VOV.VN - The year 2003 has witnessed many outstanding milestones in Vietnamese diplomacy, with foreign relations on bilateral and multilateral levels continuing to be expanded and deepened, including those with many important partners which has been raised to new heights resulting in new qualitative developments.

VOV.VN - The year 2003 continued to see the nation record major diplomatic achievements at multilateral forums, including the UN, which has contributed to promoting the country’s image and position in the eyes of international friends, according to Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's “bamboo diplomacy” is a strategic and valuable concept in international relations, according to SD Pradhan, former Indian Deputy National Security Advisor.

The "bamboo diplomacy" approach, coupled with a flexible foreign policy, has brought numerous achievements for Vietnam in its international relations this year, said Prof. Bharti Chhibber, an Indian expert in Vietnamese studies and ASEAN external policy.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese diplomacy has achieved extremely positive results over the past year, according to Dr. Beak Yong-hun, associate professor of Vietnamese Studies at School of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies of Dankook University.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned major tasks to the diplomatic sector and relevant agencies in economic diplomacy while addressing a plenary session of the ongoing 32nd National Diplomatic Conference on December 21.

VOV.VN - This year is viewed as a particularly successful period for Vietnamese diplomacy in raising the level of relations with important partners in the international arena, according to Dr. Ruvislei González Saez, senior researcher at the Center for International Policy Research (CIPI).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has effectively implemented a policy of multilateral diplomacy, which has helped to turn itself into a modern country with increasing prestige in the region, according to Grigory Trofimchuk, chairman of the Expert Council of the Eurasian Foundation for Support of Scientific Research.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong underlined the need to develop the diplomatic sector imbued with the identity of "Vietnamese bamboo" at the 32nd Diplomatic Conference which opened in Hanoi on December 19.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 18 held the 21st national conference on foreign affairs, with the aim of promoting the external work in service of local sustainable development.