ASEAN-China-UNDP symposium on sustainable development goals, poverty reduction opens in Vietnam

Kung Phoak, deputy secretary-general of ASEAN for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the ASEAN-China-UNDP symposium in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, Sept. 4, 2019. The ASEAN-China-UNDP symposium "Innovation in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Eradicating Poverty" kicked off here on Wednesday. The symposium, co-held by the Chinese Mission to the ASEAN, the ASEAN Secretariat and the UNDP, was designed as a forum where ASEAN countries, China and other nations in the Asia-Pacific region can freely exchange knowledge, broaden horizons of possibilities, and identify opportunities for collaborative experimentation. (Xinhua/Wang Di)