32nd Diplomatic Conference opens in Hanoi
WVR - On the morning of December 19, in Hanoi, the opening ceremony of the 32nd Diplomatic Conference, with the theme "Promoting the pioneering role, building a comprehensive, modern, strong diplomacy, successfully implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress", has taken place in a hybrid format. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended and delivered speech at the Conference.
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son welcomed General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to attend the 32nd Diplomatic Conference. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
Also attending were members of the Politburo: Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission Phan Dinh Trac; Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; General To Lam, Minister of Public Security; General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense; Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council Nguyen Xuan Thang; Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen (attended online at Ho Chi Minh City site); Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung; Secretaries of the Party Central Committee: Chief of the Party Central Committee's Office Le Minh Hung, Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Education and Information Nguyen Trong Nghia, Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung; Members of the Party Central Committee: Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and leaders of central departments, ministries, branches, agencies and organizations.
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| General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits a photo exhibition about foreign affairs activities. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Dy Nien; former Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh; Former Chairman of the Office of the President Dao Viet Trung; along with all leaders, former leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassadors, Heads of Vietnamese representative Missions abroad, key officials of units of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and civil servants, public employees, diplomatic officers who attended in person at the Conference Hall and or watching online at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs site.
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| 32nd Diplomatic Conference opens in Hanoi: Flag salute ceremony. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son emphasized that, looking back since the 13th Party National Congress and the National Conference on Foreign Affairs until now, the world and regional situation has undergone major changes. Besides the opportunities and advantages, there are many new developments, more complicated than forecast, and many new difficulties and challenges appear and seem severer than before.
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son spoke at the Conference. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
The world is facing a turning point to a new, multi-polar, multi-center, multi-level situation. In particular, geostrategic competition is fiercer, power politics is increasing, conflict hot spots in some areas are breaking out; traditional and non-traditional security challenges are increasingly intertwined and complex, he stressed.
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| Overivew of the 32nd Diplomatic Conference. (Photo: Nguyen Hong) |
However, peace, cooperation and development are still common goals of the vast majority of countries and peoples. Equality, democracy, fairness, respect for international law and sustainable development are still common values of humanity. Digital transformation, green transformation along with the strong development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution pose new challenges, but also open up great opportunities for countries, the Foregn Minister noted.
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| 32nd Diplomatic Conference opens in Hanoi: Ambassadors and heads of Vietnamese representative missions abroad welcome General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to attend the 32nd Diplomatic Conference. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
In that context, the Foreign Minister emphasized that foreign affairs and diplomacy work has closely followed the guidelines on foreign policy of the 13th National Party Congress, the instructions of the Politburo, the Secretariat and Party leaders, the State, especially the instructions of the General Secretary at the National Conference on Foreign Affairs, at the same time strongly promoting the identity of "Vietnam's bamboo diplomacy".
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| General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the Conference. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
As the Party General Secretary had made an overview at the recent 8th Central Conference of the 13th National Party Congress, "foreign affairs activities take place vibrantly, continuously and are a prominent highlight" in the country's overall achievements.
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| Overview of the opening ceremony of the 32nd Diplomatic Conference in Hanoi on December 19, 2023. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh) |
(To be continued)
(Source: WVR)
