Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Michelle Bachelet, chairperson of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, a United Nations' initiative, here on Thursday on social development. During the meeting, Dung expressed his pleasure at the relationship and cooperation between Vietnam and the United Nations (UN). Dung highly appreciated the 'social protection floor' initiative. The initiative affirmed that the goal of the UN lies in peace, cooperation and development for every country, said Dung. Dung said Vietnam strove to realize economic development alongside with social fairness and environmental protection. At present, Vietnam is implementing about 40 UN social protection programs, said Dung. Meanwhile, Vietnam has achieved an average economic growth of seven percent in the past five years despite the impact of the global financial crisis. However, Dung said Vietnam still remains a developing country. He proposed the UN to continue its support to Vietnam on experience sharing on social protection issues. For her part, Bachelet said the UN always follows the development of Vietnam and pledges to work more actively with the country. Bachelet said with close cooperation between Vietnam and international organizations, Vietnam will achieve more fruitful results in social protection development. 