Secretary General and President To Lam: Foreign policy work plays a pioneering role in creating a favorable international situation for the country.

Secretary-General and President To Lam delivered a speech at the conference.

General Nguyen Truong Thang, a member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of National Defense, delivered his lecture at the conference.

At the Conference, delegates attended presentations from Party committees and Party committees of ministries, sectors and localities: the Central Military Commission, the Party Central Committee for Public Security, the Central Committee for Policies and strategies, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the central mass organizations, the National Assembly Committee on National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs, the Party Committee of the Hanoi City and the City Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.

Representatives of the Central Military Commission highlighted the pioneering role of defense diplomacy, affirming that it constitutes one of the important pillars of Vietnam’s relations with other countries and international organizations; that it represents a proactive and effective method to protect the homeland remotely and in a proactive manner; and that it contributes significantly to the consolidation and maintenance of a peaceful environment, thus creating favorable conditions for national construction and development.

Representatives of the Party Central Committee of the Ministry of Public Security emphasized the “crucial and permanent” role of the work of the People’s Public Security in foreign affairs, which directly serves the mission of protecting the national security and guarantee of order and social security, while contributing positively to strengthening Vietnam’s international influence and prestige.

During their interventions at the Conference, heads of ministries, departments and local authorities affirmed that past achievements in foreign policy have contributed significantly to the overall successes of the country and made it possible to fulfill the noble mission of a global, modern and professional diplomacy, based on its three pillars: Party diplomacy, State diplomacy and diplomacy between peoples. Through all channels, this diplomacy has contributed to bringing the country into a new phase of its national development. Ministries, departments and local authorities have proposed solutions and concrete directions in order to improve the effectiveness of foreign policy in this new context.

During his opening speech at the Conference, Secretary General and President To Lam stressed that Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW was of paramount importance, being one of the strategic resolutions of the Politburo; asserting that the Party and President Ho Chi Minh had always placed the Vietnamese revolution in the regional and global context, and therefore placed great value on the role of foreign affairs.

The Secretary General and President stressed that at the dawn of a new era of national development, Vietnam’s foreign policy testifies to an evolution of its thinking, clearly illustrated by its main ideological principles. This foreign policy is defined as a “crucial and permanent” mission, playing a pioneering role in the protection of the homeland, both in advance and at a distance, and in the creation of an international environment favorable to national development.

External relations must develop commensurate with the status, position and cultural identity of the nation, thus contributing to affirming the image of an independent, autonomous, peaceful, cooperative and responsible Vietnam. They are based on strategic autonomy and national self-sufficiency, guaranteeing the defense of the nation’s higher interests, placing the people at the heart of all policies and considering contribution to the international community as a responsibility. At the same time, external relations are the matter of the entire Party and the entire people, mobilizing the combined strength of the political system and the country.

The opinion of the National Conference to fully understand and implement Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW on Implementing the Foreign Policy of the 14th Party Congress.

Based on this observation, Secretary General and President To Lam stressed that foreign policy for the coming period will focus on five major axes:

First, we must play a pioneering role in maintaining a peaceful and stable environment, thereby creating a favorable international situation for the country.

Secondly, foreign relations should become a driving force for the opening of new development spaces, organically linked to the process of socio-economic development of the country, contributing to attracting external resources and favorable conditions for the rapid and sustainable development of the country.

Third, actively participate and contribute responsibly to solving common problems of the international community, thereby strengthening Vietnam’s role and position in multilateral mechanisms.

Fourth, raise the status of the nation to match its historical importance, cultural identity and position, making a positive contribution to human civilization.

Fifth, establish a global, modern and professional diplomacy, up to the strategic challenges of the new era, contributing to the achievement of national development objectives by the middle of the 21st century.

With this in mind, Secretary-General and President To Lam underlined the motto “understand deeply, do correctly, do thoroughly and do efficiently”, and urged all ministries, departments and localities in the country to fully understand and quickly translate the resolution into programs action plans and work plans.

The Secretary-General and the President said there is a need to make significant reforms of cross-sectoral and cross-domain mechanisms between the central and local levels, and to strengthen the leadership apparatus to effectively coordinate the implementation of the resolution.

The Secretary-General and the President expressed deep confidence that, through strong political determination and the involvement of the entire political system, Resolution 06 will soon be implemented, thereby enabling business foreigners to effectively play their pioneering role and fulfill their crucial and permanent mission of nhiệm vụ, contributing to the construction of a developed, independent, self-reliant and strong Vietnam in the new era.

In response to the directives of Secretary General and President To Lam, Comrade Le Hoai Trung, member of the Politburo and Minister of Foreign Affairs, affirmed that he would coordinate with relevant agencies to implement, immediately after the Conference, the appropriate means to disseminate and make known the orientations of the Secretary General and President as well as the content of the Resolution to the entire political system At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will implement it quickly and effectively. the action program and the implementation plan, clearly defining the road map and timetable, in order to give effect to Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW, thus contributing to improving the effectiveness of foreign policy, serving the objectives of development and national defense in the new context, and to create a new dynamic for the rapid and sustainable development of the country in the era of prosperity and national power.

VNA