The first National Conference on Foreign Affairs that opened in Hanoi on December 14 highlighted the combination of Party diplomacy, State diplomacy and people-to-people diplomacy in the implementation of the guidelines on external affairs adopted at the 13th National Party Congress.

VOV.VN - The National Conference on Foreign Affairs has served to emphasize the need to promote the pioneering role in maintaining a peaceful and stable environment, whilst firmly defending the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and interests of the nation.

VOV.VN - Jean-Pierre Archambault, general secretary of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV), has emphasized that the nation has integrated very successfully into the international community.

VOV.VN - The first National Conference on Foreign Affairs is expected to create unity in awareness throughout the Party, the people, and the army, with the aim of effectively carrying out the foreign policy and guidelines adopted at the 13th National Party Congress.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 13 held the 20th National Conference on Local Diplomacy, with the aim of continuing to reform and increase the efficiency of foreign affairs and international integration of localities.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and other people’s organisations have flexibly responded to the current challenges and renovated their activities to adapt to the new situation, VUFO President Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has said.

The implementation of foreign affairs in localities has obtained many important results, contributing to the overall success of the country’s external relations and the realisation of socio-economic development goals in provinces and cities, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung.

VOV.VN - The first Vietnam-Laos border defence friendship exchange was held on December 12 in Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province of Vietnam and Sepon district, Savannakhet province of Laos.

VOV.VN - Le Hoai Trung, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, has underlined the necessity of ensuring the Party’s leadership in diplomatic work and the importance of a combination of Party, State, and people-to-people diplomacy.

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was elected as President of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) for the 2021-2026 tenure at the fourth congress of the association on December 3.