duringhis trip to Cornell Tech University under Cornell University, the Vietnamese DeputyPM spoke highly of the school’s cooperation with Vietnamese universities aswell as the quality of Vietnamese students at the university and asked theschool to continue to promote cooperation and coordination in jointtraining programmes with major universities in Vietnam. At a business discussion held by BCIU with the participation of nearly 20 large USbusinesses in banking, finance, technology, telecommunications, services,health care, and education, Khai praised the development of Vietnam - USrelations in all fields, with trade and investment relations as the pillars and driving forces, He also appreciated US enterprises' production and business investment activities in Vietnam. TheDeputy PM proposed that US businesses further expand operations in theSoutheast Asian country, focusing on areas where Vietnam has demands and USbusinesses have strengths; continue to propose, comment, and recommend policieson digital transformation, high-quality human resources training, infrastructuredevelopment, and information technology. "The Vietnamese Government commits toalways accompanying and creating favourable conditions for foreign investors ingeneral and US investors in particular to resolve difficulties and obstacles facing them  in order to help them implement business and investment projects effectively and sustainably inVietnam," he stressed. Leadersof local enterprises said they look forward to learningmore about Vietnam's development strategy to investmore in Vietnam, thereby contributing to the development of Vietnam - US relations and supporting Vietnam's growth./.