Hanoi, Sept. 18 -- State President Luong Cuong on September 18 hosted a reception in Hanoi for Pauline Tamesis, United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, and heads of UN agencies in the country, ahead of his trip to New York to attend the High-level General Debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The President expressed delight at the strong growth of Vietnam-UN cooperation, underlining that the UN has always been a close companion in Vietnam's development journey. He highly valued the role and support of UN agencies in advancing development goals, particularly in pandemic response, socio-economic recovery, climate change adaptation, disaster relief - most recently Typhoon Yagi - and in promoting a ju...