Prime Minister attends plenary session on economic diplomacy at the 32nd Diplomatic Conference

Thủ tướng dự phiên họp toàn thể về ngoại giao kinh tế tại Hội nghị Ngoại giao lần thứ 32- Ảnh 1. — Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the plenary session on economic diplomacy for national development - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Also attending the meeting were comrades: Former Politburo member, former Deputy Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Gia Khiem; former Politburo member, former Deputy Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung; Party Central Committee members: Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat, Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Thủ tướng dự phiên họp toàn thể về ngoại giao kinh tế tại Hội nghị Ngoại giao lần thứ 32- Ảnh 2. — Prime Minister visits exhibition of books and newspapers on diplomatic activities - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Attending the event in person and online were also leaders of departments, ministries, branches, central agencies, leaders of 63 provinces and cities, large enterprises and corporations, leaders of units under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassadors, and Heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad.

Thủ tướng dự phiên họp toàn thể về ngoại giao kinh tế tại Hội nghị Ngoại giao lần thứ 32- Ảnh 3. — The plenary session on economic diplomacy for national development was held within the framework of the 32nd Diplomatic Conference - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The 32nd Diplomatic Conference opened on December 19 with the theme "Promoting the pioneering role, building a comprehensive, modern, and strong diplomacy, successfully implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress".

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, since the 13th National Party Congress and the National Foreign Affairs Conference, foreign affairs and diplomacy have closely followed the foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress, the directions of the Politburo, the Secretariat and Party and State leaders, especially the directions of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Foreign Affairs Conference, while strongly promoting the identity of "Vietnam's bamboo diplomacy".

Thủ tướng dự phiên họp toàn thể về ngoại giao kinh tế tại Hội nghị Ngoại giao lần thứ 32- Ảnh 4. — Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son delivers opening speech - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, thoroughly grasping the policy set forth by the 13th National Party Congress on "building an economic diplomacy serving development with people, localities and businesses as the center of service", under the close direction of the Politburo, the Secretariat, directly and regularly by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers, economic diplomacy has made new developments in a more comprehensive, substantive and effective direction.

Specifically, it has thoroughly grasped and synchronously and uniformly implemented the Party's major policies and orientations on economic diplomacy; promoted the pioneering role of foreign affairs in mobilizing external resources, making important contributions to the successful implementation of the task of both preventing and effectively controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting socio-economic recovery and development; well implemented the policy of "taking people, localities and enterprises as the center of service" in economic diplomacy activities; implemented economic diplomacy with many aspects that have been innovated and more creative, promoting the combined strength and coordination of sectors and levels.

Making an important contribution to the overall achievements of the diplomatic sector, economic diplomacy activities have expanded and deepened economic cooperation with many partners, contributing to ensuring macroeconomic stability, major balances, promoting economic growth, boosting import and export, attracting many new resources, including FDI, ODA, science and technology, bringing Vietnam into the group of 40 largest economies in the world and the top 20 economies in terms of trade and attracting foreign investment.

The plenary session will focus on discussing two issues: First, assessing and forecasting the international economic situation, especially clarifying the turning points and major trends of the world and regional economy. Second, objectively and comprehensively assessing the results and achievements of economic diplomacy since the beginning of the 13th tenure, especially since the issuance of Directive No. 15 of the Secretariat and the Government's Action Program on economic diplomacy, in which the results will be clarified and deepened, and lessons learned will be drawn.

The Government Electronic Information Portal will continue to update information about the Plenary Session on economic diplomacy for national development.

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