Multilateral cooperation remains essential to Vietnam: foreign affairs ministry
Vietnam endorses multilateralism and attaches importance to the role of multilateral organizations, especially the United Nations, in contributing to global governance and addressing common global challenges.
THE HANOI TIMES — Vietnam upholds multilateralism and the role of multilateral institutions in promoting global governance and resolving common global issues based on the UN Charter and international law, Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry's monthly press briefing on January 8. Photo: MoFA
She made the remarks on January 8 at the ministry’s monthly press briefing in response to questions about Vietnam’s stance on the United States’ recent withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including several United Nations bodies.
“Vietnam expects countries to continue upholding multilateralism and to contribute to building and strengthening multilateral institutions and international law in the interests of peace, stability, cooperation and sustainable development,” Hang said.
She added that Vietnam stands ready to participate in and contribute to global and regional multilateral mechanisms to the best of its ability.
The US State Department on January 8 released a list of 66 organizations from which the United States has withdrawn. The list includes the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Law Commission and the UN Democracy Fund.
According to a State Department statement, the administration of Donald Trump views these institutions as “redundant in scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to US interests, or a threat to the nation’s sovereignty, freedoms and prosperity."
