Throughout the Doi moi (renewal) and integration process, Vietnam’s independent and flexible foreign policy has helped the country safeguard its sovereignty, expand international relations and gradually assert an increasingly clear role on the regional and global arenas.

The 14th Party Congress has identified multilateral diplomacy as a major and strategic direction for Vietnamese diplomacy, said Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency shortly after the 14th National Party Congress concluded.

On the occasion of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Dr. Khaled Khalifa, President of the Arab Council for Foreign Relations in Israel, has shared his views on Vietnam’s global role and standing, as well as its prospects for cooperation, contributions in regions affected by conflict.

VOV.VN - The draft documents submitted to the 14th National Party Congress Vietnam propose elevating foreign affairs and international integration to the same level as national defence and security, defining them as a “core and regular task” — a move widely seen as a breakthrough in the Party’s strategic thinking.

VOV.VN - As Vietnam’s role and standing in the region and in the international arena continue to gain recognition, the country’s foreign policy in recent years has been assessed as proactive, substantive and delivering concrete results.

Against the backdrop of deepening global geopolitical polarisation in recent years, Vietnam’s foreign policy has proven its effectiveness and earned widespread international recognition.

People-to-people diplomacy should be regarded as a strategic pillar of comprehensive and modern diplomacy and a key component of the national development and defence strategy, Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu has stated.

State President Luong Cuong on December 12 hosted receptions for the ambassadors of Egypt, India, Chile, and Singapore, as well as non-resident ambassadors of Latvia, Albania, Nepal, Uzbekistan, Djibouti, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, Chad, and Paraguay, who came to present their credentials.

VOV.VN - Amid fast-evolving geopolitical, economic, technological, and environmental challenges, Vietnam is working to adapt its multilateral diplomacy to strengthen its international position and actively participate in shaping multilateral institutions for peace, cooperation, and sustainable development.

France remains a major partner in Vietnam’s foreign policy, with bilateral cooperation producing substantive and positive results, affirmed Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Quoc Phuong at the annual Vietnam–France High-Level Economic Dialogue in Hanoi on November 6.