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Viet Nam: Partnership for

Sustainable Peace and Development

Interview by DIVA with Ambassador
Dr. Le Thi Tuyet Mai

Your Excellency, could you please tell us a little Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the
about your background? United Nations Office, the World Trade Organ-
I joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in early ization, and other International Organizations
1991. In my diplomatic service over 30 years, I in Geneva.
have been working on law and diplomacy for
promotion of international cooperation in ad- Q: This year Viet Nam celebrates its for-
dressing issues of international law for peace ty-fifth anniversary as a member of the Unit-
and development, including participation in ed Nations. What do you consider to be your
diplomatic negotiations, international con- country’s main achievement in the internation-
ferences, meetings, and workshops, domestic al arena and especially in the area of multilat-
law making and enforcement. Before coming eralism?
to Geneva, I was Director General of the De- On 20 September 1977, Viet Nam became the
partment of International Law and Treaties, 149th member of the United Nations (UN),
while also serving as Member of the Central starting a new historical journey in nation-
Executive Commission of Viet Nam Women’s al construction and defense. That 45 - years
Union and Vice Chair of the Committee for journey has seen the country from a least-de-
the Advancement of Women of the Ministry veloped status reviving from the ruins of wars,
of Foreign Affairs. I was posted in Norway as its «Đổi mới» (renovation) process and inter-
Ambassador from 2013 September to 2016 Oc- national integration, and its great efforts to
tober. Since 8 February 2020, I have served as become a middle-income developing country

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