(VOVworld) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his spouse began an official visit to Vietnam on Friday.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

During his two-day visit, Ban Ki-moon will meet with President Truong Tan Sang, pay courtesy visits to Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and attend a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Center in Hanoi.

He will meet with UN agency representatives in Vietnam and talk with staff and students of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

Since Ban Ki-moon took office as the eighth UN Secretary-General in 2007, he has made many efforts to improve UN programs and activities and effect UN reforms.

Earlier, he served as the Republic of Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.