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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrives in Nice for UN Ocean Conference
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrived in Nice on Saturday for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference at the invitation of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrive in Nice, France, June 7, 2025 for the third UN Ocean Conference. Photo: VGP
This is the first time Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attend a UN Ocean Conference and the first visit to France by the Prime Minister since Viet Nam and France elevated their ties to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in October 2024.
On behalf of ASEAN Member Countries, Pham will deliver a keynote speech affirming ASEAN's consistent stance on upholding multilateralism and international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
He will also share Viet Nam's experience in realizing sustainable development goals, conserving and sustainably using sea and marine resources.
Themed "Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean," the UN Ocean Conference aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14.
It will build on existing instruments to form successful partnerships towards the swift conclusion and effective implementation of ongoing processes that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean./.