While receiving UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on June 26, Sang said Vietnam is a constructive and responsible member of the international community.

Vietnam will continue cooperating with the UN in line with its socio-economic development priorities and the comparative advantages of every UN agency to build up Millennium Development Goal (MDG) gains, the president affirmed.

Both UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang said the Vietnam-US relations are faring well

He expressed his belief that the UN will better perform its role in maintaining regional and global peace and stability, promoting dialogue, and peacefully settling international disputes in conformity with the UN Charter and international law, so as to create favourable conditions for the common development of all nations, especially developing ones.

UN Secretary General Ban briefed Sang on the UN’s development priorities and spoke highly of Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements and political stability, contributing to stability and development in the region and the rest of the world.

He welcomed Vietnam’s decision to join the UN peacekeeping force and said the UN wants to deepen cooperation with Vietnam for long-term development goals.

Meeting with representatives of leading US universities the same day, President Sang affirmed that the US is a key partner of Vietnam and education cooperation is one of bilateral ties’ key pillars.

He said with more than 15,000 Vietnamese students currently studying in the US, they help strengthen the friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

He proposed US institutions undertake initiatives to foster education cooperation with their Vietnamese counterparts. 

President Sang was visiting the US at the invitation of US President Barack Obama. The two presidents in Washington DC on July 26, agreeing to establish the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the US. 

Both sides issued a reflecting their shared desire to build a forward-looking relationship.