VOV.VN - In 2024, high-ranking leaders of Vietnam made numerous foreign visits to promote cooperation across various fields, demonstrating the country’s independent, self-reliant, multilateral, and diversified foreign policy.

As a coastal nation with more than 3,260 kilometres of coastline and thousands of islands, Vietnam’s commitment to responsible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is in line with the country’s thorough foreign policy, stated Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.

General Secretary of the Party Central Committee To Lam attended a ceremony in Hanoi on October 28 to celebrate the 75th traditional day of the committee’s Commission for External Relations (November 1, 1949-2024).

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix in New York on September 23 during the Vietnamese delegation’s visit to the United States for the high-Level Week of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency of South Africa Kenneth Morolong has stated that his country remains steadfast in supporting Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, cooperation and development.

Strengthening multilateral diplomacy provides Vietnam with a platform to promote its values, including respect for international law, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, especially in the context of tensions in the East Sea.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will continue to champion its open foreign policy goals adopted by the recent 13th National Party Congress, which has so far proven effective and has been highly appreciated by the international community, said newly elected Party General Secretary To Lam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela in collaboration with the Defense Attaché Association of countries in Venezuela introduced Vietnam’s foreign and defense policy line on May 22.

VOV.VN - Developing relations with China is a strategic choice and can be seen as a top priority in Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, co-operation, development, multilateralisation, and diversification of foreign relations.

A sound foreign policy has helped promote Vietnam’s stature in the international arena, according to Director of Italy-based AGC Communication Antonio Albanese.