People-to-people diplomacy urged to serve as ‘soft shield’, ‘peace belt’

"People-to-people diplomacy should become a “soft shield” and a “peace belt”, helping protect the fatherland from an early stage and from afar", said Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary and President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front’s Central Committee Bùi Thị Minh Hoài on Monday afternoon in Hà Nội.