Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son receives UNESCO Director General
WVR - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son received Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay who is on an official visit to Vietnam from September 5-7.
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| Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son received Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
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| During her visit, Azoulay is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, visit Trang An Landscape Complex – a World Heritage recognised in 2014 in the northern province of Ninh Binh, and tour the south to review cooperation projects and set out action plans, thus realising the cooperation memorandum of understanding she signed with the Vietnamese Government in November 2021 during the Prime Minister’s visit to UNESCO headquarters in Paris. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
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| Sharing on her visit, Azoulay has hailed Vietnam as a model of effective cooperation with UNESCO and said since Vietnam’s entry to UNESCO in 1976 following its national reunification, both sides have built a solid relationship with various joint scientific projects, most recently two training and research centres for maths and physics that debuted in 2021. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
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| In terms of culture, Vietnam’s eight destinations have been named in the list of World Heritage Sites and 13 others in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages. The country also has 11 UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserves. Vietnam is also an active member of the UNESCO Executive Board after being elected in 2021 with a four-year tenure, UNESCO Director General said. |
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| She will have a visit to Hue City that is home to 5 UNESCO-recognized heritages. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
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