President Luong Cuong addresses the Special High-Level Event on Climate Action, New York, September 24, 2025. (Photo: VNA/Lam Khanh)

At the event co-chaired by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Vietnamese leader underlined that as one of the nations most severely affected by climate change, Vietnam is deeply aware of and firmly committed to sustainable development goals, harmonizing economic growth with environmental protection and climate response. 

To help developing countries narrow the gap, the President called on the international community to strongly and more substantively step up the transfer of advanced, clean, and efficient technologies serving green and circular economy development.

He stressed that the UN should continue playing the central role in promoting solidarity, cooperation, and trust-building, ensuring fairness and justice, and realizing the goals of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.

Developed countries should take the lead with strong commitments to emissions reduction and make financial and technological contributions, President Cuong said.