On the afternoon of October 24, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Hanoi, starting an official visit to Vietnam and attending the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention), from October 24-25, at the invitation of Politburo member and President Luong Cuong.
According to VNA, at Noi Bai International Airport, the delegation welcomed: Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh; Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu; Ambassador Do Hung Viet - Head of the Vietnamese Delegation to the United Nations.
Accompanying UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres were Ms. Ghada Fathy Ismail Waly - Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna ( Austria), and a number of UN officials.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was born in 2020, with Portuguese nationality. He has an engineering degree, Institute of Institute superior superior superior superior; knows the following languages: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.
Since 2017, Mr. Antonio Guterres has been Secretary-General of the United Nations (the ninth person to hold this position since the United Nations was established).
Mr. Antonio Guterres is a person with special feelings for Vietnam, who took to the streets to protest the war of aggression against Vietnam.
As General Secretary, he always expressed his commitment to strengthening Vietnam - United Nations relations and affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of the United Nations in all fields.
The last time the General Secretary paid an official visit to Vietnam was in October 2022, after being re-elected for a second term (2021-2026).
