Phan Thi Minh Giang, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s Consular Department, addresses the meeting. (Photo: VGP)

Kendra Rinas made the remark at the conference reviewing the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Phan Thi Minh Giang, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s Consular Department, said the conference, that took place on International Migrants Day, is an opportunity to honor the contributions of migrants to development and to discuss solutions to promote their legal rights and safe and orderly migration.