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Grand ceremony marks 75th founding anniversary of modern diplomacy

VGP - A grand ceremony was held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning to mark the 75th founding anniversary of Viet Nam's modern diplomacy.

August 27, 2020 9:58 AM GMT+7

Leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcome Prime Minister to the 75th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector. Photo: VGP

Dignitaries to the event include Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, and former leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President Ho Chi Minh, the founder of Viet Nam’s modern diplomacy, has left the diplomatic sector with a valuable heritage. Photo: VGP

Addressing the ceremony, Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh emphasized that the diplomatic sector has made significant contributions to glorious victories of our country's magnanimous history through the 75 years under the leadership of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President Ho Chi Minh - the founder of Viet Nam's modern diplomacy.

The diplomatic sector has played a core and vanguard role in leading our country out of the status of politically isolated and economically embargoed; actively joined the settlement of remaining issues between Viet Nam and neighboring countries and major powers, creating breakthroughs in the external relations.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc shakes hands with delegates to the 75th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector. Photo: VGP

In the era of national reform and extensive international integration, the diplomatic sector's mission is to continue creating favorable environment and conditions for accelerating socio-economic development, industrialization and modernization process.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh addresses the the 75th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector. Photo: VGP

This mission is aligned to the country's efforts in making active contributions to the common struggle of the humankind for peace, independence, democracy and social progress.

Digitaries and delegates to the 75th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector. Photo: VGP

The diplomatic sector has made significant contributions to expanding and deepening cooperation between Viet Nam and other countries. Viet Nam has established diplomatic relations with 189 out of 193 members of the United Nations as well as stable and long-term cooperation frameworks with 30 strategic and comprehensive partners, creating solid foundations for strengthening cooperation for mutual benefits and for peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the 75th founding anniversary of the diplomatic sector. Photo: VGP

Speaking at the ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged the sector to further promote Viet Nam’s relations with foreign partners in a deeper and more effective, stable, and sustainable manner based on the Party’s principles and foreign policies, while balancing ties, especially with powers, strategic partners, and comprehensive partners.

He tasked the sector to intensify economic diplomacy, contributing to socio-economic recovery, facilitating locality-to-locality connections and links between businesses with foreign partners and new markets, and attracting high-quality foreign direct investment, creating growth momentum to overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

The sector needs to proactively integrate Viet Nam into the world, promoting multilateral foreign relations, and being more flexible and creative to win the trust of international friends and protect the country’s development security interests, contributing to firmly safeguarding national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and seas and islands.

From left to right: Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu, Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung, and Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung. Photo: VGP

The Government chief ordered the diplomatic sector to improve research, consultation, and forecasting work, while enhancing exchanges with international friends to help them understand and support the country’s consistent views, especially on the East Sea issue.

He further noted that the diplomatic works have proved the sector’s pioneer role in consolidating an environment of peace and stability, thus facilitating the national construction and defence, attracting resources in service of the national development and unceasingly raising the country’s position.

Phuc took the occasion to praise the sector’s endeavours in the current COVID-19 fight and the country’s performance of the role of the Chair of ASEAN and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as well as the President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly./.

By Quang Minh-Huong Giang