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.
"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.
Addressing the conference, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung emphasised the role of local foreign affairs in realising the nation’s development goal, affirming that the national target of achieving 10% growth is a substantive requirement, with local foreign affairs playing an important role in realising this goal.