Attending the conference were comrade Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central External Relations Commission, representing the Secretariat to attend and direct the Conference; representing the leadership of the Vietnam Journalists Association was journalist Tran Trong Dung - Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, leaders of departments, units under the Association and nearly 250 delegates who are leaders and cadres working in people's foreign affairs of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, unions and people's organizations in the Central, representatives of departments, ministries and branches in the Central...
Delegates attending the Conference to review people's foreign affairs work in 2023 and deploy tasks for 2024.
The report of the Central External Relations Commission and the presentations at the Conference showed that in 2023, in the context of the world and regional situation continuing to have many complex and unpredictable developments, Vietnam's foreign affairs work has strived to achieve many important and historically significant achievements. Contributing to that common achievement, the Fatherland Front, mass organizations and people's organizations continued to promote the motto of "proactive, flexible, creative, effective", and implemented rich and practical people's foreign affairs activities, including many large and meaningful activities with partners in neighboring countries, major countries, and traditional friends of Vietnam.
People's diplomacy has actively contributed to socio-economic development; mobilized and fought to protect national interests; introduced to international friends about the country and people of Vietnam, the guidelines and policies of our Party and State; promoted the role of a bridge and solidarity between Vietnamese people abroad.
Awareness of the role of people's diplomacy has been raised to a new level, and coordination between the three pillars of Party diplomacy, State diplomacy and people's diplomacy has become smoother. The direction and management of people's diplomacy activities has become increasingly systematic and disciplined.
Delegates discussed at the Conference to review people's foreign affairs work in 2023 and deploy tasks for 2024.
At the conference, delegates gave many opinions, discussed, evaluated and proposed solutions to further improve the effectiveness of people-to-people diplomacy. In particular, journalist Do Thi Thu Hang - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Professional Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association shared a speech on strengthening international cooperation in journalism to contribute to promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam to the world. In which, the great role of the press in promoting Vietnam. The results of the implementation of the task of promoting the image of Vietnam to international friends of Vietnamese press agencies.
Over the years, the Vietnam Journalists Association has strengthened its connection with embassies in Vietnam, held diplomatic receptions with ambassadors, aiming at expanding press diplomatic relations between Vietnam and other countries. It has organized delegations to and from some countries that have traditional relations with the Vietnam Journalists Association.
The Vietnam Journalists Association also actively organizes international journalism conferences, especially in 2023 with the highlight being the International Journalism Conference “Management of Digital Journalism: Theory, Practice, Experience in the ASEAN Region” in Hanoi. In addition to the Vietnam Journalists Association, key state press agencies such as Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Nhan Dan Newspaper, etc. also actively cooperate with international press.
Journalist Do Thi Thu Hang - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Professional Department of the Vietnam Journalists Association spoke at the conference.
At the 9th National Award for External Information hosted by Vietnam News Agency, the Organizing Committee received 1,456 entries/products, an increase of 30% compared to the previous award.
Also at the conference, journalist Do Thi Thu Hang also proposed solutions to strengthen international cooperation in journalism and enhance the important role of journalism in promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam. In particular, journalist Do Thi Thu Hang emphasized cooperation in foreign media, press agencies can, through the Vietnam Journalists Association, cooperate more strongly with equivalent press units abroad in foreign media and cultural communication.
Organize information and experience exchanges, exchange of modern journalism and media skills, cooperation in training and support of lecturers between foreign press agencies and Vietnam in programs held in Vietnam. Organize international press events and conferences. Cooperate in social media, use social networks and other online platforms to promote the image of the country and people of Vietnam.
Journalist Tran Trong Dung - Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association and leaders of the Association's departments and units took a photo with leaders of the Central External Relations Commission.
In addition, journalist Do Thi Thu Hang also proposed solutions for press organizations to cooperate with international advertising companies and media agencies to carry out campaigns to promote Vietnam. Through the use of traditional and online media channels, messages about Vietnam can be widely spread and reach a large number of users around the world.
Speaking at the conference, comrade Le Hoai Trung highly appreciated and praised the people's diplomacy force for its achievements in the past year. Discussing the opportunities, challenges and requirements for foreign affairs in the coming time, he affirmed the viewpoint of our Party and State on the important role of people's diplomacy as one of the three pillars of Vietnam's diplomacy.
He requested the Fatherland Front, mass organizations and people's organizations to continue to thoroughly implement the foreign policy and guidelines of the 13th National Congress and the tasks in Directive 12/CT-TW dated January 5, 2022 of the 13th Party Central Committee Secretariat on "Strengthening the Party's leadership and improving the effectiveness of people-to-people diplomacy in the new situation".
Units receiving the Flag of the leading collective in people's foreign affairs in 2023.
Accordingly, organizations need to focus on strengthening research work, strategic advice for foreign affairs, building plans to develop partnerships; constantly innovating the content and methods of operation, promoting foreign information and propaganda work; paying more attention to developing a team of cadres working in people's foreign affairs with sufficient capacity and qualities to meet task requirements; complying with regulations on foreign affairs management.
Comrade Le Hoai Trung also requested that the Committees, Ministries and branches continue to ensure the Party's leadership and state management of people's foreign affairs activities; continue to pay attention to promoting the pivotal role of people's foreign affairs, support and create favorable conditions for people's foreign affairs forces; and institutionalize the Party's documents on people's foreign affairs work.
At the Conference, the Central External Relations Commission awarded 05 Emulation Flags and 39 Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in people's foreign affairs work in 2023.
Journalist Tran Trong Dung (2nd from left), Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, received the "For the Cause of People's Foreign Affairs" Medal from the Central External Relations Commission.
Representing the Vietnam Journalists Association, comrade Phan Toan Thang (4th from left), member of the Executive Committee, Chief of Office of the Vietnam Journalists Association received a certificate of merit for the collective with outstanding achievements in People's Foreign Affairs in the field of Struggle and advocacy to protect national and ethnic interests and the collective with outstanding achievements in People's Foreign Affairs in the field of Foreign Information and Propaganda.
With its efforts in 2023, the Vietnam Journalists Association was honored to receive a certificate of merit for the collective with outstanding achievements in People's Foreign Affairs in the field of Struggle and advocacy to protect national and ethnic interests and the collective with outstanding achievements in People's Foreign Affairs in the field of Foreign Information and Propaganda.
In addition, the Central External Relations Commission also awarded the "For the Cause of People's Foreign Affairs" Medal to journalist Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association and journalist Tran Trong Dung - Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association.
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