(Dan Tri) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on March 23 attended the United Nations Water Conference as the main speaker at the dialogue session on water cooperation.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha attended the Conference (Photo: BNG).

Continuing the program of attending the United Nations Conference, comprehensive mid-term review of the implementation of the goals of the decade of action `Water for sustainable development` period 2018-2022, March 23, Deputy Prime Minister

Speaking at the Dialogue Session, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha proposed strengthening the global and regional legal framework on the management and use of transboundary water resources;

The Deputy Prime Minister also proposed the formation of agencies and organizations under the United Nations to coordinate and support science, technology and finance, and form a global database on transboundary water and its flows.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and delegates from countries attending the Conference (Photo: BNG).

Sharing the growing pressures related to water resources that Vietnam is facing, especially under the impact of climate change, along with the increasing need to exploit and use water resources in the areas

Many bilateral meetings

Also on March 23, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha had meetings with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Khuat Dong Ngoc (Qu Dongyu), Executive Director

* Meeting with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, both sides were happy with the development of the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Tajikistan.

* Meeting with the General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha highly appreciated FAO’s role in promoting agricultural and rural development and responding to the global food security crisis.

* Meeting with the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha proposed that UNFPA continue to support Vietnam in building and implementing social security policies, especially

* At the meeting with the French Minister of Ecological Transformation, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha proposed that the two sides strengthen technical and technological cooperation on protecting water resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and responding to change.

* Meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Slovenia, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha welcomed the cooperative efforts of Vietnam and Slovenia in the field of climate change response and water resources management;

* Meeting with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha affirmed that Vietnam considers climate change and energy transition to be the top priority areas of cooperation between the two countries;