Innovation, creativity, meeting the requirements of people's foreign affairs in the new situation

On the afternoon of March 27, the Thanh Hoa Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations held a conference on the implementation of tasks for 2025. Comrade Trinh Tuan Sinh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Member of the Presidium of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, Chairman of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations chaired the conference.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Trinh Tuan Sinh, Chairman of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Thanh Hoa province chaired the conference.

According to the report, in the past time, the Standing Committee of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations has focused on developing a plan to disseminate and study the directives and resolutions of the Party, State and the Congress's resolutions to the Executive Committee members and member associations.

The Union pays attention to and regularly carries out information and propaganda work on people's foreign affairs activities on media and social networks, affirming the position, role and importance of people's foreign affairs work in the fields of peace, solidarity, friendship, cooperation with peoples of other countries and foreign non-governmental aid mobilization.

Secretary General of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Thanh Hoa province Kim Ngoc Hiep reported on the implementation of tasks in the past time and the implementation of tasks in 2025.

Cooperation, solidarity and friendship activities with localities and international organizations have been promoted. The Union has also actively mobilized and implemented foreign non-governmental aid projects and achieved positive results, contributing to the province's results in attracting foreign non-governmental aid; actively integrating foreign information work into activities; participating in working with international organizations and foreign enterprises to inform about the potential and investment opportunities as well as promote the culture and people of Thanh Hoa to domestic and international friends; doing well in charity and humanitarian activities.

Vice President of Thanh Hoa Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations Pham Ba Oai spoke at the conference.

The Union also coordinates with the Department of Foreign Affairs and friendship associations with other countries to organize people's foreign affairs activities associated with the celebration of major national holidays; promotes the development of branches of friendship associations in districts, paying attention to young members with scientific and technical knowledge and business teams; strengthens mobilization to attract aid sources from international organizations and foreign non-governmental organizations; connects with Thanh Hoa associations abroad, organizes the provision of information on potential investment opportunities to call for and mobilize overseas Vietnamese to return to build their homeland...

Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs spoke at the conference.

Discussing at the conference, the comrades in the Executive Committee of the Union pointed out some difficulties in the operation of the Union, such as: Difficulties in financial resources, human resources, and operating headquarters, which have certain impacts on the implementation of activities of the Union and its member organizations. In addition, some member associations do not operate regularly and are not proactive in the content of activities. Members are at risk of aging, the development of branches and gathering members, especially young people to participate in the association, is still limited. The work of mobilizing and attracting foreign non-governmental aid is facing difficulties due to the approval procedures for receiving and the current management regulations of the State.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Trinh Tuan Sinh, Chairman of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Thanh Hoa province concluded the conference.

Concluding the conference, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Trinh Tuan Sinh, Chairman of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Thanh Hoa province affirmed and acknowledged the important results that the Union has achieved in 2024 and the first months of 2025, especially in the work of information and promotion of the image and people of Thanh Hoa internationally; coordinating to advise the organization for the provincial leaders to call for investment promotion and strengthen relations with partners with whom Thanh Hoa has friendly cooperative relations; directly mobilizing 7 foreign non-governmental projects; mobilizing some aid such as projects to enhance women's capacity, develop livelihoods, and manage sustainable resources, etc.

He emphasized that in the coming time, the regional and global situation is forecasted to have many complex and unpredictable changes; opportunities, advantages, difficulties and challenges are intertwined. In particular, 2025 is a very important year when the whole country reorganizes the administrative apparatus at all levels, there are many major events at the national and provincial levels, requiring closer attention to propaganda and public diplomacy.

To continue to effectively implement the Party and State's guidelines and policies on foreign affairs; to make the province's people's foreign affairs activities increasingly effective, substantive and in-depth, he suggested that the Union continue to study and disseminate to its member associations the documents and resolutions of the Central and the province; organize training conferences, update information and situations for key leaders of the Union and member associations on people's foreign affairs; continue to promote peace, solidarity, friendship and cooperation activities on the basis of attaching importance to developing in-depth relations with the people of neighboring countries and countries that have an important position in the province's foreign policy.

Along with that, it is recommended that member associations continue to coordinate with all levels and sectors to effectively organize exchange activities to celebrate major national holidays; strengthen mobilization to attract aid sources from international organizations and foreign non-governmental organizations; develop proposed projects, organize meetings and work with the People's Aid Coordination Board, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations and a number of foreign non-governmental organizations to mobilize aid to improve the effectiveness of investment attraction and the effectiveness of non-governmental activities.

He also requested the Standing Committee of the Union to study creative solutions to continue connecting with Thanh Hoa associations abroad; organize the provision of potential information and investment opportunities to call for overseas Vietnamese to return to build their homeland; promote the image of Thanh Hoa people, culture and land to international friends to serve the socio-economic development of the province; innovate the exchange and provision and management of information; strengthen the organization of member associations to become increasingly stronger, meeting the requirements of people's foreign affairs in the new situation.

Minh Hang

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