With its journey of transformation - from war to peace and from underdevelopment to prosperity—and its experience in combining economic growth with social progress and environmental protection, Viet Nam can offer valuable lessons for efforts to foster trust and enhance the effectiveness of multilateralism, said Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

In his opening address at the third meeting of the 14th Party Central Committee, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam delivered a message that goes beyond economic development, stressing that Viet Nam must not "become materially richer while growing poorer in culture, morality and humanity, not allow growth to widen inequality or leave vulnerable people behind."