On January 6, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and directed the conference to review the work of the diplomatic sector in 2024 and key directions and tasks in 2025.
Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assessed that the overall achievements of the country include the very important contributions of the diplomatic sector with many outstanding results, which can be summarized in three aspects: maintaining, consolidating and enhancing.
Firstly, contributing to maintaining a peaceful, stable and cooperative environment for development. Secondly, continuing to consolidate political trust and upgrade relations with partners, creating a favorable foreign situation. Thirdly, constantly expanding the scope, objects and areas of diplomatic activities, through economic diplomacy, technological diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, foreign information and propaganda, attracting resources from overseas Vietnamese...
The Prime Minister stated that 2025 is of special importance, we must both "accelerate and break through" to complete the goals and tasks set out in the Resolution of the 13th National Congress; run and line up to reorganize and streamline the apparatus; successfully organize party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of the Party; well organize major holidays and important events of the country to celebrate the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Party, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Country, the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South, and the reunification of the country.
To contribute to the realization of the country's 2025 goals, create momentum, create strength, create position, create trust and strengthen the hope of people, businesses and international friends, with the viewpoint of valuing time, intelligence and timely decisiveness, the Prime Minister requested the entire diplomatic sector to focus on key tasks and solutions.
Firstly, 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, etc.
Fourth, complete the reception of functions and tasks from the Central Commission for External Relations 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 project to restructure and improve the quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees, and consolidate and enhance 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 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; step up the fight against negativity and waste...
