Hanoi, Nov. 6 -- Lidia Brito, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations, expects Vietnam to continue playing a leading role in multilateral cooperation, particularly in implementing the International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development for 2027-2036. In an interview with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Paris, Brito praised Vietnam's contributions to education, science, culture and information, describing the 50-year partnership between Vietnam and UNESCO as a sustained and increasingly substantive journey. Vietnam joined UNESCO in 1976, shortly after national reunification, reflecting its commitment to multilateralism, education and culture as tools for national reconstruction and peacebu...