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.
Dr Phan Anh Sơn, President of the Việt Nam Union of Friendship Organisations called on the World Peoples Assembly and its member organisations across more than 60 countries to mobilise resources and expand cooperation with Việt Nam, jointly identify priority areas, develop projects with tangible outcomes and create lasting value.
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.