Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung chairs inter-sectoral meeting to advance implementation of international commitments
WVR/VNA - On the morning of July 9, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung chaired an inter-sectoral meeting to accelerate the delivery of international commitments, stressing that the current priority is to translate signed agreements into tangible resources for national development and measurable outcomes.
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung chaired the inter-sectoral meeting on reviewing and urging the implementation of international commitments. (Photo: Quang Hoa) |
The meeting was the first convened under a newly established coordination mechanism designed to follow directives from key leaders and the Government. Accordingly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has been directed to join with relevant agencies in conducting monthly compliance reviews and submit regular reports to the Politburo, the Prime Minister, and the Central Steering Committee for Foreign Affairs and International Integration.
In his opening remarks, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung emphasised that delivering on international commitments has become a critical political task drawing heightened scrutiny from the Party Central Committee and the country’s key leaders. For the first time, the task has been embedded in the 14th National Party Congress’s document, while the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat issued a Decree strengthening the Party's leadership over the signing and realisation of international commitments.
He demanded clear roles, responsibilities, timelines, and concrete deliverables. Relevant agencies were told to identify difficulties early and flag them to competent authorities without delay.
Ministries, agencies, and localities were ordered to tighten discipline, meet reporting deadlines, keep the digital tracking system updated in real time, and provide assessments of progress, results, bottlenecks, and proposed fixes. They must review all commitments, agreements, and major projects to avoid omissions, foster inter-sectoral coordination, and promptly report emerging issues for immediate settlement rather than waiting for routine reporting cycles.
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| Leaders and representatives from various ministries, sectors, localities, and functional units of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the interagency meeting on implementing international commitments and agreements. |
They were also assigned to review planned cooperation, documents expected to be signed, and outstanding issues ahead of upcoming high-level external activities. The Foreign Minister highlighted the need to expand training and capacity building for officials directly involved in advising on and realising international pacts.
The MoFA will continue upholding its role as the Committee’s Standing Agency, he said, vowing to team up with other ministries, agencies and localities on inter-sectoral coordination and policy advice. It will also harness the network of Vietnam's overseas representative missions and external resources to clear obstacles, accelerate delivery of international agreements, contribute to rapid and sustainable development, and elevate Vietnam's global standing and reputation.
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| Director of the Department of Foreign Policy Le Dinh Tinh reported on the implementation of the digital platform-based system for tracking international commitments and agreements at the meeting. |
At the meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that since the beginning of the 13th Party Congress term, Vietnam has signed over 1,400 international commitments and agreements. Over 350 new pacts have been inked since early 2026 alone, driven by high-level diplomatic activities.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has gradually improved the inter-sectoral coordination mechanism; developed and put into operation a digital platform-based system for tracking the implementation of commitments and agreements; organized training for ministries, sectors, and localities; issued guidance documents on reporting regimes and data updates. To date, more than 1,000 commitments and agreements not classified as state secrets have been uploaded on the System for real-time monitoring and reporting.
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| Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung urged ministries, sectors, and localities to proactively update data, enhance report quality, and strengthen coordination in implementing international commitments. |
The meeting focused on evaluating the organization, monitoring, and coordinating the implementation of international commitments and agreements; while reviewing key commitments and agreements with significant impacts on socio-economic development, directly serving the country's growth objectives.
The participants highly appreciated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for leading the development of an inter-sectoral review and urging mechanism and implementing the digital platform-based system for tracking commitments and agreements, contributing to enhancing the effectiveness of aggregation, reporting, and coordination work.
The ministries and sectors affirmed that they have proactively implemented commitments and agreements within their scope of responsibility, while discussing difficulties and obstacles encountered during implementation, especially regarding interagency coordination, institutional improvement, legal procedures, implementation resources, and differences in coordination with foreign partners.
Many opinions suggested continuing to improve the coordination mechanism among agencies; enhancing the quality of reports towards a substantive evaluation of the results and impacts of commitments and agreements on socio-economic development; increasing data uploaded on the tracking system; thoroughly reviewing key commitments, agreements, and projects; while proactively preparing cooperation content, documents expected to be signed, and promptly resolving difficulties and obstacles to effectively serve high-level foreign activities in the near future.
