On the morning of August 5 in Hanoi, as part of the 33rd Diplomatic Conference, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs convened a plenary session on Party diplomacy and people-to-people diplomacy. The session was held in a hybrid format, connecting participants in person with 34 provinces and centrally governed cities nationwide, as well as Viet Nam's representative missions abroad.
The website of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations is pleased to introduce the article “Ho Chi Minh thought - A spiritual legacy of national liberation and enhancing Viet Nam’s international standing” by Kusum Jain, President of the India-Viet Nam Solidarity Committee (IVSC). The article was submitted to the Second Political Essay Contest on Protecting the Party’s Ideological Foundation in 2026, organised by the Party Committee of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front and Central Mass Organisations, and received a Consolation Prize.
Viet Nam has stepped up efforts to combat human trafficking, notably through the adoption and implementation of its 2026–2030 programme on human trafficking prevention and control, with a vision to 2035