An overview of the conference themed “Viet Nam in a Multipolar World: Approaches, Challenges and Prospects” in Moscow on May 22 (Photo: VNA)
Participants in the event, themed “Viet Nam in a Multipolar World: Approaches, Challenges and Prospects”, discussed the concept of “bamboo diplomacy" in Viet Nam, new directions of the Vietnamese foreign policy, the country’s relations with strategic partners, its political and socio-economic development, as well as current aspects of Russian-Vietnamese cooperation.
Speaking at the conference, President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son briefed participants on the foreign policy that Viet Nam is pursuing, which is independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, multilateralisation and diversification of foreign relations; to be a friend, a trustworthy partner and an active and responsible member of the international community; to stay steadfast in principles and goals while being flexible and smart in strategies; and to harmoniously combine the Party, state and people's external affairs.
Responding to scholars' questions about how Viet Nam chooses to join international organisations, Son affirmed that following the above-mentioned principle, Viet Nam will never join any organisation that hinders the development of other countries, but it has always helped others, including close neighbours, integrate into international organisations.
Talking to Viet Nam News Agency, Deputy Director of the MGIMO’s ASEAN Centre Valeria Vershinina said that in just the last few years, Viet Nam has upgraded its relations with several powers, especially the US, to the highest level of comprehensive strategic partnership. Meanwhile, Viet Nam and Russia are still maintaining their highest-level relationship successfully.
This shows that Viet Nam's bamboo diplomacy is multi-dimensional and aims to maintain the country's influence and pro-activeness despite ongoing conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region as well as others in the world, she added.
For his part, Vladimir Mazyrin, Director of the Viet Nam - ASEAN Research Centre at the Russian Academy of Science, held that Viet Nam's philosophy of bamboo diplomacy is new and more reasonable than other countries' in the same region.
Bamboo diplomacy is not only a work methodology for Viet Nam's diplomatic sector but also a right political choice in the current context, and this policy reflects Vietnamese leaders' research efforts and creativity, he added.
The concept of "bamboo diplomany", first mentioned by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the 29th Diplomatic Conference on August 22, 2016, has become known in Russia inthe past few years and attracted growing attention.
Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia Doan Khac Hoang expressed his belief that better understanding of Viet Nam’s foreign policy will help future diplomats take the first steps properly and in a right direction to build up and develop relations between the two countries./.
Source: VNA
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