UNODC Executive Director: Vietnam has made every effort to make a historic signing ceremony

On November 14 in Vienna, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) and international organizations in Vienna, had a farewell meeting with Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of UNODC and Director General of the UN Office in Vienna, who is about to end her term of office.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna bids farewell to Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of UNODC and Director General of the UN Office in Vienna. (Source: Vietnamese Embassy in Austria)

Ambassador Vu Le Thai Hoang expressed his sincere thanks to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Ms. Ghada Waly personally for their contributions to the close and good cooperation between Vietnam and UNODC, saying that this is a model of effective cooperation between a UN organization and a member country.

This was clearly demonstrated through the success of the signing ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime held in Hanoi at the end of October 2025.

The Ambassador stressed that this is a historic milestone in the international community’s joint efforts to improve the global legal framework to respond to the increasingly complex challenges of cybercrime. Vietnam highly appreciates the coordination and technical support role of UNODC during the preparation for the signing ceremony, especially Ms. Waly’s practical contributions as head of UNODC.

At the same time, the success of the Convention's opening ceremony also opens up opportunities for Vietnam to contribute more strongly to multilateral processes in the next phase, especially the process of ratifying the Convention and negotiating and drafting documents to effectively implement the Convention.

Ms. Ghada Waly highly appreciated Vietnam's proactive and constructive participation in the negotiation process and preparation for the signing ceremony of the Convention, and congratulated and respectfully conveyed her sincere thanks to the senior leaders of Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies of Vietnam for their efforts to warmly welcome the delegation of the UN Secretary General and Ms. Waly as well as more than 2,500 international delegates from all continents of the world.

With 72 countries signing the Convention on October 25-26 and many more countries preparing to sign, Vietnam has made a historic signing ceremony of the UN, opening up many opportunities to promote global cooperation against cybercrime. She affirmed that the signing ceremony is a good start for a process ahead, in which UNODC will continue to accompany Vietnam in implementing the Convention, especially in the areas of capacity building, technical assistance and connecting international partners.

The two sides also exchanged cooperation orientations to continue the success of the signing ceremony, including plans to organize a series of events to promote the Convention and encourage countries to quickly sign and ratify it so that the Convention can soon come into effect.

Ambassador Vu Le Thai Hoang said that the Embassy is planning to organize the 2nd Vietnam-Austria Technology Forum in Vienna with the theme of cyber security cooperation and hopes to coordinate with UNODC to successfully organize this event.

At the end of the meeting, the Ambassador wished Ms. Ghada Waly success in her new working journey, and expressed his belief that the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and UNODC will continue to be strengthened, making practical contributions to the UN's common efforts for peace , security and sustainable development of all mankind.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/giam-doc-dieu-hanh-unodc-viet-nam-da-no-luc-het-minh-lam-nen-mot-le-mo-ky-lich-su-334439.html