New York, Sept. 24 -- Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son delivered a speech at the high-level meeting on the Global Development Initiative (GDI) in New York on September 23 (local time), part of the High-Level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80). Son commended the role of the GDI in mobilising resources and enhancing international collaboration to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To meet these goals, he proposed three recommendations. First, he underlined the need to uphold multilateralism and the central role of the UN in addressing global challenges, saying regional mechanisms like ASEAN, the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation, and the Greater Mekong Subregion should play a more ...