Speaking at the opening of the conference, Comrade Bui Thanh Son, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that in 2024, the vision and strategic thinking on foreign affairs, along with the decisions, strategic orientations and direct participation in foreign affairs activities of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Party and State leaders, especially the upgrading and elevation of relations with important partners and traditional friends, have created fundamental changes in the foreign affairs situation of our country. Thanks to that, foreign affairs work has been increasingly improved, strongly promoting the pioneering role, creating increasingly high consensus and achieving many new developments in the fields of bilateral and multilateral foreign affairs, political diplomacy, economic diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, foreign information, work with overseas Vietnamese and citizen protection. In particular, economic diplomacy and foreign economic relations under the close and drastic direction of the Prime Minister have made strong changes in many areas such as trade, investment, digital transformation, green transformation, semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence, etc., making important contributions to helping Vietnam maintain its position in the group of high-growth countries, being a bright spot in trade and attracting foreign investment in the context of many fluctuations in the world.
Comrade Tran Quoc Nam, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the conference at the Ninh Thuan province bridge.
Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh acknowledged, commended and highly appreciated the achievements of the Foreign Affairs sector in 2024, making important contributions to the country's overall achievements. To contribute to the implementation of the country's 2025 goals, creating momentum, strength, position, trust and strengthening the hopes of the people, businesses and international friends, with the viewpoint of valuing time, intelligence and timely decisiveness, the Prime Minister requested the entire Foreign Affairs sector to focus on key tasks and solutions: First, all foreign affairs and diplomatic activities must effectively serve the growth target of at least 8% and strive for higher growth under possible conditions. Second, maintain, consolidate and enhance a favorable foreign policy situation, a peaceful, cooperative and developing environment, promote in-depth, stable and sustainable relations with all countries, especially major countries, neighboring countries and traditional friends. Third, diplomatic activities must contribute to promoting new productive forces in the new context such as semiconductor chips, big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, internet industry and internet of things, blockchain technology, cultural industry, entertainment industry, biomedical industry, new energy, new materials. Fourth, complete the reception of functions and tasks from the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, streamline the apparatus to be strong, efficient, effective and efficient; consolidate, strengthen and further promote the three pillars: Party foreign affairs, State diplomacy and people's diplomacy. Fifth, develop and implement a restructuring project, improve the quality of the staff, civil servants, and public employees, consolidate and strengthen the domestic and foreign material resources of the Diplomatic sector. Along with that, synchronously and effectively carry out regular tasks, promote economic diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, promote the national image, build a modern and professional diplomacy; focus on building a clean and strong Party; improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of Party organizations and Party members; and step up the fight against negativity and waste. The Prime Minister hopes and believes that, with the joint efforts, solidarity and consensus of all levels, sectors and localities, the Foreign Affairs sector will overcome all difficulties, overcome all challenges, strongly and comprehensively implement assigned tasks, continue to achieve breakthrough and more practical results, continue to be a bright spot in the coming years, make practical and effective contributions, and create a foundation to bring the country firmly into a new era - an era of strong, civilized and prosperous development.
Also at the conference, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son launched the 80th Anniversary Year of Vietnam's Diplomacy.
Minh Thuong
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