Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives diplomats attending East Asia Summit
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the event. (Photo: VNA) |
The reception took place before the Prime Minister attended the EAS via videoconference.
The PM briefed diplomats about Viet Nam’s achievements in the fight against COVID-19, saying that Viet Nam has basically overcome difficulties and gradually switched to flexible adaptation for socio-economic development.
He affirmed that Viet Nam consistently pursues the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations; active and proactive international integration; being a friend, a trustworthy partner and an active and responsible member of the international community.
Viet Nam always attaches importance to promoting friendship and cooperation with countries, joining hands to maintain an environment of peace and stability for development, stepping up multilateral cooperation and global integration for a green and clean world with sustainable, inclusive and more humanitarian development, he said.
The PM suggested ambassadors and charges d'affaires uphold their active role and help Viet Nam meet its goal of becoming a developing country with modern industry and upper-middle-income by 2030, and a high-income developed nation by 2045, thus making active contributions to peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.
As a representative of Chair of ASEAN and EAS 2021, Ambassador of Brunei to Viet Nam Pengiran Sahari Pengiran Salleh affirmed to work with ambassadors and charges d'affaires of EAS member states to partner with Viet Nam’s efforts to cope with the pandemic, making practical contributions to peace, stability, development and prosperity in the region in line with the goal of the EAS.