Vietnam strives towards doping-free sport: Ambassador
Vietnam commits strengthening cooperation with national, regional and global anti-doping organisations to develop a sport industry of honesty, fairness and cleanliness, and free of doping, Ambassador Le Thi Hong Van, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, has said.
The Vietnamese delegation to the ninth session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the International Convention against Doping in Sport (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) – Vietnam commits strengthening cooperation withnational, regional and global anti-doping organisations to develop a sportindustry of honesty, fairness and cleanliness, and free of doping, AmbassadorLe Thi Hong Van, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, hassaid.
At the ninth session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the InternationalConvention against Doping in Sport that took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Parison October 25-26, Van highlighted Vietnam hails the convention’s significanceto the signatories to underpin their sport, and the country has maintained complianceto the convention by carrying out anti-doping programmes in sport activities,and promoting the coordination role of the Vietnam Anti-Doping Agency (VADA)under the Sports Authority of Vietnam.
Vietnam wants to continue collaboration with UNESCO’s member states to improve capacity and raise awareness of doping prevention insports, she stressed.
In her opening remarks, Assistant Director General for the Social and HumanSciences of UNESCO Gabriela Ramos said the convention is one of the mostsuccessful in the history of UNESCO as it is now the second most ratifiedof all UNESCO treaties, with 191 state parties.
She described COP9 as a turning point in the implementation of the conventionwhich helps harmonise regulations, instruction and principles on dopingprevention at the international scale so as to create a fair and equalcompeting environment for all athletes.
At the session, participants discussed efforts to complete the monitoringtool of the convention, enhance the role and responsibilities of the conventionin the Global Sport Ecosystem, effectively use the Fund for the Elimination ofDoping in Sport, as well as strengthen the capacity for small island countriesand less-developed ones to ensure that no one is left behind.
They said enhanced cooperation among countries during carrying out theconvention will help honour the nobility of sport, while promoting UNESCO’s missionto advance peace and human values.
The 10th session will be held in October 2025 in Paris./.
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The Vietnamese delegation to the ninth session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the International Convention against Doping in Sport (Photo: VNA) 
